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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, September 22, 1988

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H J X Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 25.4
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,198
Across
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Prefix with john or god : DEMI
5
Magna ___ : CARTA
10
Norwegian king : OLAV
14
Ardor : ELAN
15
"On life's vast ___ ... ": Pope : OCEAN
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Venetian magistrate : DOGE
17
Storage places : BINS
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Talkative : LOQUACIOUS
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Singer Tennille : TONI
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Actress Joanne : DRU
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Court schedule : DOCKET
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Lets stand : STETS
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More agreeable : NICER
27
Sally : QUIP
29
" ... Western Front" novelist : REMARQUE
34
Fort Worth inst. : TCU
36
Plumber? : PIPER
38
Some are palookas : PUGS
39
Skater Heiden : ERIC
41
Figure of authority : ELDER
43
Dissolve : MELT
44
"Divorce capital," once : RENO
45
Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
47
Peer at : EYE
48
Southwestern shrub : MESQUITE
51
Warrant off. : BOSN
53
Three-time Masters champion : SNEAD
55
Fabled guardian of mines : GNOME
58
Las Vegas features : TABLES
62
Soc.-page denizen : DEB
64
TV's "L.___" : ALAW
65
Large area : SQUAREMILE
67
Abundant : RIFE
68
"Charley's ___" : AUNT
69
Tips : CANTS
70
Wickedness : EVIL
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Don Giovanni, e.g. : RAKE
72
Robes : TOGAS
73
Something to make : DEAL
Down
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Liabilities : DEBTS
2
Prufrock's creator : ELIOT
3
Models : MANNEQUINS
4
Locale phrase: Lat. : INSITU
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Something too common : COLD
6
Type of squash : ACORN
7
Syllabus material : REQUIREDREADING
8
Ala ___, U.S.S.R. range : TAU
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Garland : ANADEM
10
Of a Pindaric : ODIC
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Defunct magazine : LOOK
12
Malarial fever : AGUE
13
Weskit : VEST
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Comedienne Witherspoon : CORA
24
Taste : SIP
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Proserpina's mother : CERES
28
Jay's cousin : PIE
30
Indy driver's concern : RPM
31
Export from Seville : QUEENOLIVE
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"The ___ Duckling" : UGLY
33
Punta del ___, Uruguay : ESTE
34
Part of a school year : TERM
35
Algonquian language : CREE
37
Pentagonal base : PLATE
40
"Le ___ d'Or" : COQ
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Plunder : ROB
46
Nailing block : NOG
49
Utilities customer : USER
50
Thrips, e.g. : INSECT
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Caught : SNARED
54
Alluvial plain : DELTA
56
Puzo subject : MAFIA
57
Confederate general : EWELL
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Winter Palace resident : TSAR
59
___ vitae (alcohol) : AQUA
60
Rot! : BUNK
61
Overdue : LATE
63
Mamie's predecessor : BESS
66
Out-of-style jacket : MAO

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

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