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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Monday, June 6, 1988

50-Across : Golden Gate City inst. of learning

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,090
Across
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Roughage : BRAN
5
Harry's helpmate : BESS
9
Settlements : PACTS
14
Carson City neighbor : RENO
15
Montreal athlete : EXPO
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Athenians' meeting place : AGORA
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Former Ugandan strong man : AMIN
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Train with Spinks : SPAR
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Crucible : TRIAL
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Five-and-ten : DIMESTORE
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H.R. and Sen. : CONG
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Road agent's quarry : STAGE
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Hide away : STASH
26
Tout's specialty : TIP
28
Sluggish : SLOW
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O.K. Corral lawman : EARP
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Chanel : COCO
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Subsidize : AID
33
Brunch beverages : MIMOSAS
35
Different ones : OTHERS
39
Scuffle : TUSSLE
40
Man of high rank : GRANDEE
42
Exclusive group : SET
43
Lots of moola : PILE
44
Marathon, e.g. : RACE
46
Cautery : IRON
50
Golden Gate City inst. of learning : USF
51
___ firma : TERRA
52
Bayes et al. : NORAS
54
Skier's convenience : TBAR
56
Insignificant : PENNYANTE
58
Catsup, e.g. : SAUCE
59
Thrash : LACE
60
Restrain : REIN
61
Affected by poison ivy : ITCHY
62
SW Indians : UTES
63
Aphrodite's lovable lad : EROS
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Playmates for Poms : PEKES
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Exploit of yore : GEST
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Unit of force : DYNE
Down
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Thin wire nails : BRADS
2
Pardons : REMITS
3
One of nature's kingdoms : ANIMAL
4
One's external world : NONEGO
5
Outstrip : BEST
6
Took the cover off : EXPOSED
7
Laconians' capital : SPARTA
8
Pitcher's nemesis : SOREARM
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Army shoulder insignia : PATCH
10
Soil: Comb. form : AGRO
11
First official act at Super Bowl : COINTOSS
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Calamitous : TRAGICAL
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"They called her frivolous ___" : SAL
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Civil War Secretary of State : SEWARD
25
Ill will : SPITE
27
Affectation : POSE
30
Romaine : COS
32
Rhone feeder : ISERE
34
Mr. Christian's crime : MUTINY
35
Former U.S.S.R. secret police : OGPU
36
Pertaining to Ind.-Ill.-Mich., e.g. : TRISTATE
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Four bits : HALFBUCK
38
Compass pt. : ENE
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Silencer of a sort : EARPLUG
42
Spooky meetings : SEANCES
45
Fashion : CREATE
47
Spoke loudly : ROARED
48
Irascible : ORNERY
49
1920 League member : NATION
51
Three-spots : TREYS
53
Meaning : SENSE
55
Twinge : ACHE
57
Vespiary : NEST
58
Tiny taste : SIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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