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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1954

45-Across : Snake.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 1,821
Across
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"Oh, My Papa." : SONG
5
Sen. Kefauver. : ESTES
10
Nonsense: Slang. : BLAH
14
Rajah, ___, Nizam, nawab. : EMIR
15
Le Havre's river. : SEINE
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Ready for use. : RIPE
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Ship's course. : LANE
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Dennis Day is one. : TENOR
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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___ Village. : FREEDOM
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Give orders arbitrarily. : DICTATE
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Against. : CON
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Nut-bearing tree. : BEECH
26
Weapons and equipment of the armed forces. : MATERIEL
30
Picturesque. : SCENIC
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Turkish title. : AGA
35
Port from which Columbus sailed. : PALOS
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Temper: Colloq. : IRISH
38
Quiet. : CALM
40
Founder of Nineveh. : NINUS
42
Snow slider: Var. : SKEE
43
Close to: Poet. : ANEAR
45
Snake. : ADDER
47
Before. : ERE
48
He handed down the decision against segregation. : WARREN
50
Supporter of a cause or idea. : ESPOUSER
52
Frenchmen. : GAULS
54
Burro's relative. : ASS
55
Gen. Ely has replaced him in Indochina. : NAVARRE
58
Artist of the night clubs. : TRAUBEL
62
Pitcher. : EWER
63
350-mile chain of Pacific islands. : SAMOA
65
Go overboard in praising. : RAVE
66
___ board. : TOTE
67
One item of a series. : EVENT
68
Man's name. : EBEN
69
___ machine. : SLOT
70
Perception. : SENSE
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Tear apart. : REND
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One's own welfare. : SELF
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Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
3
Time for school. : NINE
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King Paul's land. : GREECE
5
Baltic native. : ESTONIAN
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Appear. : SEEM
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Chief constituent of pewter. : TIN
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Free from knots. : ENODE
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October event. : SERIES
10
Dwight and Milton. : BROTHERS
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Girl's name. : LIDA
12
Egyptian goddess. : APET
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This place. : HERE
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Village. : DORP
23
301. : CCCI
25
Lorelei Lee and others. : BLONDES
26
Colorful bird. : MACAW
27
Capital of Guam, pop. 10,000. : AGANA
28
Former German coin. : TALER
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Mr. Kazan of the theatre. : ELIA
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The Army's guided missiles. : NIKES
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Rhone tributary : ISERE
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Encouragement. : CHEER
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Bubbles. : SUDS
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Princess who does crosswords. : MARGARET
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Take apart. : SEPARATE
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Bring up. : REAR
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Pasquale's daughter. : ROSA
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Lt. Genevieve and others. : NURSES
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He charges too high interest. : USURER
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Soldier's holiday. : LEAVE
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"___ to Catch the Wind," by Elinor Wylie. : NETS
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Another form of 53 Down. : AWOL
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Important executive power. : VETO
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Very large amounts: Colloq. : TONS
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Paul Bunyan's pet blue ox. : BABE
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Smooth. : EVEN
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Impart. : LEND
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Teammates. : MEN

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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