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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Wednesday, September 5, 1984

51-Across : Suffix with Boswell or Johnson

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,720
Across
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Lingerie item : BRA
4
Shepherd's concerns : EWES
8
Decision maker : UMPIRE
14
Sleazy publication : RAG
15
Vidal : GORE
16
Former Mideast leader : NASSER
17
A Uris hero : ARI
18
Score for Gretzky : GOAL
19
Warbles : TRILLS
20
Churchill Downs event : DERBY
22
Cookout, e.g. : MEAL
24
Ogle : EYE
25
Golden-winged flicker : YELLOWHAMMER
29
Succulent plant : ALOE
30
Site of Dakar : SENEGAL
34
Blackbirds : GRACKLES
38
Roman official : EDILE
39
Connection : LINK
40
Coattails, e.g. : FLAPS
43
Fruit of the blackthorn : SLOE
44
Neighbor of Rome : UTICA
46
Extinct diver : GREATAUK
48
Malaysian city : MALACCA
51
Suffix with Boswell or Johnson : IANA
52
Large swallow : PURPLEMARTIN
57
Pallid : WAN
60
Pipe cement : LUTE
61
Warehouse : ETAPE
62
Summons : EVOKES
64
Calla lily : ARUM
67
Tugboat service : TOW
68
Release : LETOUT
69
"___, vidi, vici" : VENI
70
Porter, for one : ALE
71
Ornate : DRESSY
72
"Poema del Cid," e.g. : EPIC
73
A neighbor of Leb. : SYR
Down
1
Diamond Jim : BRADY
2
Peep show : RAREE
3
"___ Like I," Loos autobiography : AGIRL
4
Poundcake ingredient : EGGYOLK
5
Pay suit : WOO
6
Epoch : ERA
7
Alabama city : SELMA
8
Make wild : UNTAME
9
"Blue Angel" actress's first name : MARLENE
10
Greek letter : PSI
11
Presque ___ Bay : ISLE
12
Depend : RELY
13
Highlanders' language : ERSE
21
Chickadee : BLACKCAP
23
Printers' measures : EMS
26
Pack animal : WOLF
27
Cant : HEEL
28
Colorful warbler : REDSTART
31
Colorado tributary : GILA
32
Family name in baseball : ALOU
33
Emblem of Wales : LEEK
34
Depressed : GLUM
35
Coolidge or Tushingham : RITA
36
Indigo : ANIL
37
Slump : SAG
41
___-dieu (kneeling bench) : PRIE
42
Juncture : SEAM
45
Sting, to a zoologist : ACULEUS
47
Lacking vitality : ANAEMIC
49
Sharp-tongued : CRUSTY
50
Fitting : APT
53
Time off : LEAVE
54
Informal farewells : TATAS
55
River in Hungary : IPOLY
56
More recent : NEWER
57
N.Y.C.'s Tuesday : WELD
58
Claim : AVER
59
Eminence : NOTE
63
Items in Ali's rec. : KOS
65
Ribbed fabric : REP
66
Prefix with form or cell : UNI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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