diff --git a/win/tty/wintty.c b/win/tty/wintty.c
index f3cc97eb5..afe0e204e 100644
--- a/win/tty/wintty.c
+++ b/win/tty/wintty.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.5	wintty.c	$NHDT-Date: 1426465444 2015/03/16 00:24:04 $  $NHDT-Branch: debug $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.71 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.5	wintty.c	$NHDT-Date: 1427505884 2015/03/28 01:24:44 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.73 $ */
 /* NetHack 3.5	wintty.c	$Date: 2012/01/22 06:27:09 $  $Revision: 1.66 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) David Cohrs, 1991				  */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1391,10 +1391,11 @@ struct WinDesc *cw;
 {
     tty_menu_item *page_start, *page_end, *curr;
     long count;
-    int n, curr_page, page_lines;
+    int n, curr_page, page_lines, resp_len;
     boolean finished, counting, reset_count;
     char *cp, *rp, resp[QBUFSZ], gacc[QBUFSZ],
-	 *msave, *morestr;
+	 *msave, *morestr, really_morc;
+#define MENU_EXPLICIT_CHOICE 0x7f	/* pseudo menu manipulation char */
 
     curr_page = page_lines = 0;
     page_start = page_end = 0;
@@ -1501,6 +1502,8 @@ struct WinDesc *cw;
 		page_lines = 0;
 	    }
 	    *rp = 0;
+	    /* remember how many explicit menu choices there are */
+	    resp_len = (int)strlen(resp);
 
 	    /* corner window - clear extra lines from last page */
 	    if (cw->offx) {
@@ -1533,7 +1536,15 @@ struct WinDesc *cw;
 	    xwaitforspace(resp);
 	}
 
-	morc = map_menu_cmd(morc);
+	really_morc = morc;	/* (only used with MENU_EXPLICIT_CHOICE */
+	if ((rp = index(resp, morc)) != 0 && rp < resp + resp_len)
+	    /* explicit menu selection; don't override it if it also
+	       happens to match a mapped menu command (such as ':' to
+	       look inside a container vs ':' to search) */
+	    morc = MENU_EXPLICIT_CHOICE;
+	else
+	    morc = map_menu_cmd(morc);
+
 	switch (morc) {
 	    case '0':
 		/* special case: '0' is also the default ball class */
@@ -1664,6 +1675,9 @@ struct WinDesc *cw;
 		    }
 		}
 		break;
+	    case MENU_EXPLICIT_CHOICE:
+		morc = really_morc;
+		/*FALLTHRU*/
 	    default:
 		if (cw->how == PICK_NONE || !index(resp, morc)) {
 		    /* unacceptable input received */