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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Thursday, February 21, 1980

18-Across : Opposite of exaggerate

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.5
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,062
Across
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Croat or Serb : SLAV
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Subways : TUBES
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Clasp : HASP
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Fairy or elf : PERI
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Felony : CRIME
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Century plant : ALOE
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Concerning : INRE
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Opposite of exaggerate : UNDERSTATE
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Jacket : ETON
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Imagine : ENVISION
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Oppressed : DOWNTRODDEN
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Seraglio : HAREM
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McGuffey product : READER
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Humorist George : ADE
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Sluggish : INERT
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Twenty : SCORE
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Thin nail : BRAD
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Tear-jerker : ONION
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Double : TWIN
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Field for some hams : RADIO
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Slug's cousin : SNAIL
47
Seine : NET
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Imbibe : ABSORB
50
Chicago's soccer team : STING
52
Practical : DOWNTOEARTH
57
Part of Spanish Sahara : RIODEORO
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Erstwhile Irish capital : TARA
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Offers better bargains than one's rivals : UNDERSELLS
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Feb. 13, to Fabius : IDES
66
Gun or actress : STEN
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Kipling's "Plain ___ from the Hills" : TALES
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Aperture : VENT
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Wrongful act : TORT
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Form of trapshooting : SKEET
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Whirlpool : EDDY
Down
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Discovered : SPIED
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Slow, to Spontini : LENTO
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Indian museum display : ARROWHEADS
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Franz Schubert's birthplace : VIENNA
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Inst. at Fort Worth : TCU
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Ossuary : URN
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Waited : BIDED
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Rectify : EMEND
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Tray : SERVER
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Things thrown into rings : HATS
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Part of a game name : ALAI
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Hernando de ___ : SOTO
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Hammer head : PEEN
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Math terms : SINES
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Prefix with axial or angle : TRI
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Where duets become solos : RENO
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Auguries : OMENS
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What some should clean up : ACT
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Lowered in status : DOWNGRADED
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___ Smith, O'Neill hero : ERIE
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Tenant's obligation : RENT
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River in Luzon : ABRA
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Mousy : DRAB
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___ Tin Tin : RIN
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Prosit, e.g. : TOAST
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Cassius ___, historian of Rome : DIO
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Climbing fern used in basketry : NITO
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Bid : ORDER
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Fabricate : LIE
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Promotes : BOOSTS
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Indigenous : NATIVE
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Inflict : WREAK
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___ prosequi : NOLLE
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Tendency : TREND
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Impulsive : HASTY
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Shade of red : RUST
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Ambler's "Journey ___ Fear" : INTO
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River that joins the Neisse : ODER
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Depression : DENT
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Confederate V.I.P. : LEE
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Kennedy noisemaker : SST

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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