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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Tuesday, April 28, 1992

1-Across : Mock

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,512
Across
1
Mock : SCOFF
6
Arctic quarters : IGLOO
11
Police-blotter letters : AKA
14
Ancient Asia Minor region : IONIA
15
Meddles : NOSES
16
Quagmire : BOG
17
Exhausted : SPENT
18
Start of an address : FOURSCORE
20
Used a car's horn : BEEPED
22
Poet W. H. ___ : AUDEN
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They deal in nos. : CPAS
25
Ottoman dynasty founder : OSMAN
28
Horsewhip : BEAT
29
Triangle side : LEG
30
Revised : ALTERED
32
Tartar : ARGOL
34
Anonymous : NAMELESS
39
Dubious one, in Devonshire : SCEPTIC
42
Glacial deposit : MORAINE
43
Intimate : PERSONAL
45
Led : BEGAN
46
Belligerent : SCRAPPY
49
Time divs. : HRS
50
Further : ALSO
54
Napoleon's Grande ___ : ARMEE
55
Suit to ___ : ATEE
56
Spatial : LOCAL
58
Daze : BENUMB
60
Rough and ready : TWOFISTED
63
Softly, to Ozawa : PIANO
66
Peak : ALP
67
Ray : SKATE
68
Looked at amorously : OGLED
69
Grain : RYE
70
Church tax : TITHE
71
Nick of "Cape Fear" : NOLTE
Down
1
Sonny's sib : SIS
2
Filch : COP
3
Single : ONEBAGGER
4
Penalties : FINES
5
Karma : FATE
6
Overrun : INFEST
7
"Are you ___ and true?": Shak. : GOODMEN
8
Baton Rouge inst. : LSU
9
Over, to Poe : OER
10
Greek peak : OSSA
11
Domicile : ABODE
12
Asian peninsula : KOREA
13
Catalyst : AGENT
19
Wrigley Field player : CUB
21
Neighbor of Ger. : POL
23
Grip : CLASP
24
Nez ___ : PERCE
26
Syria, once : ARAM
27
Fictional captain : NEMO
30
Choir section : ALTOS
31
Bowler : DERBY
33
Goddess of plenty : OPS
35
New Guinean port : LAE
36
Pool-hall game : EIGHTBALL
37
Spider's web : SNARE
38
Meaning : SENSE
40
An Andean : INCA
41
Vocalist Vikki : CARR
44
London borough : LAMBETH
47
Carolina river : PEEDEE
48
Confine : PEN
50
Hitching post? : ALTAR
51
Base : LOWLY
52
Purview : SCOPE
53
Bumpkin : OAF
55
Pedro's pal : AMIGO
57
Incline : LIST
59
Au courant : UPON
61
Schuss, e.g. : SKI
62
Make lace : TAT
64
Tulle : NET
65
Lyric poem : ODE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 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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