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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Wednesday, February 2, 1983

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 17.7
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. 12,139
Across
1
Flight canceler : SMOG
5
Col.-to-be? : MAJ
8
Smug conservative : BLIMP
13
Polynesian cloth : TAPA
14
Caesar's mufti : TOGA
15
Maui neighbor : LANAI
16
Ancient hawk : ARES
17
" ... wherever I may ___" : ROAM
18
Gimmick : ANGLE
19
Dressler role : MIN
20
Persnickety ones : FUSSBUDGETS
22
Philately, e.g. : PASTIME
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Aces : ONES
25
Priest's robe : ALB
26
Curved lines : ARCS
27
P.O. address : RFD
30
Carefree : FOOTLOOSE
34
Asta's mistress : NORA
35
"Tintern ___": Wordsworth : ABBEY
36
For shame! : FIE
37
Cemented : LIMED
38
Fashion name : DIOR
39
Bewitch : FASCINATE
41
Loire summer : ETE
42
Deck boss : BOSN
44
Famous D.C. pianist : HST
45
Org. for the aging : AARP
46
Brother of Shem and Ham : JAPHETH
50
Awkward one : BLUNDERBUSS
54
30's agcy. : NRA
55
Moved gently : EASED
56
Siberian or Dutch ___ : IRIS
57
In bad ___ (out of favor) : ODOR
58
Bullring : ARENA
59
Exacting : NICE
60
Recounted : TOLD
61
Malicious : NASTY
62
Wow! : GEE
63
Paris suburb : ORLY
Down
1
Penny black, for one : STAMP
2
"West Side Story" heroine : MARIA
3
Starts business : OPENS
4
Wild time: Slang : GAS
5
Great ungulate : MOOSE
6
Moslem titles : AGAS
7
Noisy revels : JAMBOREES
8
Dashing fellows : BLADES
9
Andrew and Cosmo : LANGS
10
"Picnic" author : INGE
11
Ale, e.g. : MALT
12
Londoners' tarts and flans : PIES
14
U.S. writer Dalton ___ : TRUMBO
20
Genuine Risk in 1980 : FILLY
21
Chapel Hill inst. : UNC
23
Spud : TATER
26
Tibetan, for one : ASIAN
27
Capital of Italia : ROMA
28
Repine : FRET
29
Miami's county : DADE
30
Evanesce : FADE
31
Newspaper notice, for short : OBIT
32
Instrument for Leon Goossens : OBOE
33
46 Across, to Noah : OFFSPRING
34
Beethoven's ___ ("Choral") : NINTH
37
Has problems with s's : LISPS
40
Glide : CHASSE
42
"___ at Black Rock," 1954 film : BADDAY
43
One of Earth's treasures : ORE
45
Concerning : ANENT
46
Cider, e.g. : JUICE
47
Saul's witch's home : ENDOR
48
Sing in a round : TROLL
49
"Jude the Obscure" author : HARDY
50
Golfer Andy : BEAN
51
Zhivago's other woman : LARA
52
Takes advantage of : USES
53
A cheese : BRIE
57
Ear: Comb. form : OTO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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