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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Monday, April 5, 1976

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 47.4
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,732
Across
1
Joke : GAG
4
Wishing, in Soho : OPING
9
Neighbor of U.S. : CAN
12
Months: Abbr. : APRS
14
Lowest point : NADIR
15
Lulu : ONER
17
Small spring : SEEP
18
"Forward," to Wisconsin : STATEMOTTO
20
___ du Chien, Wis. : PRAIRIE
22
Idealist's opposite : REALIST
23
Follows a course : TRODS
24
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
25
Like Alphonse and Gaston : POLITE
27
Mrs. Truman et al. : BESSES
31
Make an address : ORATE
32
Headline occurrences : DISASTERS
35
Egyptian cotton : SAK
36
Mitigate : ALLAY
37
Container : VAT
38
Topography statistic : ELEVATION
41
"___ Latin from Manhattan" : SHESA
43
Summer or last : RESORT
44
Fruit-pitting device : STONER
45
Opinion : IDEA
47
Barbara Frietchie's dare : SHOOT
48
Scholarly teachings : WISDOMS
51
"Bill Bailey, ___ please come ... " : WONTYOU
54
Type of energy : WATERPOWER
56
Time periods : EONS
57
Stravinsky : IGOR
58
Deal with : TREAT
59
Boxing units: Abbr. : RNDS
60
Harvest goddess : OPS
61
Doers: Suffix : STERS
62
Poet's word : EER
Down
1
Sound of surprise : GASP
2
One who mimics : APER
3
Two of Wisconsin's waterfronts : GREATLAKES
4
Kind of football kick : ONSIDE
5
Cracker spreads : PATES
6
Miss Kaminska : IDA
7
Saltpeter : NITRE
8
Packers of Wisconsin : GREENBAY
9
Most collected : COOLEST
10
Adverse : ANTI
11
Gains : NETS
13
Séance V.I.P. : SPIRIT
16
Decay : ROT
19
Fischer fortes : MATES
21
Fixed course : ROTE
25
Problem : POSER
26
Clerical cape : ORALE
28
First year that 18-year-olds voted : SEVENTYONE
29
Remove : ERASE
30
Spectral type : SSTAR
32
Roman 551 : DLI
33
U. N. agency : ILO
34
Mateo or Simeon : SAN
36
Takes a stab at : ATTEMPTS
39
Ones who annul : VOIDERS
40
Passion : ARDOR
41
Yugoslav canal : STON
42
Owl, often : HOOTER
44
Deficiencies : SHORTS
46
Of ___ (mediocre) : ASORT
47
Promise : SWEAR
48
1914–18 event : WWI
49
Shakespearean villain : IAGO
50
Street sign : STOP
52
Wave, in France : ONDE
53
U. N. member : USSR
55
Tiny : WEE

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

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