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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Thursday, January 17, 1985

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 18.6
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,854
Across
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Chronicler of the Round Table : MALORY
7
W.W. II lass : WAC
10
Poet Whitman : WALT
14
Site of Hejaz and Nejd : ARABIA
15
Cigar residue : ASH
16
The shivers : AGUE
17
Captured again : RETOOK
18
Pirate immortal : STARGELL
20
Proofer's mark : CARET
21
Menotti opus: 1950 : THECONSUL
22
Ursa, to Juan : OSA
23
Go astray : ERR
25
Fifth spot in some theaters : ROWE
26
"Roots" co-star : VEREEN
29
Gilmore of the N.B.A. : ARTIS
33
Vitriolic : ACID
35
Paradise for King Arthur : AVALON
38
A Gardner : AVA
39
Pahlavi's title : SHAH
40
Capitol toppers : DOMES
41
Biting insect : GNAT
42
Caboodle's partner : KIT
43
School discipline : FERULA
44
Last of the Stuarts : ANNE
45
Word with case or well : STAIR
47
Dashing : RAKISH
49
Actress Patricia : NEAL
52
Badger : NAG
53
Wheat beard : AWN
56
Britten's foretopman : BILLYBUDD
60
Kind of surgeon : NEURO
62
Union : ALLIANCE
63
Bane of an off-key tenor : HISSER
64
Daniels of old films : BEBE
65
One, in Köln : EIN
66
Countersign, e.g. : ATTEST
67
Bearish initials : USSR
68
Gleam : RAY
69
Paucity : DEARTH
Down
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Polo : MARCO
2
Districts : AREAS
3
Verdi's fallen woman : LATRAVIATA
4
Clarinet's relative : OBOE
5
Disturber of the peace : RIOTER
6
Far East beast : YAK
7
Launder : WASH
8
Autumn bloomer : ASTER
9
Extensive S.A. plain : CHACO
10
Creator of 30 Down : WAGNER
11
Epochs : AGES
12
Alban Berg's femme fatale : LULU
13
Rossini's "William ___" : TELL
19
Dan of "Laugh-In" : ROWAN
21
Actress Claire : TREVOR
24
Author of "Hard Cash" : READE
27
Anglo-Saxon letter : EDH
28
Belgian city : NAMUR
30
Visitor at Venusberg : TANNHAUSER
31
Lendl of tennis : IVAN
32
Assuage completely : SATE
33
Seeks to find out : ASKS
34
Voucher : CHIT
36
Capitalist-politician Stanford : LELAND
37
Honshu port : OSAKA
41
Freon, e.g. : GAS
43
Norseman's Venus : FREYA
46
A mass of stratified rock : INLIER
48
Set afire : IGNITE
50
Doubleday or Dean : ABNER
51
Sutherland role : LUCIA
54
Take by force : WREST
55
Sheree from L.A. : NORTH
56
Hindu gentleman : BABU
57
Seine sights : ILES
58
Degrees for A.B.A. : LLBS
59
Gainsay : DENY
61
C'___-dire : ESTA
63
Possessed : HAD

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

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