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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 1985

11-Down : Frenzied

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 10.6
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. 13,049
Across
1
Civil-rights org. : NAACP
6
Candida's creator : SHAW
10
German philosopher : MARX
14
Saul's witch of ___ : ENDOR
15
Foofaraw : TODO
16
Descendant of Fatima : EMIR
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Like a dum-dum : INANE
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Exude : OOZE
19
Brilliant star : NOVA
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Inventor Edwin's cloak (or painting) : LANDSCAPE
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Hoosegow : POKEY
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Glabrous : SMOOTH
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Thus far : YET
25
Superman's Lane : LOIS
27
Strategic position : VANTAGE
31
European spa : BADEN
34
Tiny paladin (or Monday evening) : WEEKNIGHT
36
Macaw : ARA
37
Flies high : SOARS
38
Actress Charlotte : RAE
39
Moscow mimes (or editors) : REDACTORS
42
Jogs : TROTS
44
Deep-voiced woodwind : BASSOON
45
"Take ___ Train" : THEA
47
Flatfoot : COP
48
Historic records : ANNALS
52
Tumult : BABEL
55
Own a nanny (or try) : HAVEAGOAT
58
Drama's conflict : AGON
59
Hunkydory : JAKE
60
Callas role : NORMA
61
Discovery : FIND
62
Author of "Battle Cry" : URIS
63
Amount to : TOTAL
64
Those opposed : FOES
65
Courteous bloke : GENT
66
Lewis Carroll animal : SNARK
Down
1
Simon and Sedaka : NEILS
2
Former Indo-Chinese state : ANNAM
3
"A Bell for ___" : ADANO
4
Give solace to : CONDOLE
5
Star of "The Music Man" : PRESTON
6
Portico : STOA
7
Eyelet : HOOP
8
Woodsman's tool : ADZE
9
Sorrow : WOE
10
Amahl's creator : MENOTTI
11
Frenzied : AMOK
12
Sunder : RIVE
13
Radiologist's photo : XRAY
21
Greek letter : CHI
22
Noted Quaker : PENN
24
Wild oxen : YAKS
26
Syncope : SWOON
27
Russian linear measure : VERST
28
Field: Comb. form : AGRO
29
Mountain pass : GHAT
30
Provençal summers : ETES
31
Fishhook : BARB
32
Expanse : AREA
33
Papas : DADS
35
Cereal spike : EAR
37
Crossroads sign : STOP
40
Climbs : ASCENDS
41
Self-composed : COOL
42
Group of keleps (or lessees) : TENANTS
43
City on the Irawaddy : RANGOON
46
"Some ___ meat ... ": Burns : HAE
49
Main artery : AORTA
50
University at Beaumont, Tex. : LAMAR
51
Approach stealthily : STALK
52
Loft the golf ball : BAFF
53
Exchange fee : AGIO
54
Maxilla or malar : BONE
55
Leporid : HARE
56
Related : AKIN
57
Waistcoat : VEST
59
Container for Omar : JUG

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

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