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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, February 3, 1989

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.0
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,332
Across
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Mischief : HARM
5
London's Regent's ___ : PARK
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Hamadryad : COBRA
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Conceit : IDEA
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Henri Philippe Benoni ___ Joseph Pétain : OMER
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Site of Betelgeuse : ORION
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___ me tangere : NOLI
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Catamount : PUMA
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Caisson : WAGON
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Graf's feat: 1988 : GRANDSLAM
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High note : ELA
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Diarize : ENTER
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Sea duck : EIDER
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Prof's degree : PHD
29
Compass pt. : SSE
30
Stableman : OSTLER
32
Gaff : SPUR
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Periods : AGES
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Wharton's "Old New York," e.g. : NOVELLA
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Almost : ALLBUT
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Seasonable : TIMELY
40
Spring flowers : VIOLETS
42
Eight furlongs : MILE
43
English Channel feeder : ORNE
44
Decoy : ENTICE
46
Terhune canine : LAD
49
Bangtail : NAG
50
Orr was one : BRUIN
51
Cubic meter : STERE
53
Observe : SEE
55
Chinese checker? : GREATWALL
57
"Harrigan" songwriter : COHAN
59
Teri of "Tootsie" : GARR
60
Arrow poison : INEE
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Got up and at 'em : AROSE
62
Dutch cheese : EDAM
63
Remitted : SENT
64
Polyphonic composition : MOTET
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Depend : RELY
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Papaw or persea : TREE
Down
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Stamp mounts : HINGES
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Emblazons : ADORNS
3
Tell : RELATE
4
Normandy neighbor : MAINE
5
A favorite in Beantown : POPS
6
Talismans : AMULETS
7
Forward a letter : REMAIL
8
Gleason role : KRAMDEN
9
Quail : COWER
10
Unwritten : ORAL
11
Dance craze in the 30's : BIGAPPLE
12
A friend of Pooh : ROO
13
Blyth or Miller : ANN
21
Sea anchor : DROGUE
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Amatory : EROTIC
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Famed U.N. advocate : HULL
28
Sledge or sled : DRAY
31
Gun dog : SETTER
32
Dotted, as with stars : SEME
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Willing partner : ABLE
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Most repulsive : VILEST
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Severn tributary : AVON
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Firenze coin : LIRA
38
Flier : LONGSHOT
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Cozier : SNUGGER
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Coal or quartz : MINERAL
45
Screed : TIRADE
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Hobber, in the game of horseshoes : LEANER
47
Francis or Dahl : ARLENE
48
Expunge : DELETE
50
Pulitzer Prize poet: 1929 : BENET
52
Dance craze of the 60's : TWIST
54
Palliate : EASE
56
Host : ARMY
57
Tappet mover : CAM
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Gold, to Cortés : ORO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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