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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1954

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 33.9
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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 2,011
Across
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New Year's Eve noise-maker. : HORN
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Man of Maxwelton. : SCOT
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Silas of "Our Mutual Friend." : WEGG
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Space. : AREA
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Best-selling author of 100 years ago. : STOWE
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Bitter shrub. : ALOE
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Part of a race. : HEAT
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Junction. : CONNECTION
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Ambitious people. : ASPIRANTS
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Smallest part. : LEAST
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External. : OUTER
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Diagrams a sentence. : PARSES
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Action for a golfer. : SWING
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Humorist of the lasso. : ROGERS
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Annoy. : HARASS
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Presidential power. : VETO
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Engineers' union. : BLE
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Sea of Asia. : ARAL
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Mountain ridge. : ARETE
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Composed. : COOL
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She provides many breakfasts. : HEN
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Always. : EVER
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Weird. : SPOOKY
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Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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Plant with fragrant root. : ORRIS
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Vacationer. : CAMPER
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Bone of the ear. : INCUS
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With force. : AMAIN
52
Open views. : PANORAMAS
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Ways of entrance or exit. : TURNSTILES
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Miss Lollobrigida. : GINA
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Feudal worker. : ESNE
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Small body of land. : ISLET
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Supreme Court member. : REED
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Coral reefs. : CAYS
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Scorch. : SEAR
Down
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Sound of mirth. : HAHA
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Smeltery stuff. : ORES
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Gather. : REAP
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Affecting a country as a whole. : NATIONAL
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Kitchen implement. : STONER
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In a polemical manner. : CONTROVERSIALLY
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Recognizes. : OWNS
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One of 18. : TEE
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Actress Ethel. : WATERS
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Man's name. : ELIAS
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Holiday roast. : GOOSE
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Guys. : GENTS
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Go away! : SCAT
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Mild cigar. : CLARO
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Orientals. : RUGS
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For ___ sake! : PETES
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Visiting ruler. : SHAH
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"Let me taste your ___." : WARE
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Middle East country. : IRAN
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Go and bring. : GET
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Thrifty one. : SAVER
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Rude one. : BOOR
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Trouble-making Norse god. : LOKI
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Culbertson and others. : ELYS
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Abode: Abbr. : RES
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Floral tributes. : CORSAGES
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Gardens. : EDENS
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Assist at a tea-party. : POUR
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Thought. : OPINED
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Years, in France. : ANNEES
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Provide food. : CATER
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Beguile. : AMUSE
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French river. : MARNE
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Be priced at. : COST
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City in Italy. : PISA
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Pronoun. : MINE
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"___ Christie." : ANNA
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European Basin. : SAAR
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Muscle spasm. : TIC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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