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William Canine
William Canine

New York Times, Friday, March 9, 1984

Author:
William Canine
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 5, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,540
Across
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Great mountain range : ANDES
6
Concoction : HASH
10
Ventilating slit : LOUVER
12
Something for a legatee : BEQUEST
15
Order : MANDATE
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Like Erasmus : ERUDITE
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Creator of master builder Solness : IBSEN
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Colloid : GEL
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Homer man : AARON
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Broadway hit since 1982 : CATS
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To make lighter, in Lyon : PALIR
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Opera by Handel : NERO
25
Latin paradigm : AMO
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Sam of "Cheers" : BARKEEP
28
Apothecary's wt. : SCR
29
Shylock's price : APOUNDOFFLESH
32
Attention-seeking sound : PST
33
Scold : RAG
34
Willie Pep was one : FEATHERWEIGHT
41
___-Magnon : CRO
42
Most erotic : SEXIEST
43
Southern constellation : ARA
45
Ophidian's sound : HISS
47
Indian chief : RAJAH
48
Gladly : LIEF
49
Passages : ADITS
51
Assts. to M.D.'s : RNS
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Terra ___ : FIRMA
53
Zealot : FANATIC
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Dancer Powell : ELEANOR
57
Fringe of a sort : EYELASH
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Less fatty : LEANER
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Lily type : SEGO
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States, in Savoie : ETATS
Down
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"Heart of Dixie" : ALABAMA
2
Uninterrupted : NONSTOP
3
Dandies : DUDES
4
Meredith's "___ Harrington" : EVAN
5
In place : SET
6
Objective pronoun : HER
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___ vitae : AQUA
8
African nation : SUDAN
9
Henry James's Catherine Sloper, e.g. : HEIRESS
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Gaze : REGARD
12
Creed : BELIEF
13
Actor Larry : STORCH
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Carreras is one : TENOR
15
Silicate : MICA
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Nevada city : ELKO
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Catamount : PANTHER
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Cheer : REFRESH
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Failures : BUSTS
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Pigtail : PLAIT
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W.W. II agency : OPA
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___ and dart : EGG
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Faithful servant : FRIDAY
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Red dyes : EOSINES
36
Orthodox Church official : EXARCH
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The Rhine, to the Dutch : RIJN
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Ferret's relative : WEASEL
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Help for a coiffure : HAIRNET
40
Quakes : TREMORS
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Annoy : CHAFE
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From a distance : AFAR
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Like a cliché : STALE
48
Jungle obstacle : LIANA
50
Man alone : STAG
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Herculean labor : FEAT
54
Alike: Comb. form : ISO
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Light-Horse Harry : LEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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