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William Canine
New York Times, Thursday, October 4, 1990
4-Down : Whale fare
Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.5
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 T | 2 R | 3 E | 4 K | 5 A | 6 L | 7 P | 8 S | 9 L | 10 E | 11 F | 12 T |
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13 R | O | A | R | 14 S | 15 W | I | R | E | 16 S | A | L | E |
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17 A | P | R | I | L | 18 I | N | P | O | R | 19 T | U | G | A | L |
20 M | E | L | L | O | N | 21 S | U | V | A | 22 L | I | L |
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23 L | O | N | 24 E | 25 S | E | L | 26 L | E | R | S |
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27 R | 28 O | 29 M | 30 P | I | N | 31 E | T | R | E | E | ||||
32 E | R | A | 33 S | 34 N | I | B | 35 N | G | 36 A | 37 N | 38 A |
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39 F | L | Y | I | 40 N | G | D | O | 41 W | 42 N | T | O | R | I | O |
43 S | E | A | T | O | 44 N | E | O | 45 F | I | N | N |
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46 A | R | 47 R | 48 A | Y | A | L | 49 S | 50 D | E | E |
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51 S | 52 H | 53 E | R | M | A | N | 54 N | A | P | 55 A | ||||
56 A | A | R | 57 A | N | G | 58 E | 59 N | A | P | 60 K | 61 I | 62 N |
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63 M | Y | W | 64 I | L | D | I | R | 65 I | S | H | R | O | S | E |
66 O | D | I | N | 67 O | N | I | T | 68 N | O | B | L | E |
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69 A | N | N | A | 70 M | A | N | O | 71 N | E | A | L |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,940
Across
1
Arduous journey : TREK
5
Jungfrau et al. : ALPS
9
Forsaken : LEFT
13
Bellows : ROARS
15
Telegram : WIRE
16
Bourse : SALE
17
A 1953 hit song : APRILINPORTUGAL
20
Financier who got his cut? : MELLON
21
Fijian capital : SUVA
22
___ Abner : LIL
23
Solitary : LONE
25
Clouseau portrayer : SELLERS
27
N.T. book : ROM
30
Maine's main plant : PINETREE
32
Periods : ERAS
34
Penpoint : NIB
35
Disease tsetses cause : NGANA
39
Astaire-Rogers hit: 1933 : FLYINGDOWNTORIO
43
Ex-international org. : SEATO
44
Recent: Prefix : NEO
45
Sawyer's pal : FINN
46
Displays : ARRAYALS
50
Actor Billy ___ Williams : DEE
51
He said "War is hell" : SHERMAN
54
Calif. valley : NAPA
56
Rhine tributary : AAR
57
Gallic angel : ANGE
59
Serviette : NAPKIN
63
Chauncey Olcott classic since 1899 : MYWILDIRISHROSE
66
Chief Norse god : ODIN
67
"Step ___!" : ONIT
68
Sublime : NOBLE
69
Neagle of old films : ANNA
70
___ War, famed race horse : MANO
71
"Hud" Oscar winner : NEAL
Down
1
Streetcar : TRAM
2
Halyard : ROPE
3
Rank below marquis : EARL
4
Whale fare : KRILL
5
Bristle : AWN
6
Hot ___ Houlihan : LIPS
7
Combray's creator : PROUST
8
Carhop, e.g. : SERVER
9
Baton Rouge inst. : LSU
10
Colonel's insignia : EAGLE
11
Bent : FLAIR
12
Spills the beans : TELLS
14
Knockabout : SLOOP
18
Result of six outs : INNING
19
Gift : TALENT
24
Author Bagnold : ENID
26
___-mutton sleeves : LEGOF
27
N.B.A. officials : REFS
28
Heraldic term : ORLE
29
Yucatán inhabitant, once : MAYA
31
Deep black : EBONY
33
Lute for Shankar : SITAR
36
Parched : ARID
37
Number of inches in a span : NINE
38
Top-drawer : AONE
40
Regular : NORMAL
41
Free from dependency : WEAN
42
Lloyd and Jeanette : NOLANS
47
Kind of sample : RANDOM
48
Throat ailment : ANGINA
49
Hall of Fame pitcher : SPAHN
51
Pacific islands : SAMOA
52
"The Creation" composer : HAYDN
53
"The Stu ___ Show" on TV: 1950-55 : ERWIN
55
Stage part : APRON
58
The Emerald Isle : ERIN
60
Honshu port : KOBE
61
Any of the Balearics : ISLA
62
Portraitist Alice ___ : NEEL
64
Actress Claire : INA
65
Japanese statesman : ITO
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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