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William Canine
New York Times, Friday, June 9, 1989
3-Down : Propelled a raft
Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { G J K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Grid has supersymmetry.
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 P | 4 O | 5 N | 6 S | 7 A | 8 L | 9 A | 10 D | |||||
11 S | A | M | O | V | A | 12 R | 13 C | A | L | A | B | A | 14 R |
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15 P | R | A | L | I | N | E | 16 A | L | A | B | A | M | A |
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17 O | P | T | E | D | 18 C | 19 U | R | 20 S | O | L | O | N |
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21 R | O | O | D | 22 P | A | R | E | 23 D | 24 R | O | S | E |
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25 E | R | R | 26 B | A | N | N | E | R | 27 S | 28 N | E | E |
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29 T | Y | 30 R | A | N | T | 31 R | A | Q | 32 U | E | L | |||
33 O | R | A | 34 P | U | N | |||||||||
35 Q | 36 U | E | N | C | 37 H | 38 T | E | A | S | 39 E | 40 L | |||
41 C | U | P | 42 S | H | E | 43 P | A | R | D | 44 L | I | 45 D |
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46 R | A | S | 47 P | 48 E | A | R | L | Y | 49 M | E | M | O |
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50 A | R | C | E | 51 D | 52 R | Y | E | 53 C | A | V | I | L |
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54 S | T | A | L | E | 55 S | T | 56 N | 57 A | R | R | A | T | E |
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58 H | E | L | L | E | R | S | 59 T | R | E | A | T | E | D |
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60 R | E | A | P | S | 61 F | E | T | E | D |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,458
Across
1
Plump roasting fowl : CAPON
6
Side dish : SALAD
11
Vessel for making tea : SAMOVAR
13
Nigerian port : CALABAR
15
Nutty confection : PRALINE
16
The Crimson Tide : ALABAMA
17
Elected : OPTED
18
Surly, churly fellow : CUR
20
Great Athenian statesman : SOLON
21
Crucifix : ROOD
22
Skived : PARED
24
Billy or Pete : ROSE
25
Blunder : ERR
26
Ensigns : BANNERS
28
Mary Lincoln, ___ Todd : NEE
29
Autocrat : TYRANT
31
Actress Welch : RAQUEL
33
Mouths : ORA
34
Paronomasia : PUN
35
Assuage : QUENCH
38
Prickly flower : TEASEL
41
Sports award : CUP
42
First U.S. spaceman : SHEPARD
44
Cover : LID
46
Abrade : RASP
48
Hall of Fame pitcher ___ Wynn : EARLY
49
Communiqué : MEMO
50
Moved in a curve : ARCED
52
Holden Caulfield's milieu : RYE
53
Quibble : CAVIL
54
Most unoriginal : STALEST
56
Detail : NARRATE
58
Troublemakers : HELLERS
59
Entertained : TREATED
60
Gathers : REAPS
61
Honored, in a way : FETED
Down
1
Hudson shelter : CARPORT
2
Loving : AMATORY
3
Propelled a raft : POLED
4
"Metamorphoses" author : OVID
5
Masefield's "The Tragedy of ___" : NAN
6
Word with soda or volatile : SAL
7
Oh me! : ALAS
8
Drudgery : LABOR
9
Sea-ear : ABALONE
10
Young woman, in poesy : DAMOSEL
11
Germ cell : SPORE
12
Repudiate : RECANT
13
Calling : CAREER
14
She might wear a chador : RANEE
19
See 11 Across : URN
22
Verve; flair : PANACHE
23
Hanging : DRAPERY
26
Outbuildings : BARNS
27
TV's "The Mod ___" : SQUAD
30
Eggs : ROE
32
Us, in Bonn : UNS
35
Clemency : QUARTER
36
Costly; elegant : UPSCALE
37
Card game : HEARTS
38
Gift : TALENT
39
Hoist : ELEVATE
40
Finite : LIMITED
41
Cloth for toweling : CRASH
43
What quidnuncs do : PRY
45
Gave sparingly : DOLED
47
Alexander the Great's birthplace : PELLA
49
French revolutionary : MARAT
51
Profound : DEEP
53
Manitoban group : CREE
55
Alums-to-be : SRS
57
Sandy's sound : ARF
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.