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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Saturday, February 28, 1976

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 7, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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P
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,695
Across
1
Hired hands : HELP
5
Soho hoosegow : GAOL
9
Harness parts : HAMES
14
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
15
In a bad way : ILLY
16
Cancel : ERASE
17
Word for 34 Down : STATESMAN
19
Henna job : RINSE
20
Kind of court : SUPREME
21
Word for 34 Down : DEBATER
23
U. N. group : ILO
24
Boston's red items : SOX
25
Back-talk : SASS
26
Long-haired dogs : ALCOS
29
Numerical prefix : PENTA
31
Plunder : LOOT
32
Juan or Cristobal : SAN
33
Merchant's sign : ONSALE
38
Words for 34 Down : POLITICALLEADER
41
On a heroic scale : EPICAL
42
Hindu cymbals : TAL
43
Webster and Beard, to friends : DANS
44
Dogmatic one : BIGOT
46
English field growth : GORSE
47
Jump ___ (abscond) : BAIL
51
Geometric figure: Abbr. : CIR
52
Indonesian islands : ARU
53
First name of rival of 34 Down : ABRAHAM
55
Petals, for staple, e.g. : ANAGRAM
59
Smooth : SUAVE
60
Do a job à la 34 Down : LEGISLATE
62
Park in the Rockies : ESTES
63
Paris seasons : ETES
64
Greek god : ARES
65
Realtors' papers : DEEDS
66
Sped : TORE
67
Seminar: Abbr. : SESS
Down
1
Western critter : HOSS
2
Famed Latin phrase : ETTU
3
Kind of year : LEAP
4
Like 34 Down : PATRIOTIC
5
Gadget : GISMO
6
Egyptian dancing girl : ALME
7
Palm leaf: Var. : OLA
8
Part of L.B.J. : LYNDON
9
Bandman Alpert : HERB
10
Songs : ARIAS
11
Large sea ray : MANTA
12
Letters : ESSES
13
Forward-looking ones : SEERS
18
Fish : EELS
22
Eulogize : EXTOLL
24
Word for 34 Down : SENATOR
26
High mountain, to Italians : ALPE
27
Plane maneuver : LOOP
28
Intestine: Prefix : COLI
29
Moccassin : PAC
30
Chemical ending : ANE
32
Glass ingredient : SILICA
34
Signature of a famed American : SADOUGLAS
35
Jewish month : ADAR
36
Magnifier : LENS
37
Gaelic : ERSE
39
Bill : TAB
40
Language: Abbr. : LAT
45
Boring tool : GIMLET
46
Mardi ___ : GRAS
47
Stationed : BASED
48
Maltreat : ABUSE
49
Burned up : IRATE
50
Cleaned up : LAVED
52
Cordial flavor : ANISE
54
Famed W. W. II prisoner : HESS
55
Latin field : AGER
56
Distinctive : RARE
57
Sweetsop : ATES
58
___ up (botch) : MESS
61
W. W. II area : ETO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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