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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, December 19, 1985

44-Across : Wished for

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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K
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B
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C
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H
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M
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,190
Across
1
Grate : RASP
5
Austen heroine : EMMA
9
Kudos for Domingo : BRAVO
14
Twinge's relative : ACHE
15
Burden : LOAD
16
Asiatic lemur : LORIS
17
Bowery lodging : FLOPHOUSE
19
Gather : AMASS
20
Pile-driver head : TUP
21
Gibbons : APES
22
Ericaceous shrub : AZALEA
23
"Louisiana Hayride" author : KANE
25
Commercial writers : ADMEN
27
Consign : SEND
28
A Russian people : UGRI
29
Strikebreaker : SCAB
33
Exec's helper : STENO
34
Street signs : NEONS
36
Catching place for Caulfield : RYE
37
Phony pretexts : COPOUTS
39
Product sold by Paul Newman : POPCORN
41
Dazzle : AWE
42
Orchestral passage : TUTTI
44
Wished for : HOPED
45
Simple : MERE
47
Cole Porter's "___ to Dance": 1936 : BORN
48
Some receivers : ENDS
49
Silk fabric : CREPE
51
Asian language : URDU
52
Shout : HOLLER
55
Pasteur's portrayer : MUNI
57
Disseminate : SOW
60
Noted netman : ARIAS
61
Sidewalk sport : HOPSCOTCH
63
___ Stover, Huie heroine : MAMIE
64
Lamb who had a Mary : ELIA
65
Rose that blossomed in Cincinnati : PETE
66
___ Bay, Canadian port : ALERT
67
Galloway or glass : PONY
68
Homer's one-horse town : TROY
Down
1
Finn's craft : RAFT
2
Defenders' org. : ACLU
3
Little Nell's Grandfather, e.g. : SHOPKEEPER
4
Get-up-and-go : PEP
5
Get up and go? : ELOPE
6
Grimace : MOUE
7
Knead : MASSAGE
8
He wrote "Doc' Horne" : ADE
9
Pioneer : BLAZE
10
Epistle recipients : ROMANS
11
Asian sea : ARAL
12
Clamp : VISE
13
Greek peak : OSSA
18
Press release : HANDOUT
22
___ acids : AMINO
24
___ mundi : ANNO
26
Call on, informally : DROPIN
27
Little Eva's creator : STOWE
28
Open : UNSTOP
30
Pilot hired by a farmer : CROPDUSTER
31
Lew of "Dr. Kildare" : AYRES
32
Sag : BEND
33
Crooked deal : SCAM
35
Globular : SPHERIC
38
Potato, e.g. : TUBER
40
Orch. leader : COND
43
Vibrato : TREMOLO
46
Bakery offering : ECLAIR
50
Change type : RESET
51
Retract : UNSAY
52
Syrian city : HAMA
53
Spoken : ORAL
54
Green shade : LIME
56
___ the air (unsettled) : UPIN
58
Eight: Comb. form : OCTO
59
Muffet favorite : WHEY
61
Drill sergeant's call : HEP
62
Choose : OPT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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