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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, June 8, 1990

23-Across : And other people: Abbr.

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 14,822
Across
1
Second : BACK
5
"The Trial" author : KAFKA
10
T. S. Eliot characters : CATS
14
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
15
E.T., for one : ALIEN
16
It followed "Typee" : OMOO
17
Agnew's negativists : NATTERINGNABOBS
20
Furbish, as clothes : DRYCLEAN
21
Rudimentary plant : EMBRYO
22
Painter Frans : HALS
23
And other people: Abbr. : ETAL
24
"The Sound of Music" hit : DOREMI
27
Mawkish : BATHETIC
31
Iowa university town : AMES
32
Proverb : ADAGE
34
Brook : RILL
35
European bird : DAW
36
Carpentry tool : AWL
37
Actress Sara : MIA
38
Corker : ONER
40
Archives : FILES
42
Spatiate : ROAM
43
Brandy cocktails : SIDECARS
45
Affects radically : UPENDS
47
Actress Christians: 1900-1951 : MADY
48
Speck : ATOM
49
Grant : ACCORD
52
Spectator : ONLOOKER
56
Muslim ascetic : WHIRLINGDERVISH
58
Hash-house sign : EATS
59
More wrathful : SORER
60
Major or usher suffix : ETTE
61
Tedious, in Glasgow : DREE
62
Lock : TRESS
63
Strawberry's field : SHEA
Down
1
Stoop : BEND
2
Substance called a pesticide by the E.P.A. : ALAR
3
Metropolis : CITY
4
Sailing ships : KETCHES
5
Northern Soviet region : KARELIA
6
A k a : ALIAS
7
Mickey ___ : FINN
8
Cask : KEG
9
Actress-singer Funicello : ANNETTE
10
Fruit dish : COBBLER
11
Love, in Cádiz : AMOR
12
Jug : TOBY
13
Indifferent : SOSO
18
Ancient site of Susa : ELAM
19
Forbidden City nurse : AMAH
23
A three on a par-five hole : EAGLE
24
Pedestal parts : DADOS
25
Muscat man : OMANI
26
Emulate Rooney or Gabor : REWED
27
Makes an outcry : BAWLS
28
Athenian misanthrope : TIMON
29
Trojan War epic : ILIAD
30
Quahogs : CLAMS
33
Specialized farm : DAIRY
39
Compunction : REMORSE
40
One embracing a craze : FADDIST
41
Erstwhile provisioners for army posts : SUTLERS
42
Displaces : REMOVES
44
Rob Reiner's dad : CARL
46
On one's uppers : POOR
48
Pular and Pili's range : ANDES
49
Reverential, in a way : AWED
50
Scorch : CHAR
51
Quote : CITE
52
Bugaboo : OGRE
53
Friends and neighbors : KITH
54
Town near Padua : ESTE
55
Pampas denizen : RHEA
57
"___ any drop to drink" : NOR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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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