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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Thursday, March 11, 1976

20-Across : Observe

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,707
Across
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Unusual art piece : CURIO
6
Ski lift : TBAR
10
Norwegian king : OLAV
14
Perfumes: Var. : ATARS
15
Likewise : ALSO
16
Ibsen heroine : NORA
17
S. A. desert plant : CHRISTMASCACTUS
20
Observe : HEED
21
Kind of horse or track : RACE
22
Artificial channel : FLUME
23
Prior to : ERE
24
" ... the ___ at heaven's gate sings" : LARK
25
West et al. : MAES
26
Kind of dog : LAP
27
Ivory, in old Rome : EBUR
29
Join the also-rans : TRAIL
32
Certain votes : AYES
33
Actor Leon : AMES
37
State flower of S. C. : YELLOWJESSAMINE
40
On ___ street : EASY
41
Diving-bell inventor : EADS
42
State flower of N. H. : LILAC
43
Elephant's ___ : EARS
44
Golden or fishing : ROD
45
Asian tree : ASAK
47
Two-toed sloth : UNAU
49
___-Magnon : CRO
52
Fall bloom : ASTER
54
Biblical name : ASER
55
Reptile, for short : CROC
56
Wildflower of West : PURPLESAGEBRUSH
59
Silkworm : ERIA
60
Waiter's offering : MENU
61
Jockey : RIDER
62
Kind of estate : REAL
63
Impudent talk : SASS
64
Portly : OBESE
Down
1
Secret store : CACHE
2
Arthurian king : UTHER
3
Peep show : RAREE
4
Perennial herb : IRID
5
Forerunner of the C.I.A. : OSS
6
Cornish river : TAMAR
7
Neckwear for a Preakness winner : BLACKEYEDSUSANS
8
African fox : ASSE
9
Sindbad's bird : ROC
10
Tante's husband : ONCLE
11
Daydreamer's flower : LOTUS
12
Calla lily : ARUM
13
Container : VASE
18
Pitfall : TRAP
19
At a distance : AFAR
24
French composer : LALO
25
Rumple : MUSS
26
Easter plant : LILY
28
Good Queen ___ : BESS
29
Nautical chain : TYE
30
Cartoonist Gardner : REA
31
Jolson et al. : ALS
32
Out of harmony : AJAR
33
Surrounded by : AMID
34
Wire measure : MIL
35
Spanish queen : ENA
36
Short time, for short : SEC
38
Kind of sister : WEAK
39
Baseball brother : ALOU
43
Countess's husband : EARL
44
Hard to find : RARE
45
Roman halls : ATRIA
46
Flower part : SEPAL
48
Spiced beverage : NEGUS
49
Uncouth : CRUDE
50
Derby winner's neckwear : ROSES
51
Natural earth : OCHRE
52
Mime : APER
53
"You bet!" : SURE
54
Cruising : ASEA
55
Corn ___ : CRIB
57
Letters : EMS
58
Family member: Abbr. : BRO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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