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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Tuesday, June 1, 1982

56-Down : "___ Rhythm"

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,893
Across
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Country-churchyard visitor : GRAY
5
He wrote "In Search of Identity" : SADAT
10
Hansom : CAB
13
Oise feeder : AIRE
14
Like Coleridge's Mariner : ALONE
15
Israeli dance : HORA
16
Be agitated : BOIL
17
Poet laureate: 1843-50 : WORDSWORTH
19
Play for time : STALL
21
Insipid : TASTELESS
22
Suffix with potent or prudent : IAL
24
Down in the mouth : SAD
25
"Tristram of Lyonesse" poet : SWINBURNE
31
Reptile : VIPER
35
Scot who translated Homer : LANG
36
Wild duck : TEAL
37
Musical composition : ETUDE
38
Sign on a switch : OFF
39
Recites a poem : RENDERS
41
Beak : NIB
42
Rile : PEEVE
44
This was "out of joint" for Hamlet : TIME
45
Explosive charge : MINE
46
Gave evidence of fallibility : ERRED
47
Controversial : ERISTICAL
49
Mormons: Abbr. : LDS
51
Cask : TUN
52
Second looie : SHAVETAIL
58
"___ Kick Out of You" : IGETA
62
Silver's rider : LONERANGER
64
Charles or Mary : LAMB
65
Issue : EMIT
66
It can weigh 1,800 lbs. : MOOSE
67
Pottage receiver : ESAU
68
___ Moines : DES
69
Fall guy : PATSY
70
Fender imperfection : DENT
Down
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Chews the rag : GABS
2
Mob scene : RIOT
3
Roberta Peters forte : ARIA
4
Cheerleaders' activity : YELLING
5
Do some carpentry : SAW
6
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
7
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
8
No ifs, ___ or buts : ANDS
9
P.S.A.T.'s : TESTS
10
Nucleus : CORE
11
Liberal ___ : ARTS
12
Boos' cousins : BAHS
15
Stop! : HOLDIT
18
Works details into a poem : WEAVES
20
Chem. room : LAB
23
Stringed instrument : LUTE
25
Area draining into an ocean : SLOPE
26
Thin cracker : WAFER
27
Deduce : INFER
28
Annuity, to Pierre : RENTE
29
Lowest point : NADIR
30
Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
32
___ Wars (Rome vs. Carthage) : PUNIC
33
Scotland's capital, to a poet : EDINA
34
Lee, to Lincoln : REBEL
39
More incarnadine : REDDER
40
Take five : REST
43
"National ___," 1944 film : VELVET
45
Moved from guest to guest : MINGLED
48
Mimicking bird : TUI
50
20¢ item featuring Gen. Marshall : STAMP
52
What huskies lug : SLED
53
Habitat : HOME
54
Black birds : ANIS
55
Celebes ox : ANOA
56
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
57
Fewer's counterpart : LESS
59
Facility : EASE
60
Regan agt. : TMAN
61
Touch upon : ABUT
63
King, in Cádiz : REY

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