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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Tuesday, October 23, 1984

57-Down : Masher's maneuver

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.0
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,768
Across
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Rhetorical basics : ABCS
5
Viking of comics : HAGAR
10
Dictator : TSAR
14
Sri Lanka money : MAHA
15
Cognizant : AWARE
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Recess : APSE
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Effigy of a sort : IDOL
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___ orange : NAVEL
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Gym items : MATS
20
Napoleonic general : GERARD
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Monad : ONE
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Grimalkin : CAT
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Bonnie Franklin's vehicle : ONEDAYATATIME
28
Erstwhile draft initials : UMT
29
___ Parker (busybody) : NOSEY
32
File : RASP
36
Nuclear particle : ATOM
39
Wild oxen : GAURS
40
Very unusual : ONCEINALIFETIME
43
Taj ___ : MAHAL
44
___ avis : RARA
45
Headliner : STAR
46
Boutique : STORE
47
A Gershwin : IRA
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"In The Good ___," 1902 song : OLDSUMMERTIME
57
Chum : PAL
59
Yoko ___ : ONO
60
Garden utensil : WEEDER
61
Melody : ARIA
63
Stage utterance : ASIDE
65
Antitoxins : SERA
66
Dispatch : SEND
67
Hazard : PERIL
68
Checkroom items : TAGS
69
Nestor, e.g. : SAGE
70
Kind of wool : STEEL
71
To shelter, at sea : ALEE
Down
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Friend, in Cádiz : AMIGO
2
Region in SW Germany : BADEN
3
Task : CHORE
4
Menu item : SALAD
5
Jack of all trades : HANDYMAN
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Hawaiian milkfish : AWA
7
French dance : GAVOT
8
Joe Louis Sports ___, Detroit : ARENA
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Rented again : RELET
10
Head covering : TAM
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Astronaut's attire : SPACESUIT
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Dog star : ASTA
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Take five : REST
21
Author Santha Rama ___ : RAU
25
Rose essence : ATTAR
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"Picnic" playwright : INGE
27
Ditches around castles : MOATS
30
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
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Nieuwpoort's river : YSER
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Gypsy gentlemen : ROMS
33
What Michelangelo studied: Abbr. : ANAT
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Education : SCHOOLING
35
Bailey or Buck : PEARL
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Biographer Winslow : OLA
38
Lake on Uruguay's boundary : MIRIM
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"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
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Parting words : FAREWELL
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Verb form : ARE
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Cleansing agents : SOAPS
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Not solidified : UNSET
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Watered silk : MOIRE
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Seed coating : TESTA
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Perfect : IDEAL
55
Combine : MERGE
56
Expunge : ERASE
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Masher's maneuver : PASS
58
Precinct : AREA
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Humorist or drink : ADE
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Casting mold : DIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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