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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Monday, June 6, 1988

50-Across : Golden Gate City inst. of learning

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.5
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,090
Across
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Roughage : BRAN
5
Harry's helpmate : BESS
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Settlements : PACTS
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Carson City neighbor : RENO
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Montreal athlete : EXPO
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Athenians' meeting place : AGORA
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Former Ugandan strong man : AMIN
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Train with Spinks : SPAR
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Crucible : TRIAL
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Five-and-ten : DIMESTORE
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H.R. and Sen. : CONG
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Road agent's quarry : STAGE
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Hide away : STASH
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Tout's specialty : TIP
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Sluggish : SLOW
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O.K. Corral lawman : EARP
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Chanel : COCO
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Subsidize : AID
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Brunch beverages : MIMOSAS
35
Different ones : OTHERS
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Scuffle : TUSSLE
40
Man of high rank : GRANDEE
42
Exclusive group : SET
43
Lots of moola : PILE
44
Marathon, e.g. : RACE
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Cautery : IRON
50
Golden Gate City inst. of learning : USF
51
___ firma : TERRA
52
Bayes et al. : NORAS
54
Skier's convenience : TBAR
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Insignificant : PENNYANTE
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Catsup, e.g. : SAUCE
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Thrash : LACE
60
Restrain : REIN
61
Affected by poison ivy : ITCHY
62
SW Indians : UTES
63
Aphrodite's lovable lad : EROS
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Playmates for Poms : PEKES
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Exploit of yore : GEST
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Unit of force : DYNE
Down
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Thin wire nails : BRADS
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Pardons : REMITS
3
One of nature's kingdoms : ANIMAL
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One's external world : NONEGO
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Outstrip : BEST
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Took the cover off : EXPOSED
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Laconians' capital : SPARTA
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Pitcher's nemesis : SOREARM
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Army shoulder insignia : PATCH
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Soil: Comb. form : AGRO
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First official act at Super Bowl : COINTOSS
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Calamitous : TRAGICAL
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"They called her frivolous ___" : SAL
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Civil War Secretary of State : SEWARD
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Ill will : SPITE
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Affectation : POSE
30
Romaine : COS
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Rhone feeder : ISERE
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Mr. Christian's crime : MUTINY
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Former U.S.S.R. secret police : OGPU
36
Pertaining to Ind.-Ill.-Mich., e.g. : TRISTATE
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Four bits : HALFBUCK
38
Compass pt. : ENE
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Silencer of a sort : EARPLUG
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Spooky meetings : SEANCES
45
Fashion : CREATE
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Spoke loudly : ROARED
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Irascible : ORNERY
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1920 League member : NATION
51
Three-spots : TREYS
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Meaning : SENSE
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Twinge : ACHE
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Vespiary : NEST
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Tiny taste : SIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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