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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, June 23, 1989

48-Down : Wise legislator

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,472
Across
1
Deride : JAPE
5
Princely : REGAL
10
Zoomed : SPED
14
Magnum ___ : OPUS
15
Related through the mother : ENATE
16
Al Jolson's last wife : ERLE
17
Statement heard at the track : WINSOMELOSESOME
20
Cleveland or Duluth : LAKEPORT
21
TV fare : SITCOM
22
Defensive alliance since 1949 : NATO
23
Kitchen tool : CORER
24
Soothsayer : ORACLE
27
Not quite a score : NINETEEN
30
Honshu port : KOBE
31
Fitted with pumps : SHOD
33
___-Coburg : SAXE
34
"I love," to 25 Down : AMO
35
Clammers' concerns : TIDES
37
Secure : TIE
38
Norms for Greg Norman : PARS
40
Use a coachman : LURE
41
Anna ___, first wife of Ziegfeld : HELD
42
Monogram : INITIALS
45
Lodgings : ABODES
47
___ dancer, railroad-track layer : GANDY
48
Flopsy's tail : SCUT
49
Strong beer in Soho : STINGO
51
Wall protector : DOORSTOP
55
Surprise champions, like the 1969 Mets : CINDERELLATEAMS
57
Azzazame, e.g. : ARAB
58
Greek island : NAXOS
59
Expanse : AREA
60
Bank (on) : RELY
61
Be frugal : STINT
62
Marquee : TENT
Down
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Dewlap : JOWL
2
Samoan port : APIA
3
Kind of rock : PUNK
4
Pith : ESSENCE
5
Most isolated : REMOTEST
6
Diciembre's follower : ENERO
7
Edith ___, President Wilson's second wife : GALT
8
From ___ Z : ATO
9
Exercise : LESSON
10
Sonnet parts : SESTETS
11
Brought forth : PROCREATED
12
Admiral Zumwalt : ELMO
13
Regard : DEEM
18
Iridescent stone : OPAL
19
Site of Cork : EIRE
23
Apple juice : CIDER
24
Giraffe's relative : OKAPI
25
Caesar's wife, for one : ROMAN
26
Autochthonous : ABORIGINAL
27
Complication : NODUS
28
Literature's Philip Nolan, e.g. : EXILE
29
Essentials : NEEDS
32
Like SW Ohio : HILLY
36
Shore : SEACOAST
39
"___ Your Man," Tammy Wynette hit : STANDBY
41
Uncomfortable position : HOTSEAT
43
"Natural Affection" playwright : INGE
44
Bedecks : ADORNS
46
Lancaster or Reynolds : BURT
48
Wise legislator : SOLON
49
Blemish : SCAR
50
Fatigue : TIRE
51
Year in the reign of Justinian I : DLXI
52
Darnel : TARE
53
Harbinger : OMEN
54
High schooler's exam : PSAT
56
Tuck away : EAT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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