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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Wednesday, June 7, 1967

17-Across : Companion of cakes.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.9
Mary S. Manning has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
M. S. Manning is an alias for Mary S. Manning.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,507
Across
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Ball game. : GOLF
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Exempli ___. : GRATIA
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Martinique landmark. : PELEE
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Sport of American Indians. : LACROSSE
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Famous baseball commissioner. : LANDIS
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Type of puzzle. : ACROSTIC
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Companion of cakes. : ALE
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Piled. : STACKED
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Cooper heroine. : CORA
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Pens. : STIES
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Numerical prefix. : MONO
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Moslem religious leaders. : IMAMS
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Opportune. : PAT
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Grand ___, Aintree race. : NATIONAL
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Rooter. : FAN
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___ New York. : GREATER
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Gentlest. : MILDEST
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Device for shooting. : BOW
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Writ for holding a prisoner. : DETAINER
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One of the Johnsons: Abbr. : SAML
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Grass on the green. : SOD
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Within: Prefix. : INTRA
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Tennis court surface. : CLAY
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Menu delicacy. : SQUAB
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College man. : GRAD
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Trinkets. : BAUBLES
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Mandrill. : APE
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Like air from marshy ground. : MALARIAL
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Popular sport. : SOCCER
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False appearance. : PRETENSE
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Does rewriting. : EDITS
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Fractions. : TENTHS
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London gallery. : TATE
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Produce. : GENERATE
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Venerable. : OLD
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Garlands. : LEIS
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Ending with song, gab, etc. : FESTS
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Freezing cold. : GLACIAL
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Light bat. : RACKET
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Rural expanses. : ACRES
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Walked (on). : TROD
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Greek isle. : IOS
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Ball team. : ASTROS
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Observatory in California. : PALOMAR
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Art city of Italy. : SIENA
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Oil-producing county of Texas. : ECTOR
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Driving (a ball) hard: Colloq. : LACING
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Wall Street term. : ATPAR
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In friendly fashion. : AMIABLY
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Feeling concern. : MINDING
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___ say. : SOTO
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Beginning again. : NEW
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Healthy. : FIT
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Honor for the winner. : MEDAL
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Intermission. : ENTRACTE
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Mexican garb. : SERAPES
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Merchant. : TRADER
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Feature of a tennis tournament. : DOUBLES
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Rascal. : SCAMP
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Shrine. : ALTAR
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Hammer used in games. : MALLET
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Court game. : SQUASH
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Andrew, for one. : SAINT
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Hemmed in. : BESET
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Kind of gun. : BREN
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Beverage. : SODA
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Had a snack. : ATE
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Townsman: Abbr. : CIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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