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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Tuesday, March 26, 1974

11-Down : Saying

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
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
5
Certain type: Abbr. : ITAL
9
Did a card-table job : DEALT
14
Earthen jar : OLLA
15
Edith Evans, for one : DAME
16
Dizzy, as to Daffy : OLDER
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Something not to be beaten : DEADHORSE
19
Caliph of 634 A.D. : OMARI
20
Up to now : ASYET
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Fine fiddle : STRAD
23
Seaman : GOB
24
Fastener : HASP
26
One with super-vision : EAGLEEYE
28
Egyptian deity : ATON
30
Candlenut : OILTREE
32
Poetic word : EER
33
Golf-course V.I.P. : PRO
34
Razor or gay : BLADE
38
Lifeguard, at times : RESCUER
40
Engaged in a tilt : JOUSTED
42
Outstanding people : ONERS
43
Month: Abbr. : AUG
44
Medieval tale : LAI
45
Like a fifth wheel : USELESS
49
Certain U. K. soldier's wear : KILT
50
Words for a kook : CRAZYCAT
53
Old N. Y. paper, for short : TRIB
55
Gen. Arnold : HAP
56
Streisand's Girl : FUNNY
58
Well-rounded : OBESE
61
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
68
Showed reverence : KNELT
69
Open : UNDO
70
Stimulus, for short : HYPO
Down
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Bartender's item : SODA
2
Arena cheers : OLES
3
___ with (disarrange) : PLAYHORSE
4
Of the underworld : HADEAN
5
Words of consent : IDO
6
Relatives of nicotines : TARS
7
Amsterdam's river : AMSTEL
8
Look over slyly : LEERAT
9
Rail-maintenance car : DOODLEBUG
10
Barrel-hoop source : ELM
11
Saying : ADAGE
12
Baby of film fame : LEROY
13
One of an Israeli twelve : TRIBE
18
Altitudes: Abbr. : HTS
22
Farming: Abbr. : AGR
25
Study intently : PORE
27
Elusive ones : EELS
28
Kind of dynamics : AERO
29
___-ager : TEEN
31
Comparative suffix : IOR
33
Act cautiously : PUSSYFOOT
35
Like an actor between jobs : ATLIBERTY
36
Arrangement : DEAL
37
Do a paper job : EDIT
39
Santa ___, Calif. : CRUZ
40
N. T. book: Abbr. : JAS
41
Expel : OUST
46
Old French coin : ECU
47
Two-seated carriage : LANDAU
48
Of a well-known mount : ETNEAN
49
Put the ___ on (squelch) : KIBOSH
50
Pretty young miss : CHICK
51
Squeal : RATON
52
Expeditiously : APACE
54
Commit a crime : ROB
57
All-wool width : YARD
59
Football center's move : SNAP
60
This, in Mexico : ESTO
62
All-stops train: Abbr. : LCL
64
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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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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