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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Jan 12, 2020 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

9-Across : Union member Dotty is not mean (9)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
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© 2020, The New York Times
Across
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Luncheon meat for each picnic basket (6) : HAMPER
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Inclination to write a song (8) : PENCHANT
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Union member Dotty is not mean (9) : MINNESOTA
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Sovereign city of Belgium (5) : LIEGE
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Helps scam artist's victims, we hear (7) : SUCCORS
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Former privateer runs off to make amends (7) : EXPIATE
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Loose, topless family member (5) : UNTIE
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Ferrara violinist eating Italian food (7) : RAVIOLI
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Sunday cryptic lovers - people doing the puzzle (7) : SOLVERS
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In Italy, the German beer (5) : LAGER
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Churchman in possession of a nuclear device (7) : REACTOR
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Very big bird I can stew (7) : TITANIC
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Belonging to those people at that place by the sound (5) : THEIR
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Carmine left, carrying wrong pistol (9) : DERRINGER
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Start of a news story entailed changes (8) : DATELINE
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For example, a person who rents (6) : LETTER
Down
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Simple men describing mantra, wordplay (8) : HOMESPUN
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Agitated leaders of many African nations investigating corruption (5) : MANIC
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What a hawk might say aloud is something ugly (7) : EYESORE
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Dodge commercial in latter part of the day (5) : EVADE
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Interrupting company, plays bad Caribbean music (7) : CALYPSO
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Rave about old statistical procedure (9) : AVERAGING
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Game show host to journey around the outskirts of Baltimore (6) : TREBEK
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Get a look at Derek returning tennis shot (7) : OBSERVE
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Will perform an experiment at roughly ten a.m. (9) : TESTAMENT
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One who calls it "Inside Sunshade" (7) : VISITOR
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One who gets things for a doctor (8) : PROCURER
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Pass, after a while, nearly everyone (7) : LATERAL
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Jerk breaks into new garden structure (7) : LATTICE
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Was annoying, like many a Disney movie (6) : GRATED
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Nurse hosting first-rate party - it's a gas (5) : RADON
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Close on time, after sundown (5) : NIGHT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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