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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Saturday, August 23, 1975

5-Down : "For want of ___ ... "

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,506
Across
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"Oh, dear" : ALAS
5
"___ as butter" : ASFAT
10
Buck heroine : OLAN
14
Leaf projection : LOBE
15
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
16
Entertain : DINE
17
Biblical land : EDOM
18
Strong dislike : ABHORRENCE
20
John Q. Public, e.g. : CIVILIAN
22
Island of statues : EASTER
23
Organic compound : ENOL
24
Cut-rate sign : ASIS
25
Word with renewal : URBAN
27
Serbian measure : RIF
29
Dizzy's brother : DAFFY
33
___-die : DOOR
34
Parisian lines : METROS
36
Scottish explorer : RAE
37
Call it ___ : ADAY
38
Wool-gather : SHEAR
39
Relatives : SIBS
40
Irish sea-god : LER
41
Part of A.E.C. : ATOMIC
42
Distant: Prefix : TELE
43
Miners' quests : LODES
45
English money initials : LSD
46
Southern breads : PONES
47
Imitated : APED
49
Voiceless : SURD
50
Stuffy one : FOSSIL
53
A ___ (choral style) : CAPPELLA
57
Fluent : ARTICULATE
59
"___ Sir or Madame" : DEAR
60
Gin base : SLOE
61
Energetic one : DEMON
62
Federal org. : USIA
63
Kind of drop or sheet : TEAR
64
Consequence : EVENT
65
Attention-getting sounds : PSTS
Down
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Templeton : ALEC
2
Town near Milan : LODI
3
Without trickery : ABOVEBOARD
4
Scholastic place : SEMINARY
5
"For want of ___ ... " : ANAIL
6
Leeward island : SABA
7
Mountain wind : FOHN
8
Latin-study word : AMO
9
Runs out of steam : TIRES
10
Black Sea port : ODESSA
11
Ravelings : LINT
12
Noun suffix : ANCE
13
Poetic contraction : NEER
19
Speculators' moves : RAIDS
21
Chaney : LON
24
Reluctant : AFRAID
25
J.F.K. Cabinet member : UDALL
26
Wyoming show : RODEO
27
Occupy again : REHOLD
28
Paragraphs : ITEMS
30
Unlike Damon or Pythias : FRIENDLESS
31
George Ade piece : FABLE
32
Words of assent : YESES
34
Denver time : MST
35
Sea creature : ORC
39
Amassed : STOREDUP
41
Jelly : ASPIC
44
Less demanding : EASIER
46
Pet-store purchase : PUP
48
Shun : ELUDE
49
All in : SPENT
50
Expeditious : FAST
51
Heraldic border : ORLE
52
Greek meeting place : STOA
53
"The Rains ___" : CAME
54
Solar disk : ATON
55
French milk : LAIT
56
Macaws : ARAS
58
Bulgarian coin : LEV

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