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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Tuesday, June 9, 1981

52-Across : Rubens and Renoir

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.6
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,536
Across
1
Fearless Fosdick's creator : CAPP
5
Gambol : ROMP
9
Aquatic birds : TEALS
14
Product sometimes made from corn oil : OLEO
15
Asseverate : AVER
16
Show not uncommon in puzzles : RAREE
17
___ Khayyám : OMAR
18
Mr. Darcy's creator : JANEAUSTEN
20
Biased : PARTIAL
22
Cavities on the moon : CRATERS
23
Slat : LATH
24
Gull's relative : TERN
25
Lixivium : LYE
26
Scripture : BIBLE
28
Beliefs : TENETS
30
Costello or Gehrig : LOU
31
Soaks : RETS
32
Competent : ABLE
36
Formerly : ONCE
38
Supply station : DEPOT
39
Wax : GROW
40
Use a kiln : BAKE
41
Jacob's eighth son, in the Douay Version : ASER
42
Rib outgrowth : EVE
43
Stalks, to a botanist : STIPES
45
He wrote "Marius the Epicurean" : PATER
47
My, to Zola : MES
50
Collections of anecdotes : ANAS
51
TV hit : MASH
52
Rubens and Renoir : ARTISTS
54
Books of devotions : MISSALS
57
Procrastinator's colloquial promise : PRETTYSOON
59
Iroquoian : ERIE
60
Quay : LEVEE
61
Viking of fame : ERIC
62
Portico : STOA
63
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
64
Soprano Clamma ___ : DALE
65
Mailed : SENT
Down
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What some people fly : COOP
2
River in the U.S.S.R. : ALMA
3
Creator of Wang and O-lan : PEARLBUCK
4
Entrance : PORTAL
5
Prince in Punjab : RAJAH
6
Elliptic : OVAL
7
"All the King's ___" : MEN
8
Choir leaders : PRECENTORS
9
One spurning learning : TRUANT
10
"___ of Eden" : EAST
11
Collective, Russian style : ARTEL
12
Wary : LEERY
13
Import : SENSE
19
Check : ARREST
21
Suffix with Bronx : ITE
24
Siouan shelters : TEEPEES
26
Dollop; splotch : BLOB
27
Island in the Hebrides : IONA
28
Intruded : TRESPASSED
29
Droop : SAG
33
Creator of Ah Sin : BRETHARTE
34
Cupid's interest : LOVE
35
Pitcher : EWER
37
"Da spreeng ___ com' ... ": T. A. Daly : EES
38
Overnice : DAINTY
44
Savors : TASTES
45
___ de Calais : PAS
46
Estimate : ASSESS
47
Box elder : MAPLE
48
Strayed : ERRED
49
Allen or Martin : STEVE
51
Chop : MINCE
53
Bolivian Indian : ITEN
54
Drudge : MOIL
55
Celebrity : LION
56
Install : SEAT
58
Border, to Brutus : ORA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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