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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Monday, October 21, 1985

19-Down : Lineament

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,131
Across
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Destitute's relief : ALMS
5
Raccoon's cousin : COATI
10
Broadway offering : SHOW
14
Garner : REAP
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Enoch or Eve : ARDEN
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Ancient Irish capital : TARA
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Without delay : ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
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Grammatical case : DATIVE
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Tastefully luxurious : ELEGANT
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___ King Cole : NAT
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Castor's mother : LEDA
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Summit : APEX
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Apart: Prefix : DIS
28
Savor : TASTE
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Jacob's fifth son : DAN
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Mob scene : RIOT
36
Capital on the Colorado : AUSTIN
37
Where trivia started : ATTHECROSSROADS
40
Good-conduct rewards : MERITS
41
Record of a sort : TAPE
42
Coin of Rumania : LEU
43
Scoffer's expression : SNEER
44
Macerate : RET
45
___-majesté : LESE
46
Stages of life : AGES
48
Drive a nail obliquely : TOE
50
Alcazar and Alhambra : PALACES
54
Lessened : ABATED
58
In the nick of time : ATTHELASTMINUTE
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Roman tyrant : NERO
62
"___ a Parade," 1931 song : ILOVE
63
Being, in Lerida : ENTE
64
Prove : TEST
65
Preclude : DEBAR
66
Donna or Rex : REED
Down
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City in Rumania : ARAD
2
"___ Smile Be Your ... ," 1927 song : LETA
3
Dillon or Houston : MATT
4
Hawkmoth : SPHINX
5
West Point student : CADET
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Louis of the N.B.A. : ORR
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Fuss : ADO
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Conical tents : TEPEES
9
"___ New York," 1906 song : INOLD
10
Hart : STAG
11
Guffaw : HAHA
12
Seaport in Algeria : ORAN
13
Steam-engine pioneer : WATT
18
A Gabor : EVA
19
Lineament : FEATURE
23
Understatement for effect : LITOTES
24
A Sam who damned the Stamp Act : ADAMS
25
Plate for a priest : PATEN
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Among, in Cannes : ENTRE
27
June beetle : DOR
29
Japanese volcanic mountain : ASO
30
Hackneyed : STALE
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Some concerns of tars : TIDES
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Follow : ENSUE
34
Go back over : RETRACE
35
Suffix for poet : ICS
36
Cleo's liquidator : ASP
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Hasten : HIE
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Perched : SAT
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Seondhand deal : RESALE
45
Less fatty : LEANER
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Frozen : GELID
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Not so feral : TAMER
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Sash for a geisha : OBI
50
Reveal results of exertion : PANT
51
Fit to ___ : ATEE
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P.O. items : LTRS
53
"Cat on ___ Tin Roof" : AHOT
55
Melody : TUNE
56
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
57
Act : DEED
59
Have a bawl : SOB
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Norris Dam agcy. : TVA

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