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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Thursday, September 26, 1974

28-Down : Kind of lightning or gang

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,175
Across
1
Iranian leader : SHAH
5
Kind of ball or driver : SCREW
10
Danube feeder : ISAR
14
Soft drink : COLA
15
Uneven : EROSE
16
French husband : MARI
17
Drivel : APPLESAUCE
19
Baby transit : PRAM
20
Centerfold art in Cosmopolitan : BEEFCAKE
21
Extremely boring : DEADLY
23
Pear or quince : POME
24
Miss Lewis : SHARI
25
Store fodder : ENSILE
28
Wheezy story : CHESTNUT
31
Abner of Revolutionary days : DEANE
32
Bilk : CHEAT
33
Wine: Prefix : ENO
34
Foster child, in Scotland : DALT
35
Black or ironing : BOARD
36
Trifle : DOIT
37
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
38
Like some weather : HUMID
39
Do a creative job : WRITE
40
Style of furniture : SHERATON
42
Fissile rocks : SHALES
43
Pub ammunition : DARTS
44
Walk heavily : SLOG
45
Compose : INDITE
47
Carnival offering : PEEPSHOW
51
Disposition : MOOD
52
Certain investment : REALESTATE
54
"Art thou also become weak ___?" : ASWE
55
Like some gemstones : UNSET
56
Silkworm : ERIA
57
Improve : MEND
58
Architect's output : PLANS
59
Ruin's partner : RACK
Down
1
Result of a scrape : SCAB
2
Optimist's feeling : HOPE
3
Mountain, in Italy : ALPE
4
Insignificant one : HALFPINT
5
TV street : SESAME
6
Wading bird : CRAKE
7
Dissolute one : ROUE
8
Spanish coin: Abbr. : ESC
9
Pot addict, familiarly : WEEDHEAD
10
Bestow : IMPART
11
Lubricant obtained from a fish : SARDINEOIL
12
Soviet sea : ARAL
13
Frost-covered : RIMY
18
Learning place, in France : ECOLE
22
Direction : EAST
24
Pottery fragment: Var. : SHERD
25
Icelandic writings : EDDAS
26
Below, to poets : NEATH
27
Kept in reserve : SALTEDDOWN
28
Kind of lightning or gang : CHAIN
29
Bring together : UNITE
30
Conveys : TOTES
32
Perry and family : COMOS
35
Flatter : BUTTERUP
36
Hot-rod car : DRAGSTER
38
"Act One" author : HART
39
Beats soundly : WHOPS
41
Converged on the icebox : RAIDED
42
Winter falls : SLEETS
44
Moon: Prefix : SELEN
45
Mosque official : IMAM
46
Meddle : NOSE
47
Raisin, in Spain : PASA
48
___-kiri : HARA
49
Of the ear : OTIC
50
Kind of kneed : WEAK
53
Increased: Abbr. : ENL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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