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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, May 27, 1983

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 62.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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. 12,253
Across
1
Grip : CLAMP
6
Of birds : AVIAN
11
More spacious : VASTER
12
Quarters : BILLET
14
Pull a ___ (flimflam) : FASTONE
15
Dolt : HALFWIT
17
"Alleluia" trio : ELS
18
Scout groups : PATROLS
20
Milton's "timely ___ of sleep" : DEW
21
Old-time cars : REOS
23
Movers and shakers : DOERS
24
Pond, in poesy : MERE
25
Marquis protagonist : ARCHY
27
Parts of apts. : RMS
28
"___ hath her victories": Milton : PEACE
29
Where Perry prevailed : LAKEERIE
31
Boring tool : GIMLET
32
Vague or fanciful : DREAMLIKE
34
___ the nose (dominate) : LEADBY
37
Even : BALANCED
41
Confused : ATSEA
42
Call at Wimbledon : LET
43
"The boards" : STAGE
44
Owner of Mjollnir : THOR
45
Spot for a parrot : PERCH
47
Norwegian river : OTRA
48
___ jacet : HIC
49
Lopped; cropped : TRASHED
51
Stake : BET
52
Two Roman generals : SCIPIOS
54
Deceitful : KNAVISH
56
Seven feet in Russia : SAGENE
57
Misprints, e.g. : ERRORS
58
Filled or emptied a craft : LADED
59
Succumb : YIELD
Down
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Vestment : CASSOCK
2
Omaha Beach vessel : LST
3
High on a hill : ATOP
4
Bacchante : MENAD
5
Transvaal capital : PRETORIA
6
Can't stand : ABHORS
7
Medicine-cabinet items : VIALS
8
Physical problems : ILLS
9
Nickname of '36 contender : ALF
10
Program of 9 Down's opponent : NEWDEAL
11
Eamon De ___ of Eire : VALERA
13
Three-card sequence : TIERCE
14
Wild : FERAL
16
Chirrup : TWEET
19
Indulges in nostalgia : REMEMBERS
22
Lobster, at times : SHEDDER
24
Souvenir : MEMENTO
26
___ buena, evergreen plant : YERBA
28
Rabbitlike mammals : PIKAS
30
Juan Carlos of Spain : REY
31
Lesage hero ___ Blas : GIL
33
Item on a tenant's ring : LATCHKEY
34
Groundwork for plastering : LATHS
35
Code of morals : ETHICS
36
Somewhat misanthropic : ASOCIAL
38
Winged mewer : CATBIRD
39
Exit : EGRESS
40
Mann's "___ in Venice" : DEATH
42
Rented : LEASED
45
Lying face down : PRONE
46
___ de Navarre: 1553–1610 : HENRI
49
All even : TIED
50
Early Roanoke Islander : DARE
53
Tourn. won by Larry Nelson: 1981 : PGA
55
Knoxville nickname : VOL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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