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Anthony B. Canning
Anthony B. Canning

New York Times, Wednesday, July 21, 1976

Author:
Anthony B. Canning
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.4
Anthony B. Canning has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,839
Across
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Cheap falseness : SHAM
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Become tardy : LATEN
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How Napoleon was before Elba : ABLE
14
Metallic cloth : LAME
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Muse : ERATO
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Futile : VAIN
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"It's ___ world" : AMAD
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Decorative spheres : WITCHBALLS
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Two of Caesar's trio : VENIVIDI
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Blue mineral : IOLITE
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Western Indians : UTES
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Other, in Spain : OTRO
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Like Alfred or Alexander : GREAT
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Stock holding: Abbr. : SHR
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Toughen : ENURE
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Bombast : RANT
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Trinket : DOODAD
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Form of Edward : NED
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River to the Seine : OISE
38
Of hearing : AURAL
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Old brocade : ACCA
40
"___ live and ... " : ASI
41
Water passage : STRAIT
42
Half-shell occupant : CLAM
43
Witness, in law : TESTE
45
Poet's word : EEN
46
Atlantic fish : SCUPS
47
Flock : HERD
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Smear : DAUB
50
Leblanc's Lupin : ARSENE
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Leaver of a kind : EMIGRANT
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Rabbit : COTTONTAIL
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
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Well-known pen name : ELIA
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Atelier fixture : EASEL
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Clump : CLOT
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Certain talks: Abbr. : SERS
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Very small : WEENY
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Urges : YENS
Down
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Balkan native : SLAV
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Harness part : HAME
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Secretary : AMANUENSIS
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Reflect : MEDITATE
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Clark's companion : LEWIS
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Like the Gobi : ARID
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Actor Jacques : TATI
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Like some Koufax games : NOHIT
10
Arthurian island : AVALON
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Romantic island : BALI
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Cadence : LILT
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Mass.-motto word : ENSE
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Lost in tedium : BORED
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Certain doc : VET
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Decree : ORDAIN
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Old English coin : GROAT
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Support partner's suit : RAISE
27
Became disillusioned : SOURED
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Goddesses of the seasons : HORAE
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Antisocial : UNCLUBABLE
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Sum up : RECAP
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Cheeses : EDAMS
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Gram. case : DAT
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High in pitch : ALT
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Precision : ACCURACY
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"___ evil" : SEENO
44
Greek letters : THETAS
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Droop : SAG
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Freshen : RENEW
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Something remarkable : DILLY
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Connors specialties : ACES
51
Part : ROLE
52
Excite : STIR
53
Lessen : EASE
54
Air : MIEN
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Night sight : NEON
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Asian holidays : TETS
58
Scottish digit : TAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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