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Mary S. Manning
New York Times, Wednesday, June 7, 1967
4-Down : Ending with song, gab, etc.
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
Mary S. Manning has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
M. S. Manning is an alias for Mary S. Manning.
1 G | 2 O | 3 L | 4 F | 5 G | 6 R | 7 A | 8 T | 9 I | 10 A | |||||
11 P | E | L | E | E | 12 L | A | C | R | O | S | 13 S | 14 E |
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15 L | A | N | D | I | S | 16 A | C | R | O | S | T | I | C |
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17 A | L | E | 18 S | T | 19 A | C | K | E | D | 20 R | E | T |
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21 C | O | R | 22 A | 23 S | T | I | E | S | 24 M | O | N | O |
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25 I | M | A | M | 26 S | 27 P | A | T | 28 I | S | A | R |
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29 N | A | T | I | O | 30 N | A | L | 31 F | 32 A | N | ||||
33 G | R | E | A | T | E | R | 34 M | I | L | D | 35 E | 36 S | 37 T |
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38 B | O | W | 39 D | E | T | A | I | N | E | R |
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40 S | 41 A | 42 M | L | 43 S | O | D | 44 I | N | T | R | A |
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45 C | L | A | Y | 46 S | Q | U | A | 47 B | 48 G | R | A | D |
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49 A | T | L | 50 B | A | U | B | L | E | 51 S | 52 A | P | E |
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53 M | A | L | 54 A | R | I | A | L | 55 S | O | 56 C | C | E | R |
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57 P | R | E | T | E | N | S | E | 58 E | D | I | T | S | ||
59 T | E | N | T | H | S | 60 T | A | T | E |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,507
Across
1
Ball game. : GOLF
5
Exempli ___. : GRATIA
11
Martinique landmark. : PELEE
12
Sport of American Indians. : LACROSSE
15
Famous baseball commissioner. : LANDIS
16
Type of puzzle. : ACROSTIC
17
Companion of cakes. : ALE
18
Piled. : STACKED
20
Inactive: Abbr. : RET
21
Cooper heroine. : CORA
23
Pens. : STIES
24
Numerical prefix. : MONO
25
Moslem religious leaders. : IMAMS
27
Opportune. : PAT
28
Munich's river. : ISAR
29
Grand ___, Aintree race. : NATIONAL
31
Rooter. : FAN
33
___ New York. : GREATER
34
Gentlest. : MILDEST
38
Device for shooting. : BOW
39
Writ for holding a prisoner. : DETAINER
40
One of the Johnsons: Abbr. : SAML
43
Grass on the green. : SOD
44
Within: Prefix. : INTRA
45
Tennis court surface. : CLAY
46
Menu delicacy. : SQUAB
48
College man. : GRAD
49
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
50
Trinkets. : BAUBLES
52
Mandrill. : APE
53
Like air from marshy ground. : MALARIAL
55
Popular sport. : SOCCER
57
False appearance. : PRETENSE
58
Does rewriting. : EDITS
59
Fractions. : TENTHS
60
London gallery. : TATE
Down
1
Produce. : GENERATE
2
Venerable. : OLD
3
Garlands. : LEIS
4
Ending with song, gab, etc. : FESTS
5
Freezing cold. : GLACIAL
6
Light bat. : RACKET
7
Rural expanses. : ACRES
8
Walked (on). : TROD
9
Greek isle. : IOS
10
Ball team. : ASTROS
11
Observatory in California. : PALOMAR
13
Art city of Italy. : SIENA
14
Oil-producing county of Texas. : ECTOR
15
Driving (a ball) hard: Colloq. : LACING
19
Wall Street term. : ATPAR
22
In friendly fashion. : AMIABLY
24
Feeling concern. : MINDING
26
___ say. : SOTO
30
Beginning again. : NEW
31
Healthy. : FIT
32
Jai ___. : ALAI
34
Honor for the winner. : MEDAL
35
Intermission. : ENTRACTE
36
Mexican garb. : SERAPES
37
Merchant. : TRADER
39
Feature of a tennis tournament. : DOUBLES
40
Rascal. : SCAMP
41
Shrine. : ALTAR
42
Hammer used in games. : MALLET
43
Court game. : SQUASH
46
Andrew, for one. : SAINT
47
Hemmed in. : BESET
50
Kind of gun. : BREN
51
Beverage. : SODA
54
Had a snack. : ATE
56
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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