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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, August 30, 1985

57-Down : This lies between P.S.T. and C.S.T.

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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M
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P
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D
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A
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D
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S
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T
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A
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S
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H
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A
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H
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N
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M
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S
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P
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U
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P
S
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T
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A
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V
A
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M
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M
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T
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M
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G
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L
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O
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N
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B
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D
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E
G
G
S
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L
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C
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A
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M
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T
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T
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P
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G
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F
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H
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A
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L
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C
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A
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P
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M
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Y
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S
T
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K
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,079
Across
1
Ribbonlike fabric : GIMP
5
Artists' cult : DADA
9
Hide one's pelf : STASH
14
Plant having fleshy leaves : ALOE
15
Surrounded by : AMID
16
Dye for milady : HENNA
17
Hostage of Cortés : MONTEZUMA
19
Platform : ALTAR
20
Hi-fi parts : TUNERS
21
Claim : ALLEGE
22
Periods : SPELLS
24
Tip over : UPSET
26
Spanish duke-general : ALVA
27
Writer Ben ___ Williams : AMES
28
Gal. or lb. : AMT
31
Year in Sylvester II's reign : MII
32
"___ Heldenleben," Strauss work : EIN
34
Braid used for trimming : GALLOON
37
Bounders : BADEGGS
39
Authority : LICENSE
40
Windflower : ANEMONE
41
David ___ Lilienthal of A.E.C. fame : ELI
42
Famed poet's initials : TSE
43
Acme : TOP
44
Designer Cassini : OLEG
46
Certain charges : FEES
47
Wrongs : HARMS
49
Home for "Mona Lisa" : LOUVRE
51
Hors d'oeuvre item : CANAPE
54
Coyote State capital : PIERRE
56
Diminish : ABATE
57
Mexican industrial city : MONTERREY
60
Loose garment : TUNIC
61
Lament : SIGH
62
Music halls : ODEA
63
Heap : STACK
64
Sapling, e.g. : TREE
65
Nictate : WINK
Down
1
School of whales : GAM
2
An arm of the U.N. : ILO
3
Capital of Uruguay : MONTEVIDEO
4
Singer Clark : PETULA
5
Bewilders : DAZES
6
East Asian river : AMUR
7
Chinese pasta appetizer : DIMSUM
8
"Lolita" shelf-partner : ADA
9
Fissile rock : SHALE
10
Revealing : TELLTALE
11
Feed the pot : ANTE
12
Unexpected impediment : SNAG
13
Lagomorph : HARE
18
Like some G.I.'s : ENL
21
Jump and thump : ASSAIL
22
Latin dance : SAMBA
23
Easily swayed : PLIANT
25
Long John Silver, for one : PEGLEG
27
April 21 is this saint's day : ANSELM
29
"Orfeo" composer : MONTEVERDI
30
Quoits player : TOSSER
32
Self : EGO
33
Disregard : IGNORE
35
Utah Beach craft : LCI
36
Georgia ___ Clark, former U.S. Treasurer : NEESE
38
Very striking : EMPHATIC
45
Sans ___ (hopeless): Fr. : ESPOIR
46
Rut : FURROW
48
Loesser's "A Bushel and ___" : APECK
49
River of forgetfulness : LETHE
50
Pyrites, e.g. : ORE
51
Broadway hit : CATS
52
Be contiguous : ABUT
53
Unfortunate Zola courtesan : NANA
55
Soprano Borkh : INGE
57
This lies between P.S.T. and C.S.T. : MST
58
Suffix with velvet : EEN
59
Buffalo's kin : YAK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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