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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Tuesday, March 26, 1974

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 36.9
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,991
Across
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Ex-frosh : SOPH
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Certain type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Did a card-table job : DEALT
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Earthen jar : OLLA
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Edith Evans, for one : DAME
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Dizzy, as to Daffy : OLDER
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Something not to be beaten : DEADHORSE
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Caliph of 634 A.D. : OMARI
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Up to now : ASYET
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Fine fiddle : STRAD
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Seaman : GOB
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Fastener : HASP
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One with super-vision : EAGLEEYE
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Egyptian deity : ATON
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Candlenut : OILTREE
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Poetic word : EER
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Golf-course V.I.P. : PRO
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Razor or gay : BLADE
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Lifeguard, at times : RESCUER
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Engaged in a tilt : JOUSTED
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Outstanding people : ONERS
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Month: Abbr. : AUG
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Medieval tale : LAI
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Like a fifth wheel : USELESS
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Certain U. K. soldier's wear : KILT
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Words for a kook : CRAZYCAT
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Old N. Y. paper, for short : TRIB
55
Gen. Arnold : HAP
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Streisand's Girl : FUNNY
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Well-rounded : OBESE
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Form for a European land : ITALO
63
Early War Secretary and family : DEARBORNS
65
Darling, in Naples : COCCO
66
Swiss river : AARE
67
Office copy, for short : STAT
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Showed reverence : KNELT
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Open : UNDO
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Stimulus, for short : HYPO
Down
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Bartender's item : SODA
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Arena cheers : OLES
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___ with (disarrange) : PLAYHORSE
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Of the underworld : HADEAN
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Words of consent : IDO
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Relatives of nicotines : TARS
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Amsterdam's river : AMSTEL
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Look over slyly : LEERAT
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Rail-maintenance car : DOODLEBUG
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Barrel-hoop source : ELM
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Saying : ADAGE
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Baby of film fame : LEROY
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One of an Israeli twelve : TRIBE
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Altitudes: Abbr. : HTS
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Farming: Abbr. : AGR
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Study intently : PORE
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Elusive ones : EELS
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Kind of dynamics : AERO
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___-ager : TEEN
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Comparative suffix : IOR
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Act cautiously : PUSSYFOOT
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Like an actor between jobs : ATLIBERTY
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Arrangement : DEAL
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Do a paper job : EDIT
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Santa ___, Calif. : CRUZ
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N. T. book: Abbr. : JAS
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Expel : OUST
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Old French coin : ECU
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Two-seated carriage : LANDAU
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Of a well-known mount : ETNEAN
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Put the ___ on (squelch) : KIBOSH
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Pretty young miss : CHICK
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Squeal : RATON
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Expeditiously : APACE
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Commit a crime : ROB
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All-wool width : YARD
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Football center's move : SNAP
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This, in Mexico : ESTO
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All-stops train: Abbr. : LCL
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Old car : REO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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