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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Monday, March 9, 1987

25-Across : Astonishes

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,635
Across
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Gypsy ___ : MOTH
5
Driving force : STEAM
10
King or Alda : ALAN
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Away from the gusts : ALEE
15
Late, in Siena : TARDO
16
Pottery : WARE
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Cauterize : SEAR
18
Church instrument : ORGAN
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On the briny : ASEA
20
Windy-day advice : HOLDONTOYOURHAT
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___ Moines : DES
24
Opposite of arr. : LVE
25
Astonishes : AMAZES
29
President of Albania : ALIA
31
Possesses : HAS
34
Like Silver's rider : LONE
35
Patton portrayer : SCOTT
36
Unit : ONE
37
Mitchell masterpiece : GONEWITHTHEWIND
41
Canton follower : ESE
42
Pierre's notions : IDEES
43
Large land mass : ASIA
44
Harrison or Reed : REX
45
Retreats : DENS
46
Weasel's cousin : MARTEN
48
Lion in the sky : LEO
49
Rhine tributary : AAR
50
Headed for Sugar Loaf Mountain : FLYINGDOWNTORIO
59
Thin : LEAN
60
Type of type : ROMAN
61
Portal : DOOR
62
Concerning : INRE
63
Similar : ALIKE
64
Sicilian menace : ETNA
65
Tablets : PADS
66
Matched : MATED
67
Genuine : REAL
Down
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TV series : MASH
2
Margarine : OLEO
3
Duck or color : TEAL
4
Group of wildebeests : HERD
5
Gems : STONES
6
Pastries : TARTS
7
Hence : ERGO
8
"Let's call it ___" : ADAY
9
Obelisk, e.g. : MONOLITH
10
Not in the dark : AWARE
11
Part of an eyelid : LASH
12
Scope : AREA
13
Trim : NEAT
21
Sappho creation : ODE
22
Conserve of grapes : UVATE
25
Author of "Phil the Fiddler" : ALGER
26
Deer's cousin : MOOSE
27
Append : ANNEX
28
American's omega : ZEE
29
Yearns : ACHES
30
Parcels of land : LOTS
31
Raise : HOIST
32
Broadway musical: 1977 : ANNIE
33
Type of car : SEDAN
35
British gun : STEN
38
Enlarge : WIDEN
39
Graphic symbol : IDEOGRAM
40
Conflict : WAR
46
Equipped with crew : MANNED
47
Actor Carney : ART
48
Queues : LINES
49
Not napping : AWAKE
50
Toss : FLIP
51
River in Russia : LENA
52
Three feet : YARD
53
Russian weight : DOLA
54
Neglect to include : OMIT
55
Frankfurt's river : ODER
56
Old-school method : ROTE
57
One of the Hebrides : IONA
58
Of the mouth : ORAL

Answer summary:
4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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