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William Canine
New York Times, Friday, March 9, 1984
Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.1
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 N | 3 D | 4 E | 5 S | 6 H | 7 A | 8 S | 9 H | ||||||
10 L | O | U | V | E | 11 R | 12 B | E | Q | U | E | 13 S | 14 T |
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15 M | A | N | D | A | T | E | 16 E | R | U | D | I | T | E |
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17 I | B | S | E | N | 18 G | 19 E | L | 20 A | A | R | O | N |
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21 C | A | T | S | 22 P | A | L | I | 23 R | 24 N | E | R | O |
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25 A | M | O | 26 B | A | R | K | E | E | 27 P | 28 S | C | R |
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29 A | P | 30 O | U | N | D | O | F | F | L | 31 E | S | H | ||
32 P | S | T | 33 R | A | G | |||||||||
34 F | 35 E | A | T | H | 36 E | 37 R | 38 W | E | I | G | 39 H | 40 T | ||
41 C | R | O | 42 S | E | X | I | E | S | T | 43 A | R | 44 A |
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45 H | I | S | 46 S | 47 R | A | J | A | H | 48 L | I | E | F |
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49 A | D | I | T | 50 S | 51 R | N | S | 52 F | I | R | M | A |
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53 F | A | N | A | T | 54 I | C | 55 E | 56 L | E | A | N | O | R |
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57 E | Y | E | L | A | S | H | 58 L | E | A | N | E | R | ||
59 S | E | G | O | 60 E | T | A | T | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,540
Across
1
Great mountain range : ANDES
6
Concoction : HASH
10
Ventilating slit : LOUVER
12
Something for a legatee : BEQUEST
15
Order : MANDATE
16
Like Erasmus : ERUDITE
17
Creator of master builder Solness : IBSEN
18
Colloid : GEL
20
Homer man : AARON
21
Broadway hit since 1982 : CATS
22
To make lighter, in Lyon : PALIR
24
Opera by Handel : NERO
25
Latin paradigm : AMO
26
Sam of "Cheers" : BARKEEP
28
Apothecary's wt. : SCR
29
Shylock's price : APOUNDOFFLESH
32
Attention-seeking sound : PST
33
Scold : RAG
34
Willie Pep was one : FEATHERWEIGHT
41
___-Magnon : CRO
42
Most erotic : SEXIEST
43
Southern constellation : ARA
45
Ophidian's sound : HISS
47
Indian chief : RAJAH
48
Gladly : LIEF
49
Passages : ADITS
51
Assts. to M.D.'s : RNS
52
Terra ___ : FIRMA
53
Zealot : FANATIC
55
Dancer Powell : ELEANOR
57
Fringe of a sort : EYELASH
58
Less fatty : LEANER
59
Lily type : SEGO
60
States, in Savoie : ETATS
Down
1
"Heart of Dixie" : ALABAMA
2
Uninterrupted : NONSTOP
3
Dandies : DUDES
4
Meredith's "___ Harrington" : EVAN
5
In place : SET
6
Objective pronoun : HER
7
___ vitae : AQUA
8
African nation : SUDAN
9
Henry James's Catherine Sloper, e.g. : HEIRESS
11
Gaze : REGARD
12
Creed : BELIEF
13
Actor Larry : STORCH
14
Carreras is one : TENOR
15
Silicate : MICA
19
Nevada city : ELKO
22
Catamount : PANTHER
23
Cheer : REFRESH
26
Failures : BUSTS
27
Pigtail : PLAIT
30
W.W. II agency : OPA
31
___ and dart : EGG
34
Faithful servant : FRIDAY
35
Red dyes : EOSINES
36
Orthodox Church official : EXARCH
37
The Rhine, to the Dutch : RIJN
38
Ferret's relative : WEASEL
39
Help for a coiffure : HAIRNET
40
Quakes : TREMORS
41
Annoy : CHAFE
44
From a distance : AFAR
46
Like a cliché : STALE
48
Jungle obstacle : LIANA
50
Man alone : STAG
52
Herculean labor : FEAT
54
Alike: Comb. form : ISO
56
Light-Horse Harry : LEE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.