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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Friday, September 6, 1974

22-Across : Get rid of

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,155
Across
1
N. Y. time : EST
4
___ all : AFTER
9
Furniture designer : ADAM
13
Mies van der ___ : ROHE
15
Tree animal : SLOTH
16
Peeved : SORE
17
Culmination : APEX
18
Drawing named for a French pennypincher : SILHOUETTE
20
Watchman of a sort : SHEPHERD
22
Get rid of : DIVEST
23
Direction : EAST
24
Miss Porter of "Limberlost" : GENE
25
Tennis wear : SHORTS
28
Also-ran to Sherlock Holmes : LESTRADE
32
British P.M. : HEATH
33
Violent desire : MANIA
34
Collar shape : VEE
35
Cry of disgust : RATS
36
Little Charlotte : LOTTA
37
Authentic : REAL
38
"The ___ of St. Agnes" : EVE
39
Fills : SATES
40
Fogg's creator : VERNE
41
Inventor of a pistol : DERINGER
43
More in order : NEATER
44
Of ships: Abbr. : NAUT
45
Coal-mine road : BORD
46
French electrical pioneer : AMPERE
49
Composer Roger : SESSIONS
53
Conn. art colony : SILVERMINE
55
Neighbor of Minn. : NDAK
56
Elm or ash : TREE
57
"Purple Sage" figure : RIDER
58
Asian desert : GOBI
59
Kind of admiral : REAR
60
Leaves the stage : EXITS
61
Sea off Arabia : RED
Down
1
Ages : ERAS
2
Undergrad : SOPH
3
Quaker pronoun : THEE
4
Evaluate : ASSESS
5
Coquette : FLIRT
6
Divulged : TOLD
7
Numerical suffix : ETH
8
Area named for a British financier : RHODESIA
9
Letter-closing words : ASEVER
10
Show fondness : DOTE
11
Crafts' partner : ARTS
12
Fulfill : MEET
14
Pros : EXPERTS
19
Utah range : UINTA
21
"What ___ God wrought!" : HATH
24
Refined guys : GENTS
25
Destroy, as papers : SHRED
26
Word before ho : HEAVE
27
Horse opera : OATER
28
More recent : LATER
29
Prevent : AVERT
30
Silas of Revolutionary days : DEANE
31
Fisherman : EELER
33
Musical piece : MOTET
36
"C'est ___" (it's inevitable) : LAGUERRE
37
Oscar Wilde's gaol : READING
39
Trap : SNARE
40
___ libre : VERS
42
"___ saw a purple cow" : INEVER
43
Forward falls, old style : NOSERS
45
Stephen or William Rose : BENET
46
Star: Prefix : ASTR
47
Marsh : MIRE
48
Entreaty : PLEA
49
Moslem title of respect : SIDI
50
Scent : ODOR
51
Local movie, Variety style : NABE
52
Road mishap : SKID
54
Tom of early Westerns : MIX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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