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William Canine
New York Times, Thursday, April 23, 1987
12-Down : Of an ancient Frank
Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.1
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 G | 3 T | 4 S | 5 S | 6 T | 7 S | 8 U | 9 M | 10 A | 11 C |
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12 S | A | L | E | 13 P | E | E | R | 14 P | L | A | Y | A |
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15 A | T | O | R | 16 O | M | N | I | 17 L | A | R | R | Y |
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18 L | I | B | E | 19 R | T | I | N | E | 20 A | N | T | S | ||
21 I | R | A | T | E | 22 N | E | S | 23 T | Y | 24 I | H | 25 S |
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26 C | E | L | E | B | 27 R | A | T | O | R | 28 A | N | I | L |
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29 O | E | R | 30 N | O | 31 W | H | E | R | E |
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32 A | 33 S | 34 S | 35 E | R | T | 36 W | A | S | T | E | D |
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37 D | E | M | O | N | I | 38 C | 39 N | E | F | |||||
40 A | M | O | N | 41 R | O | 42 Y | A | L | F | 43 L | 44 U | 45 S | 46 H |
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47 M | I | L | 48 M | E | N | E | N | 49 L | A | N | C | E |
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50 P | L | 51 E | A | 52 C | O | N | 53 G | E | S | T | E | D |
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54 A | R | E | N | T | 55 A | M | I | E | 56 C | O | N | G |
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57 L | O | T | T | E | 58 V | E | E | R | 59 A | L | E | E |
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60 A | S | T | O | R | 61 E | N | S | 62 R | D | S |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,680
Across
1
An N.C.O. : SGT
4
Heathrow lander : SST
7
Roadside boscage : SUMAC
12
Bourse : SALE
13
Nobleman : PEER
14
Mudflat : PLAYA
15
Agent: Suffix : ATOR
16
Home of the Hawks : OMNI
17
Bird flying in Boston Garden : LARRY
18
Don Juan : LIBERTINE
20
Mound builders : ANTS
21
Outraged : IRATE
22
Like aviaries : NESTY
24
Letters on a chasuble : IHS
26
Jubilant one : CELEBRATOR
28
Indigo : ANIL
29
" ... thy warfare ___": Scott : OER
30
Obscurity : NOWHERE
32
Voice : ASSERT
36
Was profligate : WASTED
37
Fiendish : DEMONIC
39
Ship-shaped table utensil : NEF
40
Sun god : AMON
41
Odds against this are 649,739 to 1 : ROYALFLUSH
47
.001 of an inch : MIL
48
Novelist Aubrey : MENEN
49
Pic : LANCE
50
Something hoods cop : PLEA
52
Jam-packed : CONGESTED
54
Common contraction : ARENT
55
Cannes lady friend : AMIE
56
Sen. and H.R. : CONG
57
Soprano Lehmann : LOTTE
58
Deviate : VEER
59
Out of the wind : ALEE
60
First lady in Parliament : ASTOR
61
U.S.N. grad : ENS
62
Kin of sts. : RDS
Down
1
Literary genre : SATIRE
2
Worldwide : GLOBAL
3
Cylindrical : TERETE
4
Ph.D. course : SEMINAR
5
Trumpet call at the Globe : SENNET
6
Sees if a suit suits : TRIESON
7
Spread out : SPLAY
8
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
9
Disciplinarian : MARTINET
10
Hardy cattle breed : AYRSHIRE
11
Isle : CAY
12
Of an ancient Frank : SALIC
13
Olla : POT
19
Experiencing a new life : REBORN
23
Bricklayer's tool : TROWEL
25
Klondike vehicle : SLED
27
Withdraw, in a way : RETIRE
28
Contented sighs : AHS
31
Express vaguely : WAFFLE
32
One of the Smiths : ADAM
33
Part-timers of a sort : SEMIPROS
34
Humphrey Clinker's creator : SMOLLETT
35
A long, long time : EON
38
Like part of a circle : CONCAVE
39
Hyde Park denizens : NANNIES
42
Freeholders of yore : YEOMEN
43
East Indian sailor : LASCAR
44
Vast : UNTOLD
45
Prospects : SCENES
46
Shilly-shally : HEDGE
48
Agrippina, to Nero : MATER
51
Within: Prefix : ENTO
53
Neighbor of Aus. : GER
54
___ king : ALA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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