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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jan 10, 2010 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
24-Across : "Free Latvia's leader," I scold (8)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 T | H | 2 R | O | 3 U | G | 4 H | | 5 S | T | 6 E | L | 7 L | A | 8 R |
H | | E | | N | | E | | C | | Y | | E | | E |
9 E | A | S | E | D | | 10 A | B | A | S | E | M | E | N | T |
A | | T | | I | | V | | T | | S | | D | | R |
11 T | A | R | G | E | T | E | D | | 12 T | I | S | S | U | E |
E | | A | | S | | N | | 13 B | | G | | | | A |
14 R | A | I | L | | 15 S | W | E | E | T | H | E | 16 A | R | T |
| | N | | 17 P | | A | | N | | T | | D | | |
18 E | N | T | E | R | P | R | I | S | E | | 19 W | O | N | 20 T |
X | | | | E | | D | | T | | 21 S | | R | | R |
22 P | O | 23 L | I | S | H | | 24 L | I | B | E | R | A | T | E |
L | | A | | A | | 25 A | | L | | L | | T | | S |
26 O | C | T | A | G | O | N | A | L | | 27 E | V | I | C | T |
R | | T | | E | | O | | E | | C | | O | | L |
28 E | M | E | R | S | O | N | | 29 R | E | T | I | N | U | E |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Wound up and pitched, as they say (7) :
THROUGH5
Brilliant cast all rest (7) :
STELLAR9
Ragged, topless and relieved (5) :
EASED10
Minor-league infielders ultimately accept demotion (9) :
ABASEMENT11
Aimed at sailor, cop, newspaperman (8) :
TARGETED12
Thin-paper Time edition (6) :
TISSUE14
Bar false witness's return (4) :
RAIL15
Finally writes small article: "Cunning Lover" (10) :
SWEETHEART18
I represent new business organization (10) :
ENTERPRISE19
Refuses to practice (4) :
WONT22
Smooth, like John Paul II (6) :
POLISH24
"Free Latvia's leader," I scold (8) :
LIBERATE26
Tailor a long coat having a geometric shape (9) :
OCTAGONAL27
Toss out some of the victims (5) :
EVICT28
Poet and essayist confused mere boy (7) :
EMERSON29
Feel sorry about alien in group of attendants (7) :
RETINUE
Down
1
Cinema opening of "Top Gun" (7) :
THEATER2
Holding back coach among others (9) :
RESTRAINT3
Victoria's Secret line lives again? (6) :
UNDIES4
Chuck, in a tie, rising up to the sky (10) :
HEAVENWARD5
Sing "shoobie-doobie-doobie-shoo" (4) :
SCAT6
Otto, in England, possessing fine vision (8) :
EYESIGHT7
English city is up by the sound (5) :
LEEDS8
Go back and pick up another tab? (7) :
RETREAT13
Actor Miller, for one, keeps name in spite of that (3,7) :
BENSTILLER16
17
Newspapers covering lifetime forecasts (8) :
PRESAGES18
Former Mideast group about to investigate (7) :
EXPLORE20
Settler sabotaged part of a bridge (7) :
TRESTLE21
Faction holding the French pick (6) :
SELECT23
Second unfinished coffee (5) :
LATTE25
One performing in a little while (4) :
ANON
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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