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Frank Geary
New York Times, Tuesday, November 22, 1983
29-Down : Arabian ruler
Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q U X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.9
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 T | 3 O | 4 P | 5 M | 6 A | 7 D | 8 A | 9 M | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 M |
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14 P | A | R | R | 15 A | R | E | N | A | 16 W | I | L | E |
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17 I | N | C | O | 18 G | I | T | A | N | T | 19 A | E | O | N |
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20 S | K | A | T | E | D | 21 D | E | T | 22 E | R | R | E | D |
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23 E | N | E | 24 R | E | D | O | ||||||||
25 S | 26 E | 27 A | S | O | N | 28 P | 29 E | E | L | 30 P | 31 R | 32 O |
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33 T | A | N | T | A | 34 J | A | M | S | 35 P | H | A | D |
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36 E | T | T | E | 37 P | A | R | I | S | 38 R | A | I | D |
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39 P | A | I | R | 40 A | V | E | R | 41 S | E | N | S | E |
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42 S | T | C | 43 G | R | A | D | 44 B | E | T | T | E | R |
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45 I | 46 G | E | T | 47 E | D | E | ||||||||
48 I | 49 M | P | O | L | I | 50 T | 51 E | 52 R | A | N | 53 G | 54 E | 55 S |
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56 D | E | A | R | 57 C | O | M | 58 M | A | N | D | A | N | T |
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59 L | A | N | G | 60 L | I | M | I | T | 61 E | L | S | E |
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62 E | N | T | E | 63 E | L | A | T | E | 64 D | E | E | M |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,432
Across
1
Spins like ___ : ATOP
5
"Call Me ___" : MADAM
10
Imposture : SHAM
14
Young salmon : PARR
15
Bullring : ARENA
16
Artifice : WILE
17
Thoughtless insect? : INCOGITANT
19
Incomprehensible age : AEON
20
Glided over ice : SKATED
21
Prevented : DETERRED
23
Compass pt. : ENE
24
Make over : REDO
25
Spring or fall : SEASON
28
English statesman: 1788–1850 : PEEL
30
Seaver or Sneva : PRO
33
City in Egypt : TANTA
34
Traffic tie-ups : JAMS
35
Star in the Big Dipper : PHAD
36
Kitchen adherent : ETTE
37
Helen's abductor : PARIS
38
Foray : RAID
39
Couple : PAIR
40
State : AVER
41
Import : SENSE
42
Monogram of the "Christabel" poet : STC
43
Alumnus, for short : GRAD
44
Opposite of worse : BETTER
45
"___ a Kick Out of You" : IGET
47
Dutch commune : EDE
48
Rude : IMPOLITE
52
Scopes : RANGES
56
Precious : DEAR
57
Military insect? : COMMANDANT
59
Director Fritz : LANG
60
Solstice : LIMIT
61
Otherwise : ELSE
62
Being, in Granada : ENTE
63
Make jubilant : ELATE
64
Judge : DEEM
Down
1
Sacred bull : APIS
2
War vehicle : TANK
3
Killer whale : ORCA
4
Sit-in participant : PROTESTER
5
Race horse that has never won : MAIDEN
6
Dexterity : ART
7
___-letter office : DEAD
8
Boleyn or Baxter : ANNE
9
Bed part : MATTRESS
10
Turf : SWARD
11
Insect interpreting sacred mysteries? : HIEROPHANT
12
Medicinal plant : ALOE
13
Darn : MEND
18
Kind of salami : GENOA
22
Lamprey's cousin : EEL
25
Architectural feature : STEPS
26
Erode : EATAT
27
Forward-looking insect? : ANTICIPANT
28
Skinned : PARED
29
Arabian ruler : EMIR
31
Elevate : RAISE
32
Stranger : ODDER
34
Borneo neighbor : JAVA
35
Made believe : PRETENDED
37
Atom or molecule : PARTICLE
41
Type of car : SEDAN
43
Set : GEL
44
Censure : BERATE
46
Chasm : GORGE
48
Unemployed : IDLE
49
Intend : MEAN
50
Drudge : TOIL
51
Austen novel : EMMA
53
Actress Storm : GALE
54
Start of Mass. motto : ENSE
55
Check : STEM
58
Cambridge tech. center : MIT
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.