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William Canine
New York Times, Friday, April 26, 1985
57-Across : Resting places
Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { H J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 C | 2 P | 3 A | 4 S | 5 B | 6 R | 7 I | 8 S | 9 K | ||||||
10 S | O | U | R | E | 11 R | 12 C | R | I | M | E | A | 13 N |
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14 B | A | R | B | A | R | A | 15 L | A | S | A | L | L | E |
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16 A | L | D | 17 B | A | T | 18 R | A | C | K | 19 V | I | T |
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20 T | I | E | 21 S | 22 C | R | E | M | E | 23 K | A | N | T |
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24 U | N | L | I | 25 T | 26 A | M | P | 27 V | I | G | I | L |
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28 M | A | L | L | O | 29 R | C | A | 30 S | E | R | E | N | E |
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31 I | N | T | E | R | 32 N | E | E | S | ||||||
33 E | 34 R | 35 E | C | T | S | 36 Q | U | A | R | T | 37 I | 38 E | 39 R |
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40 T | A | B | O | O | 41 C | U | M | 42 Y | E | N | T | E |
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43 U | P | O | N | 44 G | L | E | B | 45 E | 46 N | C | A | A |
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47 D | I | N | 48 M | O | U | S | E | R | 49 S | 50 O | P | P |
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51 E | D | I | 52 T | I | O | N | 53 R | A | C | 54 E | M | E | S |
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55 S | A | T | I | S | F | Y | 56 S | T | U | P | E | S | ||
57 N | E | S | T | S | 58 O | M | A | R |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,953
Across
1
Audit makers : CPAS
5
Energetic : BRISK
10
More acidulous : SOURER
12
Resident of Balaklava : CRIMEAN
14
Singer Mandrell : BARBARA
15
He gave Louisiana its name : LASALLE
16
Local pol. : ALD
17
Area near a dugout : BATRACK
19
B1 is one: Abbr. : VIT
20
TV's "Family ___" : TIES
22
___ de menthe : CREME
23
German transcendentalist : KANT
24
Dark : UNLIT
26
Elec. unit : AMP
27
Lookout : VIGIL
28
Palma de ___ : MALLORCA
30
Unruffled : SERENE
31
Prisoners of war : INTERNEES
33
Constructs : ERECTS
36
___ Latin, Paris : QUARTIER
40
Proscription : TABOO
41
___ laude : CUM
42
Matchmaker in "Fiddler ... " : YENTE
43
Come ___ (find) : UPON
44
Church landholding : GLEBE
46
Sports org. : NCAA
47
Racket : DIN
48
Some cats : MOUSERS
50
Against: Abbr. : OPP
51
A printing : EDITION
53
Flower clusters : RACEMES
55
Content : SATISFY
56
Nurses' hot cloths : STUPES
57
Resting places : NESTS
58
Name of two caliphs : OMAR
Down
1
Statesman Hull: 1871-1955 : CORDELL
2
Locale for "Cheers" : PUB
3
Omani, e.g. : ARAB
4
Ice pinnacle : SERAC
5
Strengthen : BRACE
6
Hazard : RISK
7
"___ Yankee Doodle Dandy" : IMA
8
Fabric edge : SELVAGE
9
Soviet president: 1923-46 : KALININ
10
Salt marsh : SALINA
11
The daily grind : RATRACE
12
Hold tightly : CLAMP
13
Irk : NETTLE
14
Georgian port : BATUM
18
Engravers' sketches : REMARQUES
21
Calif.'s ___ Valley : SILICON
23
Soprano Flagstad : KIRSTEN
25
John Todd's radio role : TONTO
27
Robin's cousin : VEERY
29
Some linemen: Abbr. : RTS
30
Salton, for one : SEA
32
Old Testament book : NUMBERS
33
Schumann's "___ Symphoniques" : ETUDES
34
Rappahannock tributary : RAPIDAN
35
Hard rubber substance : EBONITE
37
One entering : INCOMER
38
Resting places for troops : ETAPES
39
Scythes : REAPS
41
"___ Brown," Sharp best seller : CLUNY
44
Screws up : GOOFS
45
Poet's Muse : ERATO
48
Smaze's cousin : MIST
49
Dross : SCUM
52
Polynesian plants : TIS
54
D.C. ecology group : EPA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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.