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Anthony B. Canning
New York Times, Saturday, November 9, 1974
21-Down : Delaware flower
Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 E | 3 R | 4 A | 5 T | 6 B | 7 O | 8 O | 9 N | 10 D | 11 O | 12 R | 13 R |
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14 S | C | A | R | E | 15 A | R | T | E | 16 I | T | E | A |
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17 A | R | I | E | L | 18 C | R | O | W | 19 S | N | E | S | T |
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20 R | U | D | O | L | 21 P | H | S | 22 F | L | O | A | T | S |
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23 L | E | E | S | 24 B | O | I | S | |||||||
25 C | 26 A | 27 M | E | R | A | 28 P | L | U | M | A | 29 G | 30 E | ||
31 A | G | A | 32 S | C | 33 R | E | E | N | 34 U | R | N | 35 A |
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36 S | E | R | 37 F | 38 H | A | R | E | D | 39 R | E | A | L |
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40 E | R | A | L | 41 B | R | I | D | L | 42 E | 43 E | T | O |
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44 S | T | A | 45 R | L | E | T | 46 A | N | 47 D | R | E | W |
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48 T | H | O | R | 49 A | N | T | E | |||||||
50 S | 51 A | 52 S | H | E | S | 53 I | N | D | I | A | 54 N | 55 A | 56 N |
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57 N | E | C | E | S | S | 58 I | T | Y | 59 C | R | A | N | E |
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60 A | R | I | A | 61 O | D | E | A | 62 E | I | L | A | T |
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63 G | O | O | D | 64 M | A | R | S | 65 D | E | A | N | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,219
Across
1
Monster: Prefix : TERAT
6
Benefit : BOON
10
Rhode Island rebel : DORR
14
Alarm : SCARE
15
Field for Joan Miro : ARTE
16
Willow : ITEA
17
"Tempest" character : ARIEL
18
Lookout spot : CROWSNEST
20
Valentino et al. : RUDOLPHS
22
Negotiates, as a loan : FLOATS
23
Dregs : LEES
24
Wood, in Brittany : BOIS
25
Rochester output : CAMERA
28
Early hat adornment : PLUMAGE
31
Turkish title : AGA
32
Hide : SCREEN
34
Italian receptacle : URNA
36
Feudal subject : SERF
38
Ran swiftly : HARED
39
Sincere : REAL
40
Of an epoch : ERAL
41
Curb : BRIDLE
43
W. W. II command : ETO
44
Hollywood hopeful : STARLET
46
English prince : ANDREW
48
Odin's noisy son : THOR
49
Pony up : ANTE
50
Window parts : SASHES
53
J. W. Riley or George Ade : INDIANAN
57
Penna. fort of 1754 attack : NECESSITY
59
Wading bird : CRANE
60
Melody : ARIA
61
Concert halls : ODEA
62
Port of Israel : EILAT
63
Report-card rating : GOOD
64
Planet : MARS
65
College officials : DEANS
Down
1
Monarch : TSAR
2
Color : ECRU
3
Military tactic : RAID
4
Small cavity : AREOLE
5
Bank workers : TELLERS
6
Musical family : BACHS
7
Hockey's Bobby and family : ORRS
8
Western Indian : OTO
9
Large dog : NEWFOUNDLAND
10
Extinct animal : DINOSAUR
11
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
12
Take it easy : REST
13
Word of disgust : RATS
19
Scanty : SLIM
21
Delaware flower : PEACHBLOSSOM
24
Extort : BLEED
25
Example : CASE
26
Radio-tube workers : AGERS
27
French revolutionist : MARAT
28
Old weight unit : PERIT
29
Miss Garson : GREER
30
Growing out : ENATE
33
More scarce : RARER
35
Nautical word : ALOW
37
Simpleton : FLATHEAD
42
Lured : ENTICED
45
Fluidity units : RHES
47
Pet name : DEARIE
49
Writer Seton et al. : ANYAS
50
Difficulty : SNAG
51
Flying prefix : AERO
52
Shadow: Prefix : SCIO
53
Roman road : ITER
54
Hindu legendary hero : NALA
55
Biblical covenant sealer : ANAN
56
Fishermen's needs : NETS
58
Miss Tarbell : IDA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 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.