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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, August 25, 1988

40-Down : Popular game

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,170
Across
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Billiard stroke : MASSE
6
Track event : DASH
10
"Pay attention!" : HARK
14
Two of Henry VIII's six : ANNES
15
"Come ___ my parlor" : INTO
16
Hyalite : OPAL
17
Ermine in summer : STOAT
18
Yannick of tennis : NOAH
19
Lowest pinochle card : NINE
20
Minn. site of large open-pit iron mine : HIBBING
22
Suitcases : LUGGAGE
24
Grasping : AVID
25
Out of control : AMOK
26
A bee of sorts : SINGALONG
30
Lagniappe : BONUS
34
Similar: Prefix : ISO
35
Capp creature : LENA
36
Knot up : SNARL
37
Light up : GLOW
39
Govt. economist's concern : GNP
41
Mongolian wasteland : GOBI
42
Frenzy : MANIA
44
City on the Dnepr : KIEV
47
Tend : MAN
48
Revise : AMEND
49
Summons of a sort : TINGALING
51
Personality influencer : GENE
53
An officer and a gentleman? : GERE
54
Mason's creator : GARDNER
57
Andrew and Edward : PRINCES
61
"The ___ Love ... " : ONEI
62
Squash : PEPO
64
Worship : ADORE
65
Joy ride : SPIN
66
"___ neighbor and weigh" : ASIN
67
Composer Ethelbert : NEVIN
68
Suspend : HANG
69
Director Fritz : LANG
70
Tendency : TREND
Down
1
Hot Lips starred in this TV hit : MASH
2
Opposed : ANTI
3
One lacking noblesse oblige : SNOB
4
Tar's gear holder : SEABAG
5
Appropriate to summer : ESTIVAL
6
Talk tediously : DINGDONG
7
Up: Prefix : ANO
8
P.O.W. camp : STALAG
9
Boring : HOHUM
10
Crown colony : HONGKONG
11
Samoan port : APIA
12
Jingled : RANG
13
Swiss painter : KLEE
21
Shade of green : NILE
23
Oodles : GOBS
26
Greek letter : SIGMA
27
Followers of Mohammed : ISLAM
28
Not a soul : NOONE
29
___-Poo of "The Mikado" : NANKI
31
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
32
Name of eight popes : URBAN
33
Hurl : SLING
38
Blowout : WINGDING
40
Popular game : PINGPONG
43
Middle East gulf : ADEN
45
"The Hungarian Rome" : EGER
46
Something different : VARIANT
49
Singer Brewer : TERESA
50
One who might gain interest : LENDER
52
Tibetan neighbor : NEPAL
54
Kin of gee : GOSH
55
Newspaper org. : ANPA
56
Check : REIN
58
Inlet : COVE
59
St. Patrick's land : ERIN
60
Dispatch : SEND
63
Wrestler's objective : PIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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.

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