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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Saturday, October 20, 1990

32-Down : Certain pinnipeds

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.80)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 14,956
Across
1
John Paul II, to Italians : PAPA
5
Suppress : QUASH
10
Poke : JAB
13
Ancient site of Susa : ELAM
14
Org. for Budge and Tilden : USLTA
15
Large room or hall : SALA
16
Corrida charger : TORO
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Live coal : EMBER
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Resign : QUIT
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Succession : SEQUENCE
21
Pleasure craft : LAUNCH
23
Spur : URGE
24
Upgrades : ELEVATES
26
Wonder : AWE
28
Time-honored : OLD
30
Homophone for a certain fish : EYED
31
Domino : FATS
33
Great Chinese poet : LIPO
35
Fad : CRAZE
39
Israeli port : ACRE
40
Linda of "Dynasty" : EVANS
42
Actinal : ORAL
43
Majestic : ROYAL
45
Middle East republic : IRAQ
46
The Darlings' pet : NANA
47
Clamorous : LOUD
49
Aggregate : SUM
51
Willy Loman's brother : BEN
52
Feeder raider : SQUIRREL
56
Soprano Loevberg : AASE
58
Wyandots, e.g. : HURONS
59
Limb muscle : EXTENSOR
63
A blessing or bane : RAIN
64
Like some needs : UNMET
66
Greenish blue : AQUA
67
___ out (manages) : EKES
68
Peak in the Lepontine Alps : LEONE
69
Ornery critter : CUSS
70
Actor Diulio ___ Prete : DEL
71
Famed furrier : ASTOR
72
Donjon : KEEP
Down
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Gentles : PETS
2
Plant having fleshy leaves : ALOE
3
Inlaid woodwork : PARQUETRY
4
Love on the Loire : AMOUR
5
A dumpling : QUENELLE
6
Leathernecks' gp. : USMC
7
"The Zoo Story" playwright : ALBEE
8
Sault ___ Marie : STE
9
___ Street, London's "Doctors' Row" : HARLEY
10
Outing : JAUNT
11
Burstyn's Oscar-winning role : ALICE
12
Rome's ___ of Caracalla : BATHS
15
Cavalry unit : SQUADRON
20
Self-esteem : EGO
22
___ plaisir : AVEC
25
Mitchell and Helmsley : LEONAS
26
At a distance : AFAR
27
Site of Baylor U. : WACO
29
Sever : DIVIDE
32
Certain pinnipeds : SEALIONS
34
Average for JoAnne Carner : PAR
36
Pose for Nureyev : ARABESQUE
37
Writer Grey : ZANE
38
Verve : ELAN
41
Homesteader : SQUATTER
44
Bereft : LORN
48
Martyred British princess : URSULA
50
More, in Glasgow : MAE
52
Ollie-to-Fawn command : SHRED
53
Tremble : QUAKE
54
An archangel: II Esdras 4 : URIEL
55
___ juste : LEMOT
57
Crackers at 4 P.M. : SNACK
60
Alien: Comb. form : XENO
61
A river at York : OUSE
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Grate upon : RASP
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Dutch island town : NES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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