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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, June 9, 1989

17-Across : Elected

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { G J K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has supersymmetry.
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. 14,458
Across
1
Plump roasting fowl : CAPON
6
Side dish : SALAD
11
Vessel for making tea : SAMOVAR
13
Nigerian port : CALABAR
15
Nutty confection : PRALINE
16
The Crimson Tide : ALABAMA
17
Elected : OPTED
18
Surly, churly fellow : CUR
20
Great Athenian statesman : SOLON
21
Crucifix : ROOD
22
Skived : PARED
24
Billy or Pete : ROSE
25
Blunder : ERR
26
Ensigns : BANNERS
28
Mary Lincoln, ___ Todd : NEE
29
Autocrat : TYRANT
31
Actress Welch : RAQUEL
33
Mouths : ORA
34
Paronomasia : PUN
35
Assuage : QUENCH
38
Prickly flower : TEASEL
41
Sports award : CUP
42
First U.S. spaceman : SHEPARD
44
Cover : LID
46
Abrade : RASP
48
Hall of Fame pitcher ___ Wynn : EARLY
49
Communiqué : MEMO
50
Moved in a curve : ARCED
52
Holden Caulfield's milieu : RYE
53
Quibble : CAVIL
54
Most unoriginal : STALEST
56
Detail : NARRATE
58
Troublemakers : HELLERS
59
Entertained : TREATED
60
Gathers : REAPS
61
Honored, in a way : FETED
Down
1
Hudson shelter : CARPORT
2
Loving : AMATORY
3
Propelled a raft : POLED
4
"Metamorphoses" author : OVID
5
Masefield's "The Tragedy of ___" : NAN
6
Word with soda or volatile : SAL
7
Oh me! : ALAS
8
Drudgery : LABOR
9
Sea-ear : ABALONE
10
Young woman, in poesy : DAMOSEL
11
Germ cell : SPORE
12
Repudiate : RECANT
13
Calling : CAREER
14
She might wear a chador : RANEE
19
See 11 Across : URN
22
Verve; flair : PANACHE
23
Hanging : DRAPERY
26
Outbuildings : BARNS
27
TV's "The Mod ___" : SQUAD
30
Eggs : ROE
32
Us, in Bonn : UNS
35
Clemency : QUARTER
36
Costly; elegant : UPSCALE
37
Card game : HEARTS
38
Gift : TALENT
39
Hoist : ELEVATE
40
Finite : LIMITED
41
Cloth for toweling : CRASH
43
What quidnuncs do : PRY
45
Gave sparingly : DOLED
47
Alexander the Great's birthplace : PELLA
49
French revolutionary : MARAT
51
Profound : DEEP
53
Manitoban group : CREE
55
Alums-to-be : SRS
57
Sandy's sound : ARF

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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