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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Tuesday, October 23, 1984

68-Across : Checkroom items

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,768
Across
1
Rhetorical basics : ABCS
5
Viking of comics : HAGAR
10
Dictator : TSAR
14
Sri Lanka money : MAHA
15
Cognizant : AWARE
16
Recess : APSE
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Effigy of a sort : IDOL
18
___ orange : NAVEL
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Gym items : MATS
20
Napoleonic general : GERARD
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Monad : ONE
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Grimalkin : CAT
24
Bonnie Franklin's vehicle : ONEDAYATATIME
28
Erstwhile draft initials : UMT
29
___ Parker (busybody) : NOSEY
32
File : RASP
36
Nuclear particle : ATOM
39
Wild oxen : GAURS
40
Very unusual : ONCEINALIFETIME
43
Taj ___ : MAHAL
44
___ avis : RARA
45
Headliner : STAR
46
Boutique : STORE
47
A Gershwin : IRA
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"In The Good ___," 1902 song : OLDSUMMERTIME
57
Chum : PAL
59
Yoko ___ : ONO
60
Garden utensil : WEEDER
61
Melody : ARIA
63
Stage utterance : ASIDE
65
Antitoxins : SERA
66
Dispatch : SEND
67
Hazard : PERIL
68
Checkroom items : TAGS
69
Nestor, e.g. : SAGE
70
Kind of wool : STEEL
71
To shelter, at sea : ALEE
Down
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Friend, in Cádiz : AMIGO
2
Region in SW Germany : BADEN
3
Task : CHORE
4
Menu item : SALAD
5
Jack of all trades : HANDYMAN
6
Hawaiian milkfish : AWA
7
French dance : GAVOT
8
Joe Louis Sports ___, Detroit : ARENA
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Rented again : RELET
10
Head covering : TAM
11
Astronaut's attire : SPACESUIT
12
Dog star : ASTA
13
Take five : REST
21
Author Santha Rama ___ : RAU
25
Rose essence : ATTAR
26
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
27
Ditches around castles : MOATS
30
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
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Nieuwpoort's river : YSER
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Gypsy gentlemen : ROMS
33
What Michelangelo studied: Abbr. : ANAT
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Education : SCHOOLING
35
Bailey or Buck : PEARL
37
Biographer Winslow : OLA
38
Lake on Uruguay's boundary : MIRIM
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"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
42
Parting words : FAREWELL
48
Verb form : ARE
50
Cleansing agents : SOAPS
51
Not solidified : UNSET
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Watered silk : MOIRE
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Seed coating : TESTA
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Perfect : IDEAL
55
Combine : MERGE
56
Expunge : ERASE
57
Masher's maneuver : PASS
58
Precinct : AREA
62
Humorist or drink : ADE
64
Casting mold : DIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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