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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Saturday, May 14, 1977

2-Down : Squirrel's nest

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,136
Across
1
State further : ADD
4
Assessment figure : RATAL
9
Aqueduct performer : COLT
13
Stern and harsh : GRIM
15
City near Lisbon : EVORA
16
Curved molding : OGEE
17
Life of Riley : EASE
18
Michigan's Upper and Lower : PENINSULAS
20
Prolific tree in Michigan : SYCAMORE
22
Most dreadful : DIREST
23
Snug refuge : NEST
24
Iowa college town : AMES
25
What Oedipus solved : RIDDLE
28
Went abroad : TRAVELED
32
Sinned : ERRED
33
Savoire-___ (tact) : FAIRE
34
City in Nevada : ELY
35
Munchausen, e.g. : LIAR
36
"R.U.R." author : CAPEK
37
Stow cargo : LADE
38
Clairvoyance, for short : ESP
39
Hounds' targets : HARES
40
Model's achievement : COVER
41
"Don't Go Near ___" : THEWATER
43
Hermits : LONERS
44
Paleozoic and Mesozoic : ERAS
45
Warbled : SANG
46
Masonry tool : TROWEL
49
Part of Michigan's border : LAKEERIE
53
Michigan product : AUTOMOBILE
55
Grit : SAND
56
One-eyed Norse god : ODIN
57
Carnegie was one : GIVER
58
White pine, state ___ of Michigan : TREE
59
Method: Abbr. : SYST
60
Ski turns : STEMS
61
Poetic contraction : EEN
Down
1
"Rock of ___" : AGES
2
Squirrel's nest : DRAY
3
Recording : DISC
4
Rest : REPOSE
5
Ward off : AVERT
6
Inflection : TONE
7
Late Greek shipowner : ARI
8
Monument, for instance : LANDMARK
9
Offering at U. of Detroit : COURSE
10
Do girl-watching : OGLE
11
Pastures : LEAS
12
Dry run : TEST
14
Ramble : MEANDER
19
Strainer : SIEVE
21
Card combo : MELD
24
Zodiac sign : ARIES
25
Rent again : RELET
26
Dubliners : IRISH
27
Statue's garment : DRAPE
28
Slight light : TAPER
29
Furlough : LEAVE
30
Graybeard : ELDER
31
Batik experts : DYERS
33
Cabbie's customers : FARES
36
Lists : CATALOGS
37
Of greatest duration : LONGEST
39
Odalisque's home : HAREM
40
Tepee shape : CONE
42
"And ___ come back till it's over ... " : WEWONT
43
L.A. court team : LAKERS
45
Hawthorne's birthplace : SALEM
46
Southwest resort : TAOS
47
Vallee : RUDY
48
Colonial patriot : OTIS
49
Not taped : LIVE
50
Special : RARE
51
Arrow poison : INEE
52
Elysium : EDEN
54
Crumb : BIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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