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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Monday, June 6, 1977

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,159
Across
1
Cheese coated with red wax : EDAM
5
Alms box : ARCA
9
Word with bag or board : EMERY
14
Fuddy-duddy : DODO
15
Famous couturier : DIOR
16
Lowest point : NADIR
17
Chaucer's travelers : GROUPOFPILGRIMS
20
Like some winds : EASTERLY
21
Type size : ELITE
22
Sharpen : HONE
23
"___ Town" (Boston) : BEAN
24
Twirls : SPINS
26
Hot under the collar : BURNEDUP
30
Fake : PHONY
31
Reliable : SOLID
32
"___ got sixpence" : IVE
33
Boxer's square : RING
34
Mournful music : DIRGE
35
Picnic pest : GNAT
36
Killer whale : ORC
37
Actress Singleton : PENNY
38
Winged : ALATE
39
Least expensive quarters at sea : STEERAGE
41
Kind of drum : SNARE
42
Knowledge : LORE
43
Miner's nail : SPAD
44
Urbane : SUAVE
46
One of Chaucer's travelers : MERCHANT
50
Chaucer poem : CANTERBURYTALES
52
Prefix with mingle or mix : INTER
53
French heavenly being : ANGE
54
Columbus caravel : NINA
55
Aromas : ODORS
56
Row : TIER
57
Hart or axis : DEER
Down
1
"The Razor's ___" : EDGE
2
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
3
Troubles : ADOS
4
Grimacing with the lips : MOUTHING
5
Embellishes : ADORNS
6
Ransack and rob : RIFLE
7
Transcript : COPY
8
Former shipping magnate : ARI
9
Locale of 50 Across : ENGLAND
10
"Leatherneck" : MARINE
11
Revise : EDIT
12
Hoarfrost : RIME
13
Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
18
Garden bloomer : PEONY
19
Stevenson's lamplighter : LEERIE
23
Protuberant : BULGY
24
Haberdashery item : SHIRT
25
Explorer de Léon : PONCE
26
Carried : BORNE
27
Money in Baghdad : DINAR
28
Conserve of grapes : UVATE
29
Jazzman Fountain : PETE
30
P.G.A. members : PROS
31
Beauty-shop treatment : SINGE
34
More precious : DEARER
35
Warm welcome : GLADHAND
37
Their motto is "Q.E.D." : PROVERS
38
Put on ___ (pretend) : ANACT
40
Click beetle : ELATER
41
More agile : SPRYER
43
Suit fabric : SERGE
44
Grit : SAND
45
"___ Caesar shalt thou go" : UNTO
46
Star who played Pasteur : MUNI
47
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
48
Goose, in Hilo : NENE
49
Ivan, for one : TSAR
50
Labor-union initials : CIO
51
Club : BAT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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