Christopher, one thing to keep in mind is the size of what you're reducing and the pixel size it will be reduced too. Imaging a 1 pixel line. You want to reduce it to 1/3rd it's size. It will always be fuzzy no matter what you do, it is now 1/3rd of a pixel and that will always be blurred. Also remember about split pixels. When you reduce something like a line, even if it's reduced from 4 pixels to 1 pixels, that line may in up between pixels and still be fuzzy.
There is only so much you can do with any case like this :P
Most ZU stencils I've done end up being little red blurs. It's just how it is. I've even stooped to making them over-sized in some cases

Notice that I kept the red lines right on the pixel so they would be sharp.