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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, February 24, 1989

1-Across : Loyal

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,353
Across
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Loyal : FAST
5
Judicious : SAGE
9
Grouch : CRAB
13
Cubic decimeter : LITER
15
Socialism founder : MARX
16
Big Island city : HILO
17
Pianist Claudio : ARRAU
18
Put forth : EMIT
19
Speck : IOTA
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Capistrano denizen : SWALLOW
22
Semitrailer hauler : TRACTOR
24
Industrialist Henry : KAISER
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Pile up : STACK
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Together: Prefix : SYN
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Wagon : DRAY
29
Puncheons : CASKS
33
Something special : TREAT
35
Forest tree : REDOAK
36
Toxophilite's delight : ARCHERY
39
Plant also called satinpod : HONESTY
40
Vandykes : BEARDS
41
Cite : QUOTE
42
Talk-show hostess rivaling Phil : OPRAH
43
Quail in fear : FUNK
44
Cook's abbr. : TBS
47
President Zhivkov's capital : SOFIA
49
European peninsula : IBERIA
52
Late light meal in Brighton : HIGHTEA
55
Strutter : PEACOCK
56
Accomplished : ABLE
57
Wan : ASHY
59
Adjective not describing most fraternal twins : ALIKE
60
Swerve : VEER
61
Memento of a sort : SCAR
62
Abdul-Jabbar, e.g. : LAKER
63
Former spouses : EXES
64
Unabridged dictionary, e.g. : TOME
65
Partner of feathers : TARS
Down
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Lab vessels : FLASKS
2
Route to Heathrow : AIRWAY
3
Participate in a tug of war : STRAIN
4
Pond ducks : TEALS
5
Merganser : SMEW
6
Modern weapon: Abbr. : AAM
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Resolute : GRITTY
8
Surplus : EXTRA
9
Blackcap : CHICKADEE
10
Donnybrook : RIOT
11
Lowest female voice : ALTO
12
A tusker : BOAR
14
Precept : RULE
21
These may be holy : ORDERS
23
Poet's metrical consideration : ACCENT
25
Settled down : SAT
28
Charles of musical fame : RAY
30
Emergency signal : SOS
31
Shrub that may be Krazy : KAT
32
Something we all look up to : SKY
33
Mockingbirds' cousins : THRASHERS
34
Furious : REDHOT
35
Mays or Mantle in 1951 : ROOKIE
36
Blood groups : ABO
37
Status: Slang : REP
38
La Salle or Mercer : CAR
39
Ephthalite : HUN
41
In the capacity of : QUA
43
Total disaster : FIASCO
44
Triumvirate : TROIKA
45
Squabble : BICKER
46
Old World falcons : SAKERS
48
Spread : FEAST
50
Jezebel's deity : BAAL
51
Fanfare : ECLAT
52
Possess : HAVE
53
Wild goat : IBEX
54
Hilarity : GLEE
55
This stack'll crackle : PYRE
58
Gammon, e.g. : HAM

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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