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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Friday, July 1, 1977

10-Across : Mil. decorations

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,184
Across
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Attention-getting sound : AHEM
5
"___ to bury Caesar ... " : ICOME
10
Mil. decorations : DSMS
14
Emulated Arcaro : RODE
15
Burrowing animals : MOLES
16
List abbr. : ETAL
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Prolific plant in W. Va. : SUGARMAPLE
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Large hall : SALA
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Sold in small quantities : RETAILED
21
Musical group : OCTET
22
Noah's eldest son : SHEM
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The high cost of leaving : FARE
24
Parseghian : ARA
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Family member : SIS
29
Wicker's "___ to Die" : ATIME
31
Swig : GULP
33
Ohio et al., to W. Va. : NEIGHBORS
36
" ... ___ forgive those" : ASWE
37
Peter, in Puerto Rico : PEDRO
38
Burner : ETNA
39
What 17 Across is to W. Va. : STATETREE
41
British gun : STEN
42
Where Aleppo is : SYRIA
43
"Treasure Island" author's monogram : RLS
45
Suffix with herb and verb : OSE
46
Book by W. Va.'s Pearl Buck : SONS
47
Emulates Rich Little : APES
50
Garand, e.g. : RIFLE
52
Source of resin : PINETREE
56
About : INRE
57
River's upper tributaries : HEADWATERS
59
Deity, in Dijon : DIEU
60
Napoleon's troops : ARMEE
61
Arrived from above : ALIT
62
Part of a strawberry : STEM
63
Packer's Bart : STARR
64
"Lang" follower : SYNE
Down
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Horace's "___ Poetica" : ARS
2
3,600 seconds : HOUR
3
Selvage : EDGE
4
Cold cuts : MEATS
5
Children's marbles : IMMIES
6
One of many W. Va. workers : COALMINER
7
Old Greek flask : OLPE
8
Pinochle play : MELD
9
Suffix with Siam and Japan : ESE
10
Gives an account of : DESCRIBES
11
For W. Va., it's "Montani Semper Liberi" : STATEMOTTO
12
Man or boy : MALE
13
Bed part : SLAT
18
Cheering word : RAH
21
Attestation : OATH
23
"Peter Rabbit" cartoonist : FAGO
24
Turkish chiefs : AGAS
25
Corrodes : RUSTS
26
Meaning of "Semper Liberi" : ALWAYSFREE
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Hebrew ceremonial feast : SEDER
30
Kin of fulmars : ERNES
32
Important W. Va. product : PETROLEUM
34
Man from Dublin : IRELANDER
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Far from foolhardy : SANE
37
Sch. affiliates : PTAS
40
Mozart's "___ Kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
44
Oil well, for instance : SPEWER
48
Greek letter : ETA
49
Girls in Toledo: Abbr. : SRTAS
50
Disencumbers : RIDS
51
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
52
Saucy : PERT
53
"___ Camera" : IAMA
54
Smooth and slippery : EELY
55
"___ go bragh" : ERIN
57
Owns : HAS
58
Sault ___ Marie : STE

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

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