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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Monday, April 8, 1985

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 13.7
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,935
Across
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" ... baked in ___" : APIE
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Repaired tire : RECAP
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Mop the deck : SWAB
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Fizzy drink : SODA
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Color called bleu Louise : EMAIL
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Part of an oriel : PANE
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Equal : PEER
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Value : APPRECIATE
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Puncture : STAB
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Ballet performer : TOEDANCER
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Not difficult : EASY
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Pleasure, in Paris : GRE
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Work list : AGENDA
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Family ___ : TREE
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An arm of HUD : FHA
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Dishonest : MENDACIOUS
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Epochs : ERAS
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Birch's cousin : ALDER
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Sonny's sibling : SIS
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Tinters : DYERS
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Layer : TIER
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Outline of a figure : SILHOUETTE
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Peculiar : ODD
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Recess in a church : APSE
45
Kind of drama : CLOSET
46
Atmosphere : AIR
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Insect's feeler : PALP
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Star : HEADLINER
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Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Frauds : IMPOSTURES
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Bright light at night : NEON
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Sly gaze : LEER
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Choice : ELITE
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Jacket or collar : ETON
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Decoy : LURE
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Frozen rain : SLEET
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Charge : RATE
Down
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Reptiles in the Nile : ASPS
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___ laureate : POET
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Brainstorm : IDEA
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Bore : EARBENDER
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New Deal agcy. : REA
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Vacant : EMPTY
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Head, in Milano : CAPO
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Ouse feeder : AIRE
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Promises : PLEDGES
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Part of a tome : SPINE
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Woman soldier in 1942 : WAAC
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Poker term : ANTE
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Porter's relative : BEER
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Concern : CARE
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Hebrew month : ADAR
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Pouch : SAC
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Famed Italian baritone : AMATO
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Extremely cold : GELID
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Over : ENDED
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Sheer cotton fabric : TOILE
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Marsh plant : RUSH
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Worries : FRETS
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Creator of Truthful James : HARTE
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Property, e.g. : ASSET
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Mother of Horus : ISIS
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Something startling : EYEOPENER
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Obtund or obtuse : DULL
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Elves : SPRITES
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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Is not up to par : AILS
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Venerate : ADORE
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Actor Duilio del ___ : PRETE
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Ants' creation : HILL
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Ostrichlike bird : EMEU
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Imitator : APER
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___ and void : NULL
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Where Perry triumphed : ERIE
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"___ Smile Be Your ... " : LETA
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Pillage : LOOT
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Queen or princess : ANNE
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Harden : SET

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