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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Tuesday, May 18, 1993

51-Down : An adhesive

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,897
Across
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Blockage : LOGJAM
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Record, in a way : TAPE
11
Swipe : COP
14
Land at Logan : ARRIVE
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Court order : WRIT
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Shade : HUE
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Orbs : GLOBES
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Guiltless : INNOCENT
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Drains or seamstresses : SEWERS
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Witness : SEE
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Event at Belmont : RACE
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Acrobatic feat : STUNT
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Figures of speech : TROPES
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Sir, to a Hindu : SRI
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Pandowdy : PIE
31
Unfinished : RAW
32
Plane maneuvers : LOOPS
35
A U.S. legal-tender note : GREENBACK
40
Rank abuse : OUTRAGE
42
Inheritor : LEGATEE
43
Of an architectural style : BEAUXARTS
45
Eat at : ERODE
46
Put on : DON
47
Support : AID
49
Chess pieces : MEN
50
Folklore item : LEGEND
53
Crosses paths with : MEETS
56
Artless : OPEN
57
Like a zoot suiter : HEP
59
Held in awe : FEARED
63
Scheme : CONTRIVE
65
Request for Sam? : ENCORE
66
Chopper : AXE
67
Max, Jr. or Sr. : BAER
68
Director of horror films : CORMAN
69
A river at Ghent : LYS
70
Hostels : INNS
71
Part of NATO : TREATY
Down
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Hangs back : LAGS
2
Wreath on a knight's helmet : ORLE
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Shoot up : GROW
4
Agrees : JIBES
5
Ward off : AVERT
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Botch the job : MESSUP
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Cyclone : TWISTER
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"Comus" composer : ARNE
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Me.'s emblem : PINETREE
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D.D.E.'s command : ETO
11
Chintzy : CHEAP
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Snow leopard : OUNCE
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Rose and Fountain : PETES
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Wrecker's tool : CROWBAR
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African river : NIGER
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Antelope's home : RANGE
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Oaf; boor : SLOB
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Profligate : ROUE
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Bit : IOTA
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Judicious : PRUDENT
34
Ivanhoe, e.g. : SAXON
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Miss Dinsmore : ELSIE
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Mighty mite : ATOM
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Yield : CEDE
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Astute : KEEN
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Mahatma-like : GANDHIAN
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Interferes : TAMPERS
48
Blemish : DEFECT
50
Regional : LOCAL
51
An adhesive : EPOXY
52
Kelly and Autry : GENES
54
Purport : TENOR
55
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
58
All square : EVEN
60
Italia's capital : ROMA
61
Q.E.D.'s E : ERAT
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Abnegate : DENY
64
Stat for Canseco : RBI

Answer summary:
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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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