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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

GEOGANAGRAMS

New York Times, Sunday, June 6, 1982

70-Down : Direct a helmsman

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 529 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 145, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,898
Across
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Indian state : ASSAM
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Mime : APER
10
"___ steals my purse ... ": Iago : WHO
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Emulated Gretzky : SKATED
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Whence testimony is given : STAND
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Carnival attraction : SIDESHOW
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Guarantee against loss : INSURE
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Michigan title : PONTIACCAPTION
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High-kicking dance : CANCAN
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Tip : END
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Acapulco gold : POT
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What money does : TALKS
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Waistcoats : VESTS
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The facts guide his acts : REALIST
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"In Reverse" painter : MIRO
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Before febrero : ENERO
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Like sea water : SALINE
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Oregon men : SALEMMALES
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Agcy. aiding opera, etc. : NEA
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Hermia's father : EGEUS
44
Units of loudness : SONES
45
Wagon follower : ETTE
46
NCO : CPL
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Bench, for one : RED
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Metric weight : KILO
49
Croc's cousin : GATOR
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Wind in rings : COIL
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Maine shoe : BANGORBROGAN
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March man : SOUSA
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Crusader's foe : SALADIN
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Transoceanic ship : LINER
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Sparing : SCANTY
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Flow forth : EMANATE
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"Nothing could be ___ ... " : FINER
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Alarm : STARTLE
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Fable adjuncts : MORALS
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Kafka hero : SAMSA
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Bound : TRUSSED
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S. Johnson drama : IRENE
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Wyoming predicament : CASPERSCRAPE
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Dravidian language : TODA
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Carries on : RANTS
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Sulk : POUT
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Matelot's milieu : MER
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Prefix with bar : ISO
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Perfume : SCENT
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Make baskets : WEAVE
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Bill's partner : COO
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Ohio holy book : AKRONKORAN
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Pungent bulb : GARLIC
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Bendix role : RILEY
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Building beam : IBAR
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Wear away by abrasion : CORRADE
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Didn't possess : HADNT
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View from Bogotá : ANDES
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River island : AIT
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Legal matter : RES
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Colorless, liquid solvent : ACETAL
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Wisconsin realms : MADISONDOMAINS
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Like bright nights : STARRY
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Sham : PRETENSE
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Quickly : APACE
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Covered with hair : PILOSE
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Neighbor of Leb. : SYR
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Bring up : REAR
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Propelled a keelboat : POLED
Down
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Vilifying villain : ASPERSER
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Prehistoric time : STONEAGE
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Wearing huaraches : SANDALED
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Formicary denizen : ANT
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16th-century opener : MDI
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Kind of tie : ASCOT
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Early invader of Britain : PICT
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Author LeShan : EDA
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Agama or anole : REPTILE
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Former : WHILOM
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Pan's foe : HOOK
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Confesses : OWNS
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Oft-bracketed word : SIC
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Varlets : KNAVES
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Lou Grant portrayer : ASNER
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Arizona nobility : TUCSONCOUNTS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Iniquitous places : DENS
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Intense looks : STARES
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Chevet : APSE
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Blackbirds of N.Y. : LIU
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Electees : INS
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Demesne house : MANOR
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Singer John : ELTON
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___-do-well : NEER
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"Star Wars" captain : SOLO
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Emaciated : MEAGER
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Rose essence : ATTAR
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Long letter : EPISTLE
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Put fears to rest : ALLAYED
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Hasso : SIGNE
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Winter wear : KNITS
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"But don't ___ the water" : GONEAR
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Rough : COARSE
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Split ingredient : BANANA
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Allan-___ : ADALE
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Light aircraft : BLIMPS
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Laundry cycle : RINSE
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Bay duck : SCAUP
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Arabic or Aramaic : SEMITIC
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Tenderly, in music : AMOROSO
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Texas hardship : LAREDOORDEAL
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Layer: Prefix : STRAT
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Secure : FASTEN
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Walk proudly : STRUT
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___ Domingo : SANTO
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Lug : CARRY
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Slender stalk : SPEAR
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Direct a helmsman : CONN
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Casanova : RAKE
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Afflicted with paludism : MALARIAL
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Proof : EVIDENCE
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Took a break : RECESSED
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Amen : SOBEIT
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More vulgar : CRASSER
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Kind of bond : WAR
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Be human : ERR
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Busy places in June : ALTARS
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Joker : KIDDER
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___ pieces : GOTO
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Musical passage : INTRO
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Fall beverage : CIDER
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Fastener : HASP
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Overture follower : ACTI
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Elec. units : AMPS
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Not one, in Dogpatch : NARY
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Amphora feature : ANSA
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Soap ingredient : LYE
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A follower : ONE
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Cartogram : MAP
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Mil. address : APO

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7 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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