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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, August 25, 1989

66-Across : Lons, Jr. and Sr.

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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. 14,535
Across
1
Entrance or exit : PASSAGE
8
Crank up again : RESTART
15
Former Italian colony : ERITREA
16
Breathed out : EXHALED
17
An African people : WATUSIS
18
Beetles : SCARABS
19
Hold back : STEM
20
Cardinals insignia : STL
22
Actor Jeremy from England : IRONS
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Humbug's preceder : BAH
25
___ no good : UPTO
27
Menotti's "___ Goes to the Ball" : AMELIA
30
Exclusive : CLANNISH
35
Witches group : COVEN
36
Spare : LEAN
37
Hersey's "___ the Valley" : INTO
38
Homage : TRIBUTE
40
Nuts about : STUCKON
42
Julius's two little dying words : ETTU
43
Disservice : HARM
45
Pool participant : STENO
46
Marine worm : SEAMOUSE
48
Charlotte, in a children's book : SPIDER
49
Algonquian language : CREE
50
Jardiniere : POT
51
Sights : SPOTS
54
Remote : FAR
56
Oriental nurse : AMAH
60
Hepburn-Grant film: 1963 : CHARADE
62
Bateman of "Family Ties" : JUSTINE
64
Wagon train : CARAVAN
65
Hades river : ACHERON
66
Lons, Jr. and Sr. : CHANEYS
67
Ratiocinates : REASONS
Down
1
Church benches : PEWS
2
"I smell ___!" : ARAT
3
Location : SITE
4
Palooka : STUMBLEBUM
5
___ longa, vita brevis : ARS
6
Osaka dancer : GEISHA
7
___ Lansing, Mich. : EAST
8
In medias ___ : RES
9
Stimulating : EXCITANT
10
Gless of "Cagney & Lacey" : SHARON
11
Polynesian food plant : TARO
12
Arkin or Bates : ALAN
13
C.S.A. soldiers to the Yankees : REBS
14
Objectives of the QB : TDS
21
Publisher Henry : LUCE
24
Hokkaido native : AINU
26
Tissue: Comb. form : PLASM
27
Deeds, in Dijon : ACTES
28
"Le ___ d'Arthur" : MORTE
29
Sra. Perón : EVITA
31
Winks : NICTITATES
32
Signed : INKED
33
Harlan or Irving : STONE
34
High respect : HONOR
36
Charter : LEASE
39
Steinbeck's "Sweet ___" : THURSDAY
41
Where to find the P.M. : USPO
44
Coral ridge : REEF
47
Eight-line stanza : OCTAVE
48
Dapper : SPRUCE
51
Pahlevi, e.g. : SHAH
52
Belgrade coin : PARA
53
Algerian port : ORAN
55
Not fully shut : AJAR
57
Spanish painter Joan ___ : MIRO
58
Later : ANON
59
Coop group : HENS
60
Depression org. : CCC
61
U.S.N. officer : ENS
63
___ Na Na, entertainment group : SHA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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