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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, October 4, 1990

59-Across : Serviette

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,940
Across
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Arduous journey : TREK
5
Jungfrau et al. : ALPS
9
Forsaken : LEFT
13
Bellows : ROARS
15
Telegram : WIRE
16
Bourse : SALE
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A 1953 hit song : APRILINPORTUGAL
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Financier who got his cut? : MELLON
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Fijian capital : SUVA
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___ Abner : LIL
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Solitary : LONE
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Clouseau portrayer : SELLERS
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N.T. book : ROM
30
Maine's main plant : PINETREE
32
Periods : ERAS
34
Penpoint : NIB
35
Disease tsetses cause : NGANA
39
Astaire-Rogers hit: 1933 : FLYINGDOWNTORIO
43
Ex-international org. : SEATO
44
Recent: Prefix : NEO
45
Sawyer's pal : FINN
46
Displays : ARRAYALS
50
Actor Billy ___ Williams : DEE
51
He said "War is hell" : SHERMAN
54
Calif. valley : NAPA
56
Rhine tributary : AAR
57
Gallic angel : ANGE
59
Serviette : NAPKIN
63
Chauncey Olcott classic since 1899 : MYWILDIRISHROSE
66
Chief Norse god : ODIN
67
"Step ___!" : ONIT
68
Sublime : NOBLE
69
Neagle of old films : ANNA
70
___ War, famed race horse : MANO
71
"Hud" Oscar winner : NEAL
Down
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Streetcar : TRAM
2
Halyard : ROPE
3
Rank below marquis : EARL
4
Whale fare : KRILL
5
Bristle : AWN
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Hot ___ Houlihan : LIPS
7
Combray's creator : PROUST
8
Carhop, e.g. : SERVER
9
Baton Rouge inst. : LSU
10
Colonel's insignia : EAGLE
11
Bent : FLAIR
12
Spills the beans : TELLS
14
Knockabout : SLOOP
18
Result of six outs : INNING
19
Gift : TALENT
24
Author Bagnold : ENID
26
___-mutton sleeves : LEGOF
27
N.B.A. officials : REFS
28
Heraldic term : ORLE
29
Yucatán inhabitant, once : MAYA
31
Deep black : EBONY
33
Lute for Shankar : SITAR
36
Parched : ARID
37
Number of inches in a span : NINE
38
Top-drawer : AONE
40
Regular : NORMAL
41
Free from dependency : WEAN
42
Lloyd and Jeanette : NOLANS
47
Kind of sample : RANDOM
48
Throat ailment : ANGINA
49
Hall of Fame pitcher : SPAHN
51
Pacific islands : SAMOA
52
"The Creation" composer : HAYDN
53
"The Stu ___ Show" on TV: 1950-55 : ERWIN
55
Stage part : APRON
58
The Emerald Isle : ERIN
60
Honshu port : KOBE
61
Any of the Balearics : ISLA
62
Portraitist Alice ___ : NEEL
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Actress Claire : INA
65
Japanese statesman : ITO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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