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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, July 25, 1985

53-Across : Purposeless

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,043
Across
1
Designate : ELECT
6
Actor Walter : ABEL
10
K rations : CHOW
14
Site of ancient Greek games : NEMEA
15
Indonesian outrigger : PROA
16
Stevenson villain : HYDE
17
Dwarf chestnuts : CHINKAPINS
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Well-informed about : UPON
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"A peculiar sort of a gal" : SAL
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Fe or Ag : ELEM
22
Guide : ESCORT
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Make new money : RECOIN
26
Former Japanese naval base : TRUK
27
Gridiron get-together : HUDDLE
29
Wreck; ruin : BLAST
33
Sioux : DAKOTA
36
Participle former : ING
38
City on the Humboldt : ELKO
39
Rock guitarist Clapton : ERIC
40
Welty's "___ Wedding" : DELTA
42
Legatee : HEIR
43
Swindle : BILK
44
A goal of NOW : ERA
45
Like Mercury : SPEEDY
47
The Tempter : SATAN
49
Column molding : SCOTIA
51
Nip : BITE
53
Purposeless : RANDOM
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Mrs. Stanley Kowalski : STELLA
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Pulsation : PANT
60
A legume : PEA
62
Commotion : TODO
63
Blackcaps : CHICKADEES
66
Guinness or Templeton : ALEC
67
North Sea-Baltic canal : KIEL
68
Pub game : DARTS
69
Taylor's "A ___ at Oxford" : YANK
70
Withered : SERE
71
Corpulent : OBESE
Down
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Extras in an env. : ENCS
2
Hungarian composer : LEHAR
3
Zola or Berliner : EMILE
4
A.D. 1-A.D. 100, e.g. : CEN
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Bridge bid : TAKEOUT
6
Annex : APPEND
7
Upper edge : BRIM
8
Lengthy period : EON
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Beam thrower : LASER
10
Dolt or rockfish : CHUCKLEHEAD
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Photog.'s fixing agent : HYPO
12
Redolence : ODOR
13
Moved out : WENT
18
Surveyor's instrument : ALIDADE
23
U-boat : SUB
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Crowded : CHOCKABLOCK
26
Marquee : TENT
28
Fragrant bloomer : LILAC
30
Out of the wind : ALEE
31
Sideslip : SKID
32
Whig's opponent : TORY
33
Five-time Presidential candidate : DEBS
34
"The Willow Song," e.g. : ARIA
35
Wear in the Highlands : KILT
37
What a certain guzzler empties fast : GASTANK
41
Old tongue : ERSE
46
Fla. game fish : PINTADO
48
Nothing : NIL
50
Pythoness's revelation : ORACLE
52
Bastes : TACKS
54
___ citado : OPERE
55
Fulfills : MEETS
56
___ put (remain) : STAY
57
Indian weight : TOLA
58
A Cotton Belt grape : EDEN
59
Breakwater : PIER
61
South African fox : ASSE
64
Hasten : HIE
65
Peck or pat : DAB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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