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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, April 26, 1985

13-Down : Irk

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { H J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,953
Across
1
Audit makers : CPAS
5
Energetic : BRISK
10
More acidulous : SOURER
12
Resident of Balaklava : CRIMEAN
14
Singer Mandrell : BARBARA
15
He gave Louisiana its name : LASALLE
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Local pol. : ALD
17
Area near a dugout : BATRACK
19
B1 is one: Abbr. : VIT
20
TV's "Family ___" : TIES
22
___ de menthe : CREME
23
German transcendentalist : KANT
24
Dark : UNLIT
26
Elec. unit : AMP
27
Lookout : VIGIL
28
Palma de ___ : MALLORCA
30
Unruffled : SERENE
31
Prisoners of war : INTERNEES
33
Constructs : ERECTS
36
___ Latin, Paris : QUARTIER
40
Proscription : TABOO
41
___ laude : CUM
42
Matchmaker in "Fiddler ... " : YENTE
43
Come ___ (find) : UPON
44
Church landholding : GLEBE
46
Sports org. : NCAA
47
Racket : DIN
48
Some cats : MOUSERS
50
Against: Abbr. : OPP
51
A printing : EDITION
53
Flower clusters : RACEMES
55
Content : SATISFY
56
Nurses' hot cloths : STUPES
57
Resting places : NESTS
58
Name of two caliphs : OMAR
Down
1
Statesman Hull: 1871-1955 : CORDELL
2
Locale for "Cheers" : PUB
3
Omani, e.g. : ARAB
4
Ice pinnacle : SERAC
5
Strengthen : BRACE
6
Hazard : RISK
7
"___ Yankee Doodle Dandy" : IMA
8
Fabric edge : SELVAGE
9
Soviet president: 1923-46 : KALININ
10
Salt marsh : SALINA
11
The daily grind : RATRACE
12
Hold tightly : CLAMP
13
Irk : NETTLE
14
Georgian port : BATUM
18
Engravers' sketches : REMARQUES
21
Calif.'s ___ Valley : SILICON
23
Soprano Flagstad : KIRSTEN
25
John Todd's radio role : TONTO
27
Robin's cousin : VEERY
29
Some linemen: Abbr. : RTS
30
Salton, for one : SEA
32
Old Testament book : NUMBERS
33
Schumann's "___ Symphoniques" : ETUDES
34
Rappahannock tributary : RAPIDAN
35
Hard rubber substance : EBONITE
37
One entering : INCOMER
38
Resting places for troops : ETAPES
39
Scythes : REAPS
41
"___ Brown," Sharp best seller : CLUNY
44
Screws up : GOOFS
45
Poet's Muse : ERATO
48
Smaze's cousin : MIST
49
Dross : SCUM
52
Polynesian plants : TIS
54
D.C. ecology group : EPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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