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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Monday, January 4, 1954

3-Down : Members of the V. F. W.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.4
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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,651
Across
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
5
Bangkok's river. : MENAM
10
Coaling station of the Middle East. : ADEN
14
Vichyssoise ingredient. : LEEK
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Town in New York. : OWEGO
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Person unaware of new ideas. : DODO
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Against. : ANTI
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Furnish with new workers. : REMAN
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Particular form. : MODE
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City in New Hampshire, pop. 34,669. : NASHUA
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Firsthand. : ORIGINAL
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Ireland is one. : ISLE
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Isolated rock projecting from the sea. : SCAR
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Peewee Reese and Alvin Dark. : CAPTAINS
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Where the "midnight choo-choo" goes. : ALABAM
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Fee for money exchange. : AGIO
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Sea between the Philippines and Borneo. : SULU
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Girl's nickname. : ELLIE
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Relative of a hoot or atom. : RAP
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Bundles of fiber forming rope. : STRANDS
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Cloak-and-dagger agency. : OSS
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Foe. : ENEMY
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Arabian title. : EMIR
46
How to play canfield. : SOLO
47
Hillbilly's food. : TATERS
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Cattle raisers. : STOCKMEN
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See 5 Across. : SIAM
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Actress Logan. : ELLA
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Zealous actions for causes. : CRUSADES
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Lou of football. : LITTLE
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Piece of foreign currency. : LIRA
63
Indian. : OSAGE
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Waters: French. : EAUX
66
Biblical king. : AGAG
67
Earnings. : WAGES
68
Pagliacci's word. : RIDI
69
Twenty-minute walk. : MILE
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Valuable thing. : ASSET
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Necessity for a hobble skirt. : SLIT
Down
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Author Paton. : ALAN
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2,600-mile river into the Arctic. : LENA
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Members of the V. F. W. : VETS
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Royal visitor to U. S. : AKIHITO
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Writer of fables. : MORALIST
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Lamb's mother. : EWE
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Captain of a fictional submarine. : NEMO
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Seaweed products. : AGARS
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Girl's name. : MONICA
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Fechteler or McCormick. : ADMIRAL
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Tam O'Shanter's river. : DOON
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Mussolini's daughter. : EDDA
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Joyeux ___. : NOEL
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O. W. I. magazine of World War II. : USA
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Weather forecast. : GALES
25
Harden. : ENURE
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Proofreader's mark. : CARET
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Capital of Guam. : AGANA
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Laboratory tube. : PIPET
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Shuts with force. : SLAMS
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Flower. : BLOOM
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Usher's bailiwick. : AISLE
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A heavy electron. : MESON
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Act in concert. : UNITE
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Republic south of Turkey. : SYRIA
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Funniest. : DROLLEST
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President's January speech to Congress. : MESSAGE
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Subject of popular Currier and Ives sports print. : SKATERS
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1866 battle site on Elbe River. : SADOWA
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Year in time of Pius I. : CLI
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Western scenery. : MESAS
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Mollusk. : CLAM
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Mountain near Lake of Lucerne. : RIGI
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European boundary range. : URAL
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Droops. : SAGS
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Large part of a polliwog. : TAIL
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Public games of ancient Rome. : LUDI
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Theater sign. : EXIT
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Letter. : GEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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