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William Canine
New York Times, Saturday, October 9, 1982
Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 24.4
William Canine has 65 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 M | 4 E | 5 R | 6 B | 7 L | 8 O | 9 C | 10 K | 11 A | 12 T | 13 E |
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14 E | M | I | L | E | 15 R | E | E | L | 16 E | A | R | L |
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17 B | E | L | L | A | 18 D | O | N | N | A | 19 G | R | O | G |
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20 E | N | D | S | 21 I | D | I | O | M | 22 S | 23 O | P | A |
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24 M | E | I | N | 25 B | A | 26 N | N | E | R |
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27 B | 28 E | 29 R | A | T | E | 30 P | E | R | U | |||||
31 C | O | D | E | R | S | 32 V | E | R | A | N | 33 D | 34 A | 35 H |
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36 S | W | A | M | I | 37 S | A | W | 38 S | C | A | P | E |
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39 A | L | M | A | G | 40 E | S | T | 41 M | O | I | L | E | R |
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42 P | O | M | E | 43 P | A | T | O | I | S | |||||
44 H | 45 A | 46 S | S | L | E | 47 M | O | N | A | |||||
48 A | S | H | 49 D | R | 50 E | A | M | T | 51 F | 52 O | 53 I | 54 L |
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55 U | T | A | 56 H | 57 S | A | L | M | A | 58 G | U | N | D | I |
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59 N | E | M | O | 60 E | S | T | E | 61 U | N | C | L | E |
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62 T | R | E | E | 63 D | E | A | L | 64 S | T | E | E | D |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,023
Across
1
Four-bagger : HOMER
6
Common-interest group : BLOC
10
Will's shrew : KATE
14
Zola : EMILE
15
Folk dance : REEL
16
Peer : EARL
17
Deadly nightshade : BELLADONNA
19
Watered rum : GROG
20
Linemen : ENDS
21
Regional dialects : IDIOMS
23
W.W. II agency : OPA
24
"___ Kampf" : MEIN
25
Ensign : BANNER
27
Scold : BERATE
30
Llama land : PERU
31
Symbol manipulators : CODERS
32
Piazza : VERANDAH
36
Pundit : SWAMI
37
Trite expression : SAW
38
Word with land or sea : SCAPE
39
Medieval treatise : ALMAGEST
41
Drudge : MOILER
42
Fleshy fruit : POME
43
Specialized talk : PATOIS
44
Wrangle : HASSLE
47
Green monkey's relative : MONA
48
Crumbly remnant : ASH
49
Imagined : DREAMT
51
Outfox : FOIL
55
Beehive State : UTAH
57
Potpourri : SALMAGUNDI
59
Verne captain : NEMO
60
East, in Spain : ESTE
61
Sam or Vanya : UNCLE
62
Redbud : TREE
63
Arrangement : DEAL
64
Bucephalus : STEED
Down
1
Goddess of youth : HEBE
2
Quest of a haruspex : OMEN
3
Not strong : MILD
4
Building extensions : ELLS
5
Agcy. that electrified farmers : REA
6
Dive or flop: Slang : BRODIE
7
V. I. Ulyanov : LENIN
8
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
9
Ascend with effort : CLAMBER
10
Cask : KEG
11
Composer Copland : AARON
12
Figure of speech : TROPE
13
"Light and Life" composer : ELGAR
18
Subjects for many books : DIETS
22
Ringling Museum site : SARASOTA
24
Strong-scented flower : MARIGOLD
26
High papal official : NUNCIO
27
Peach or Orange : BOWL
28
Dutch export : EDAM
29
Draws new borders : REMAPS
30
"Treasure Island" character : PEW
31
R.E.L.'s supporters : CSA
32
Cistern : VAT
33
Author of "Babaoua" : DALI
34
Gibbons : APES
35
"___ Man," 1930 film : HER
37
Wind dir. : SSE
40
Standing out above the water : EMERSED
41
Devilfish : MANTA
43
Part of a saddle : POMMEL
44
Frequent : HAUNT
45
Fall-blooming plant : ASTER
46
Mortification : SHAME
47
Its capital is Valletta : MALTA
50
At ___ (comfortable) : EASE
51
"Candid Camera" creator : FUNT
52
Erstwhile : ONCE
53
Not functioning : IDLE
54
Prevaricated : LIED
56
Cultivate : HOE
58
Gloomy ___ : GUS
Answer summary:
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