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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Tuesday, September 14, 1982

24-Across : Ball, Kaye et al.

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.0
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,998
Across
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Noah's eldest : SHEM
5
Confused : ATSEA
10
In medias ___ : RES
13
Architectural style : IONIC
15
Uris and Trotsky : LEONS
16
Tiny colonizer : ANT
17
Terra ___ : COTTA
18
National emblem : BALDEAGLE
20
Arctic and royal birds : TERNS
22
Fed. group : CIA
23
Image on an oscilloscope : BLIP
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Ball, Kaye et al. : REDHEADS
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Mario Bertolino, for one : BASS
27
Island favorite : POI
29
Egg centers : YOLKS
30
"Indian-head" item : CENT
31
Ewer's cousin : URN
32
O. Henry offering : TALE
33
Francis or Starr : KAY
34
Parliamentary device : GAGRULE
36
Jack and Johnny : CARSONS
40
Conditions : IFS
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Author Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
42
Ottoman governor : BEY
43
Marshal Dillon : MATT
45
First emperor of Brazil : PEDRO
46
Periods upon periods : EON
47
Theater group : CAST
48
Having a crest : PILEATED
50
Poker stake : ANTE
51
Metric unit : ARE
52
Mug : STEIN
54
U.S. Open champ: 1976 : JERRYPATE
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Mountain nymph : OREAD
59
Swiss commune : URI
60
Ranked high : RATED
61
Piebald or skewbald : PINTO
62
Dreamland : NOD
63
Luges : SLEDS
64
Thames town : ETON
Down
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Thus : SIC
2
Forest sound : HOOT
3
Incoming : ENTERING
4
Symbol of dignity at Canterbury : MITRE
5
Priest's robe : ALB
6
Four o'clock dainty : TEACAKE
7
Substances sans liquid or gas : SOLIDS
8
Willingham's "___ a Man" : ENDAS
9
Mother of Peer : ASE
10
Crimean War commander : RAGLAN
11
Volunteer : ENLIST
12
"In His ___," Sheldon book : STEPS
14
Garden plant : CANDYTUFT
19
Certain cloisters : ABBEYS
21
Sand bars : SHOALS
25
Un pronom : ELLE
27
Snub-nosed dog : PUG
28
"A feast ___ famine" : ORA
30
Ball or Kaye : CARROTTOP
33
Lion turned actor : KARRAS
35
Tex or John : RITTER
36
Yield : CEDE
37
Not recalcitrant : OBEDIENT
38
___ Darwinism : NEO
39
Together: Prefix : SYN
41
Cut out : DELETED
43
U.S. Open champ Tony: 1936 : MANERO
44
Soprano Varnay : ASTRID
45
Preyer of the deep : PIRATE
47
Bayou dweller : CAJUN
48
___ States: 755–1870 : PAPAL
49
Very odd indeed : EERIE
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Org. formed in 1949 : NATO
55
A number of mos. : YRS
56
Sneed and Sullivan : EDS
58
Actor Murray : DON

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

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