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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, August 14, 1986

32-Down : Fond of fox hunting

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,428
Across
1
Weighs : HEFTS
6
Mongol ruler : KHAN
10
The rabble : RAFF
14
Writer Cleveland : AMORY
15
Glittery fabric : LAME
16
Famed nom de plume : ELIA
17
Vilify : SMEAR
18
Control of a market by a few firms : OLIGOPOLY
20
Zeal : PASSION
22
Columbus's townspeople : GENOESE
23
Relinquishes : HANDSOVER
25
Homophone for sleigh : SLAY
28
Spasms : TICS
29
Secret supply : STASH
33
Palooka's Fisher : HAM
34
East African tree : ROKA
35
Rate of activity : TEMPO
36
TV's "One Day at ___" : ATIME
38
Cgs-system unit : ERG
40
Ann ___, Mich. : ARBOR
41
News summary : RECAP
42
Young salmon : PARR
44
Forage plant : ERS
45
Plant used for making pipes : ERICA
46
Tease unmercifully : RIDE
47
Bohemian : ARTY
48
Retreats : HIDEAWAYS
51
Has a goal : ASPIRES
54
Fashionable : ALAMODE
58
Describing symphonies, sonatas, etc. : CLASSICAL
60
Forded : WADED
61
Polite term of address : MAAM
62
Cheat : GULL
63
Levered : PRIED
64
River of Spain : EBRO
65
Lawman Eliot : NESS
66
Arenaceous : SANDY
Down
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Fastener : HASP
2
Madame Bovary : EMMA
3
Hostile ones : FOES
4
Worthless : TRASHY
5
Middle Eastern republic : SYRIA
6
Site of the 1897 gold rush : KLONDIKE
7
Holbrook or Linden : HAL
8
Fidel's friends : AMIGOS
9
Site of Beersheba : NEGEV
10
City-room denizen : REPORTER
11
Sun-loving plant : ALOE
12
Iraqi coin : FILS
13
Alice of musicals : FAYE
19
Commodore's shoulderwear : ONESTAR
21
Aware of : ONTO
24
Villain of "Tosca" : SCARPIA
25
Take part : SHARE
26
Subsequently : LATER
27
Caesar's friends : AMICI
30
Yellowish brown : AMBER
31
Frolic : SPORT
32
Fond of fox hunting : HORSY
34
Overhauls, e.g. : REPAIRS
37
Assertive masculinity : MACHISMO
39
Wild ducks : GADWALLS
43
Authentic : REAL
46
Set free : RESCUE
47
Eritrean capital : ASMARA
49
Condescend : DEIGN
50
Squawks : YAWPS
51
Summit : ACME
52
Chunk : SLAB
53
Carson predecessor : PAAR
55
One-eyed god : ODIN
56
Two-way action : DEED
57
Vortex : EDDY
59
Kaline and Rosen of baseball : ALS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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