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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, July 25, 1985

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 32.6
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,043
Across
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Designate : ELECT
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Actor Walter : ABEL
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K rations : CHOW
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Site of ancient Greek games : NEMEA
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Indonesian outrigger : PROA
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Stevenson villain : HYDE
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Dwarf chestnuts : CHINKAPINS
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Well-informed about : UPON
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"A peculiar sort of a gal" : SAL
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Fe or Ag : ELEM
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Guide : ESCORT
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Make new money : RECOIN
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Former Japanese naval base : TRUK
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Gridiron get-together : HUDDLE
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Wreck; ruin : BLAST
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Sioux : DAKOTA
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Participle former : ING
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City on the Humboldt : ELKO
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Rock guitarist Clapton : ERIC
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Welty's "___ Wedding" : DELTA
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Legatee : HEIR
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Swindle : BILK
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A goal of NOW : ERA
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Like Mercury : SPEEDY
47
The Tempter : SATAN
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Column molding : SCOTIA
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Nip : BITE
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Purposeless : RANDOM
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Mrs. Stanley Kowalski : STELLA
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Pulsation : PANT
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A legume : PEA
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Commotion : TODO
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Blackcaps : CHICKADEES
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Guinness or Templeton : ALEC
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North Sea–Baltic canal : KIEL
68
Pub game : DARTS
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Taylor's "A ___ at Oxford" : YANK
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Withered : SERE
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Corpulent : OBESE
Down
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Extras in an env. : ENCS
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Hungarian composer : LEHAR
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Zola or Berliner : EMILE
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A.D. 1–A.D. 100, e.g. : CEN
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Bridge bid : TAKEOUT
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Annex : APPEND
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Upper edge : BRIM
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Lengthy period : EON
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Beam thrower : LASER
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Dolt or rockfish : CHUCKLEHEAD
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Photog.'s fixing agent : HYPO
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Redolence : ODOR
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Moved out : WENT
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Surveyor's instrument : ALIDADE
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U-boat : SUB
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Crowded : CHOCKABLOCK
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Marquee : TENT
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Fragrant bloomer : LILAC
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Out of the wind : ALEE
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Sideslip : SKID
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Whig's opponent : TORY
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Five-time Presidential candidate : DEBS
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"The Willow Song," e.g. : ARIA
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Wear in the Highlands : KILT
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What a certain guzzler empties fast : GASTANK
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Old tongue : ERSE
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Fla. game fish : PINTADO
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Nothing : NIL
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Pythoness's revelation : ORACLE
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Bastes : TACKS
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___ citado : OPERE
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Fulfills : MEETS
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___ put (remain) : STAY
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Indian weight : TOLA
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A Cotton Belt grape : EDEN
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Breakwater : PIER
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South African fox : ASSE
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Hasten : HIE
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Peck or pat : DAB

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

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