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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 1985

29-Down : Epic by Homer

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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A
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P
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G
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L
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B
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K
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B
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E
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P
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J
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R
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C
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B
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Y
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Z
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,181
Across
1
Fastener : HASP
5
Nimble : AGILE
10
Droops : SAGS
14
Opposed : ANTI
15
Turner and Cantrell : LANAS
16
Pelvic bone: Comb. form : ILIO
17
King of the jungle : LION
18
Edward Teach, notorious pirate : BLACKBEARD
20
Wheel rim : FLANGE
22
Cereal seeds : KERNELS
23
Spinning : AREEL
26
Astronaut Evans : RON
27
Heath : ERICA
30
Placebo : SOP
32
Snipe's milieu : MARSH
36
Pirate flag : JOLLYROGER
39
Give ___ whirl (try) : ITA
40
Nickname for author Wharton : EDIE
41
Express a view : OPINE
42
Design : PLAN
43
Economy org. : CEA
44
Kidd's men : BUCCANEERS
46
The present time : TODAY
49
Capuchin monkey : SAI
50
British spy, hanged in 1780 : ANDRE
51
Aitch preceder : GEE
53
Camel's cousin : LLAMA
55
Cares for : ATTENDS
59
Bonnet or carriage : CALASH
63
Fictional pirate : JOHNSILVER
66
What video means : ISEE
67
Mimicked : APED
68
Sheer linen cloth : TOILE
69
Epsilon follower : ZETA
70
Arctic gull genus : XEMA
71
Checks : STEMS
72
Bridge position : EAST
Down
1
One of a pair : HALF
2
Shrub yielding indigo : ANIL
3
Zeno's "classroom" : STOA
4
Apex : PINNACLE
5
He wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" : ALBEE
6
"My ___ Sal" : GAL
7
___ pickle (on the ropes) : INA
8
Deficiency : LACK
9
Glacial ridge : ESKER
10
Burnt ___, artist's pigment : SIENNA
11
Winglike parts : ALAE
12
"Golden West" person : GIRL
13
Builds a lawn : SODS
19
___ Bones (Ichabod's nemesis) : BROM
21
Neutral color : GRAY
24
Town near Kingston, N.Y. : ESOPUS
25
Reasonable : LOGICAL
27
Oust : EJECT
28
Site of lots of bucks : RODEO
29
Epic by Homer : ILIAD
31
Writing tool : PENCIL
33
Sore as hops : RILED
34
Brenda or Belle : STARR
35
Medieval guild : HANSE
37
Emulate Jesse James : ROB
38
F.D.R. measure : REA
42
Punish : PENALIZE
45
A Hottentot : NAMA
47
Order of business : AGENDA
48
Cravings : YENS
52
Works on authors' works : EDITS
54
Sights on ranges or granges : ACRES
55
Greek hero : AJAX
56
Small shark : TOPE
57
"Let ___ eat cake" : THEM
58
Aperture : SLOT
60
On the Yellow : ASEA
61
Units for Boris Becker : SETS
62
Topic in the tropics : HEAT
64
Contend : VIE
65
Shade tree : ELM

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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