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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, October 15, 1987

54-Across : Dancer Duncan

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,855
Across
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Dog's bane : FLEAS
6
Zola heroine : NANA
10
B.&O. stops : STAS
14
Reluctant : LOATH
15
Confrere of Yves and Calvin : OLEG
16
Inventor Elias : HOWE
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Bewildered : ATSEA
18
A 1967 role for Burt : NAVAJOJOE
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Palpitatingly : PITAPAT
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"Pretty little poppy" of song : AMAPOLA
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An intermission follower : SECONDACT
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Amphora : VASE
28
South African iris : IXIA
29
Greek letter : KAPPA
33
Id ___ : EST
34
Revise : EDIT
35
Beg : PLEAD
36
Uncompromising : STERN
38
___-Magnon man : CRO
40
Giraffe relative : OKAPI
41
Rice dish : PILAF
42
Support a seditionary : ABET
44
Citizen of Vientiane : LAO
45
Wind: Comb. form : ANEMO
46
Pedicel : STEM
47
Hemstitches : SEWS
48
Transaction : PROCEDURE
51
Sentimental twaddle : TREACLE
54
Dancer Duncan : ISADORA
58
Retaliation : VENGEANCE
60
___ Abdel Nasser : GAMAL
61
Ernie K.'s widow : EDIE
62
Huckleberry : FINN
63
Encampment : ETAPE
64
Wands : RODS
65
Boswell or Burns : SCOT
66
Thick-headed : DENSE
Down
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Set-to : FLAP
2
French novelist: 1850-1923 : LOTI
3
Late Senator from N.C. : EAST
4
Parade command : ATEASE
5
Condition : SHAPE
6
Harmless : NONTOXIC
7
Maple-seed wing : ALA
8
The Silver State : NEVADA
9
Old World lizard : AGAMA
10
Party chatter, sometimes : SHOPTALK
11
A W.W. II prime minister : TOJO
12
M.P.'s concern : AWOL
13
" ... ___ fine picture": Goethe : SEEA
19
A big win : JACKPOT
21
Vitriolic : ACID
24
Fertilizer : NITRATE
25
Wasp genus : VESPA
26
"Addams Family" member John : ASTIN
27
Monument of a sort : STELE
30
Famed portraitist : PEALE
31
Oblong fruit : PAPAW
32
Farewell, in Cancun : ADIOS
34
Implement a law : ENFORCE
37
Storms : RAMPAGES
39
Tractable : OBEDIENT
43
Outback birds : EMUS
46
Lovely to look at : SCENIC
47
Calm : SEDATE
49
Norwegian kings : OLAFS
50
Blustered : RAGED
51
Kalinin, formerly : TVER
52
Modernize, perhaps : REDO
53
Site of Phillips U. : ENID
55
Mideast land : OMAN
56
Knocks : RAPS
57
Out of the wind : ALEE
59
U.S.N. top dog : CNO

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

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