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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Tuesday, July 19, 1983

3-Down : Otherwise

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.4
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,306
Across
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Cast off : SHED
5
Versant : SLOPE
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Kind of dream or line : PIPE
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Lacquered metalware : TOLE
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Stately court dance : PAVAN
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Caspian feeder : URAL
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Mitigate : EASE
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Portly : OBESE
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Ibsen heroine : NORA
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Carnivores : PREDATORS
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Product of flax : LINEN
23
Riv. boat : STR
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In its present condition : ASIS
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Shatters : SMASHES
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Honey factory : BEEHIVE
34
Aided : HELPED
35
Guido's noted note : ELA
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When Prince Charles will be 56 : MMIV
37
"___ the Family," TV sitcom : ALLIN
38
Second consonant : CEE
39
Painter who fought in the Revolution : PEALE
40
What hobos hit : ROAD
41
Chum : PAL
42
What police face daily : DANGER
43
Receive a legacy : INHERIT
45
Lenten observers : FASTERS
46
Runners : RUGS
47
Morning hrs. : AMS
48
Sheriff's group : POSSE
51
Mickey's nemesis? : MOUSETRAP
57
Declare : AVOW
58
Peter's ___ : PENCE
59
Judge's attire : ROBE
60
Defy : DARE
61
Mock-up : MODEL
62
Little who made it big : APER
63
Thick slice : SLAB
64
Ruthian wallops : SWATS
65
Thaw : MELT
Down
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Where to find a riser : STEP
2
Grayish white : HOAR
3
Otherwise : ELSE
4
Property-transfer document : DEED
5
Sullied : SPOTTED
6
Hercules had 12 of these : LABORS
7
Word preceded by more : OVER
8
Adequate : PASSABLE
9
Compass point : ENE
10
Retribution : PUNISHMENT
11
Press : IRON
12
Reduce, in a way : PARE
13
Dash : ELAN
21
Pale as a ghost : ASHEN
22
One of Ray Floyd's concerns : LIE
25
Black or White : SEA
26
Puppeteer Lewis : SHARI
27
Casaba : MELON
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Moslem deity : ALLAH
29
" ... the smallest ___": Shak. : SPIDERSWEB
31
Effigy : IMAGE
32
More despicable : VILER
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Tinker to ___ to Chance : EVERS
35
Elver's future : EEL
38
Flapper's "Excellent!" (with "the") : CATSMEOW
39
Outmoded : PASSE
41
Porker : PIG
42
Young ladies : DAMSELS
44
___ de la Paix : RUE
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Spigot : FAUCET
48
Tablets : PADS
49
Ellipse : OVAL
50
Rail : SORA
52
Electrical wave: Comb. form : ONDA
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Trolley, in Tewkesbury : TRAM
54
Lasso : ROPE
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Dickens's ___ Magwitch : ABEL
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Bold in speech or behavior : PERT
58
Evening hrs. : PMS

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

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