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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Wednesday, June 16, 1993

1-Down : Support

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, 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. 15,926
Across
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Lugosi and Bartók : BELAS
6
Chanson : SONG
10
Beatty film : REDS
14
Vigilant : ALERT
15
Binge : TEAR
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Great Lake port : ERIE
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Whitefish : CISCO
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Evita's country : ARGENTINA
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Kind of rug : KASHMIR
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Impassive : STOICAL
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Frolics : LARKS
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Curve : ARC
26
Execute : SLAY
29
Burden : ONUS
31
Powders : DUSTS
35
Seaman : TAR
36
Tangle : SNARL
37
___ ease (uncomfortable) : ILLAT
38
Cleopatra's Needle, e.g. : OBELISK
40
Seminole chief : OSCEOLA
42
Punitive : PENAL
43
A 1993 stamp subject : ELVIS
45
Crock : POT
46
Aïda, for one : SLAVE
47
Rudolph or Bambi : DEER
48
Tierney or Tunney : GENE
49
Caboose's place : END
51
Cynical look : SNEER
53
Risks : CHANCES
57
Ask : INQUIRE
61
The Cartwrights' spread : PONDEROSA
63
Retract : UNSAY
64
Tops : AONE
65
Breakfast dish : BRAN
66
Century plant : AGAVE
67
Bowsprit : SPAR
68
Conifers : YEWS
69
Stringed instruments : LYRES
Down
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Support : BACK
2
Famous pen name : ELIA
3
Cousin of fewer : LESS
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In a waggish way : ARCHLY
5
Aperture : STOMA
6
In the altogether : STARKNAKED
7
" ... thy warfare ___": Scott : OER
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Henpecks : NAGS
9
Famed loner's first name : GRETA
10
Purse : RETICULE
11
Ambler or Knight : ERIC
12
Merrill of movies : DINA
13
A pinniped : SEAL
19
Scandinavians : NORDICS
21
Actor from Cowes, Eng. : IRONS
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Calif.'s Big ___ : SUR
26
Sojourns : STOPS
27
Sticker : LABEL
28
Houston's The Summit : ARENA
30
Ljubljana's citizens : SLOVENIANS
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Gradient : SLOPE
33
Claw : TALON
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Condition : STATE
36
Squelch : SILENCE
39
Fragrant shrub : LAVENDER
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Lorelei : SIREN
44
Brown of renown : LES
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Dilapidated : GRUNGY
50
Bowler : DERBY
52
Even : EQUAL
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Tax advisers, for short : CPAS
54
Circlet : HOOP
55
Diva Moffo : ANNA
56
Peevish : SORE
58
Danube tributary : ISAR
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Jabber; blather : RAVE
60
"Bette Davis ___" : EYES
62
Adage : SAW

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