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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Wednesday, May 10, 1989

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.2
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. 14,428
Across
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Auguries : OMENS
6
H. H. Munro : SAKI
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Jezebel's husband : AHAB
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Cap : BERET
15
Golda of Israel : MEIR
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Wander : ROVE
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Yellow-green : OLIVE
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Samovars : URNS
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Canter or gallop : GAIT
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Husky : ESKIMODOG
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Uncle Miltie : BERLE
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Complacent : SMUG
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Ignominy : SCANDAL
26
Abbott-Costello first baseman : WHO
29
Summer on the Somme : ETE
30
Cause for a suit : TORT
31
Like chalet roofs : EAVED
33
Notes : JOTTINGS
37
Author Haley : ALEX
38
Quill : SPINE
40
Chimney corner : NOOK
41
Marquand's "Point of ___" : NORETURN
43
Fop : DANDY
44
Relief org. : CARE
45
M.D.'s org. : AMA
47
Suffix with Siam : ESE
48
Boston's river : CHARLES
51
Pioneer auto maker : BENZ
53
Within the law : LEGAL
54
Galileo was one : STARGAZER
59
Bedouin : ARAB
60
Border on : ABUT
61
Monkey's swing : LIANA
62
Disturb : ROIL
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Coccyx, e.g. : BONE
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Tennessee ___ Ford : ERNIE
65
Bancroft or Boleyn : ANNE
66
Canned : AXED
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Legal documents : DEEDS
Down
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Bassoon's cousin : OBOE
2
Gibson and Ferrer : MELS
3
Actor Estrada : ERIK
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Island discovered by Columbus: 1493 : NEVIS
5
Shut off : STEMMED
6
Blur : SMUDGE
7
Prefix with drome or space : AERO
8
Jamaican capital : KINGSTON
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Revenue org. : IRS
10
Site of Rosario and Córdoba : ARGENTINA
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Act like a pack rat : HOARD
12
Spanish province : AVILA
13
Pepper plant : BETEL
21
"Gone fishin'" : OUT
22
Starr of football : BART
25
Shelter for sheep : COTE
26
Free from a habit : WEAN
27
Nimbus : HALO
28
Finished : OVER
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Abhorrent : EXECRABLE
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Aussie's liquor : JIN
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"With malice toward ___ ... " : NONE
35
Ea and Ra : GODS
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Hebrides island : SKYE
38
Unerring : SURE
39
Reporter's workplace at a stadium : PRESSBOX
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Lanky : TALL
43
Hung : DANGLED
45
Let up : ABATED
46
Debussy's sea : MER
48
American Red Cross founder Barton : CLARA
49
Everglades denizen : HERON
50
Encore : AGAIN
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Kinshasa is its capital : ZAIRE
55
Melody : TUNE
56
Writer Grey : ZANE
57
Okla. city : ENID
58
Charlotte and explorer John : RAES
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Bedouin's robe : ABA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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