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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, June 21, 1984

5-Down : Agreeably occupied

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,644
Across
1
Seat for a rajah : HOWDAH
7
Fall back : LAG
10
Pasternak nurse : LARA
14
Afternoon reception : ATHOME
15
___ roll (in luck) : ONA
16
Shortly : ANON
17
Arouse : STIRUP
18
Like certain patrol cars : UNMARKED
20
Library lineup : TOMES
21
Popular spot in the 20's : SPEAKEASY
22
Killer of Antony's lover : ASP
23
Aix summer : ETE
25
Moved stealthily : SLID
26
Bear : ENDURE
29
Pried : NOSED
33
Nothing more than : MERE
35
Tournament enders : FINALS
38
Hockey great : ORR
39
Parched : ARID
40
Four: Comb. form : TETRA
41
Kelly's opossum : POGO
42
Anaïs, the writer : NIN
43
Maintain : ASSERT
44
At the summit : ATOP
45
Region of Israel : NEGEV
47
Go over and over : REHASH
49
Spread : MEAL
52
Far East coin : SEN
53
Kinsman : SIB
56
Farthest : UTTERMOST
60
Dazzling light : GLARE
62
Awful : FEARSOME
63
Gary of golf : PLAYER
64
First name in fashion : OLEG
65
Aberdeen denial : NAE
66
Carson's "___ Spring" : SILENT
67
Plaice's relative : SOLE
68
Econ. term : GNP
69
Makes points : SCORES
Down
1
"___ la vista" : HASTA
2
Kahn and Preminger : OTTOS
3
Crying : WHIMPERING
4
French illustrator: 19th century : DORE
5
Agreeably occupied : AMUSED
6
"With it" in the 40's : HEP
7
Wolf of the forêt : LOUP
8
Two of Henry's six : ANNES
9
Nasser : GAMAL
10
Texas town of song : LAREDO
11
Singer-composer Paul : ANKA
12
Anonymous Richards : ROES
13
Commentator Rooney : ANDY
19
Claude or Zoë : AKINS
21
Sequence : SERIES
24
University in Medford, Mass. : TUFTS
27
Nickname for Edgar : NED
28
Walk in : ENTER
30
Haruspex : SOOTHSAYER
31
Therefore : ERGO
32
Theater curtain : DROP
33
"Buddenbrooks" author : MANN
34
Sandusky's lake : ERIE
36
Put a stop to : ARREST
37
Machine tool : LATHE
41
Dance step : PAS
43
States formally, in law : AVERS
46
Debouch : EMERGE
48
Simplified form of English : ANGLIC
50
Midst : AMONG
51
Miller's salesman : LOMAN
54
Actress Worth : IRENE
55
Parks and Wheeler : BERTS
56
Phenomena of interest to the U.S.A.F. : UFOS
57
End: Comb. form : TELO
58
Liang : TAEL
59
Exude : SEEP
61
Gounod contemporary : LALO
63
Additions to ltrs. : PSS

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

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