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Frank Geary
Frank Geary

New York Times, Monday, June 18, 1979

24-Down : Stark fear

Author:
Frank Geary
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Frank Geary has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,814
Across
1
Actor Ray : ALDO
5
Mountain range in U.S.S.R. : ALAI
9
As well : ALSO
13
County or Congressional : SEAT
14
Farm buildings : BARNS
16
Close : NEAR
17
At the crucial moment : INTHENICKOFTIME
20
More precipitous : STEEPER
21
Idaho's capital : BOISE
22
Horse and carriage : RIG
23
Common alloy : STEEL
25
"___ will be done ... " : THY
28
Potok's "My Name Is ___ Lev" : ASHER
30
Striplings : LADS
34
Western Indian : REE
35
Weasel's cousin : OTTER
36
Italian seaport : GENOA
37
Plant that may reach a height of 130 ft. : ELMTREE
39
Perched : ROOSTED
41
Vigilant : ALERT
42
From the beginning : ABOVO
44
Archeozoic or Proterozoic : ERA
45
Singer Tennille : TONI
46
Angry look : GLARE
47
Summer time : DST
48
Exploded : BURST
50
Daiquiri base : RUM
53
"The March King" : SOUSA
55
Baseball statistics : ASSISTS
59
He's always there when needed : JOHNNYONTHESPOT
62
Lamb : ELIA
63
___ Domingo : SANTO
64
Falsehood : TALE
65
Kit article : TOOL
66
Tenant's obligation : RENT
67
Cinch : SNAP
Down
1
Take-it-or-leave-it phrase : ASIS
2
Fasting season : LENT
3
Appointment : DATE
4
Thomas Tryon's "The ___" : OTHER
5
Renounce : ABNEGATE
6
Den : LAIR
7
Electric spark : ARC
8
Cuttlefish fluid : INK
9
Island group of the West Indies : ANTILLES
10
Garlands : LEIS
11
Ditto : SAME
12
Bauxite or galena : ORE
15
Sedate : SOBER
18
Prefix with graph and gram : EPI
19
Goliath, to David : FOE
23
"___ loves me ... " : SHE
24
Stark fear : TERROR
25
Foot the bill : TREAT
26
Greeting for Dolly : HELLO
27
Republic on the Red Sea : YEMEN
29
Pilfers : STEALS
31
Fed the pot : ANTED
32
"Ill ___ are ill thinkers" : DOERS
33
V.I.P. in Eygpt : SADAT
35
Women's gp. sponsoring vocational training : ORT
36
Gunk : GOO
38
Judgment seat : TRIBUNAL
40
Exceeded : OVERSHOT
43
Flying mammal : BAT
46
Horses like Native Dancer : GRAYS
49
Where a C.P.O. serves : USN
51
Put into service : USE
52
Fine sprays : MISTS
53
Solitary : SOLO
54
Grant's birthplace : OHIO
55
Mil. command : ATTN
56
Bridge : SPAN
57
Indian weight : TOLA
58
Pace : STEP
59
A.F.L. player : JET
60
Row : OAR
61
Opposite of SSW : NNE

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