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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Wednesday, October 19, 1983

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 9.7
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,398
Across
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Ready money : CASH
5
Rudiments : ABCS
9
Polite : CIVIL
14
Vocal range : ALTO
15
Brandy type : MARC
16
Lower : ABASE
17
Street sign : STOP
18
Restricted ___ : AREA
19
Ball star : BELLE
20
"Decameron" unit : TALE
21
Shaw's "___ House" : HEARTBREAK
23
Construct : ERECT
25
Victim of Corday : MARAT
26
Chief : HEAD
29
Panhandle : BEG
30
What fireworks evoke : AHS
33
Emulated Daniel Shays : REBELLED
37
Soft, sweet and juicy : MELLOW
39
War god : ARES
40
Bitter : ACERB
42
Notion : IDEA
43
Jacuzzi's cousin : HOTTUB
45
Like glands aiding digestion : SALIVARY
47
"Silence, please!" : SSH
48
Berate regularly : NAG
50
Something from a parent : GENE
51
Knight's necessity : ARMOR
53
Kind of diet : CRASH
57
Seed of a legume : KIDNEYBEAN
62
Walesa, for one : POLE
63
Alpha's opposite : OMEGA
64
Tibetan monk : LAMA
65
Spoken : ORAL
66
Located : BASED
67
When Brutus became brutal : IDES
68
Conductor Klemperer : OTTO
69
A Brontë : EMILY
70
Following : NEXT
71
Final : LAST
Down
1
Class distinction : CASTE
2
Place of worship : ALTAR
3
Filched : STOLE
4
Layaway plan of a sort : HOPECHEST
5
Asian nurse : AMAH
6
Like Godiva : BARE
7
Quintessence : CREAM
8
Image of a beetle : SCARAB
9
Item in Mrs. Wiggs's patch : CABBAGE
10
French composer Jacques : IBERT
11
Lowland : VALE
12
One of the Balearics : ISLA
13
Soup ingredient : LEEK
22
Show dread : TREMBLE
24
___ Aviv : TEL
27
"___ Bound," 1925 song : ALABAMY
28
Nov. chaser : DEC
30
He was a smash on "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
31
Garden worker : HOER
32
Influence : SWAY
33
What touchdowns bring : RAHS
34
February 14 favorite : EROS
35
Hebrew letter : BETH
36
___ Moines : DES
38
Where baby Beatles crawled : LIVERPOOL
41
Yellow-journalism product : RAG
44
Epithet for Ethelred II : UNREADY
46
Business abbr. : INC
49
Evil sprite : GOBLIN
51
Raphael or Israfil : ANGEL
52
English novelist: 1814–84 : READE
54
Major artery : AORTA
55
Strips of wood : SLATS
56
Serf in Laconia : HELOT
57
Honshu port : KOBE
58
Moslem priest : IMAM
59
Lucille's ex : DESI
60
Wall St. acronym : AMEX
61
Tweed twitter : NAST

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