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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Saturday, December 27, 1975

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.8
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,632
Across
1
Girl : LASS
5
A man and ___ : AMAID
10
What Jack's rat ate : MALT
14
Mailbox part : SLOT
15
Mud volcano : SALSE
16
Region : AREA
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Southwestern sight : MESA
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Do fishing on the go : TROLL
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Bakery worker : ICER
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Pennsylvania et al. : COMMONWEALTHS
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Reduce : PARE
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___ of 1812 : WAR
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Chair parts : SPLATS
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Like Penn's Indian policy : PEACEFUL
33
Fruit : PEACH
34
Sierra ___ : MADRE
35
Upward: Prefix : ANO
36
" ... with a blue ribbon ___" : ONIT
37
Strong point : FORTE
38
Pheasant brood : NIDE
39
Calendar abbr. : OCT
40
Afflictions : SORES
41
Harvest goddess : CERES
42
Name for Pennsylvania : KEYSTONE
44
Great nations : POWERS
45
Old coin of Riga : LAT
46
Partner : ALLY
47
Philadelphia's forte : BROTHERLYLOVE
53
Sailing vessel : BRIG
54
Hot and bothered : IRATE
55
Phoned : RANG
57
Rio ___ : RITA
58
Metric unit : LITER
59
Drawer handle : KNOB
60
Portent : OMEN
61
Eyes in a way : LEERS
62
Assembly: Abbr. : SESS
Down
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Naval invasion craft : LSM
2
Templeton : ALEC
3
Passable : SOSO
4
British law opposed by colonies : STAMPACT
5
Mary and Lady : ASTORS
6
French river : MARNE
7
Nautical term : ALOW
8
Cay : ISLE
9
Pennsylvania's neighbor : DELAWARE
10
___ d'hôtel : MAITRE
11
London's is Marble : ARCH
12
Sediment : LEES
13
Pitch : TAR
21
School study : MATH
22
Fasten a shoe : LACE
25
Halloween figure : SPOOK
26
Coins, in Devon : PENCE
27
Nonclergy : LAITY
28
Gay ___ : PAREE
29
N.Y. summer times : EDTS
30
Laissez ___ : FAIRE
31
___ wraps (concealed) : UNDER
32
Loam deposit : LOESS
34
Poetic time : MORN
37
Mountain's neighbor : FOOTHILL
38
City and state : NEWYORKS
40
Office copy, for short : STAT
41
Inst. of learning : COLL
43
Catchword : SLOGAN
44
Busy ones : PLYERS
46
Kind of ego : ALTER
47
Bowl part : BRIM
48
Observance : RITE
49
Penna. port : ERIE
50
Assess : RATE
51
Early Mass. governor : VANE
52
Eve's grandson : ENOS
53
Relative: Abbr. : BRO
56
Literary initials : GBS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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