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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Jan 23, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
9-Across : Dangerous agent added to Italian city lawyer's retinue (9,6)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 61
1 A | S | 2 S | E | 3 R | T | 4 I | N | 5 G | | 6 C | O | 7 C | K | 8 S |
L | | A | | O | | C | | U | | A | | H | | A |
9 A | N | D | R | O | M | E | D | A | S | T | R | A | I | N |
R | | O | | S | | S | | N | | C | | R | | D |
10 M | A | M | E | T | | 11 K | N | O | T | H | O | L | E | S |
| | A | | E | | A | | | | U | | E | | H |
12 L | A | S | T | R | I | T | E | 13 S | | 14 P | A | S | T | A |
A | | O | | | | E | | T | | | | L | | R |
15 T | A | C | I | 16 T | | 17 R | O | O | T | 18 S | T | A | L | K |
E | | H | | E | | | | P | | U | | U | | |
19 S | K | I | N | N | Y | 20 D | I | P | | 21 R | A | G | A | 22 S |
H | | S | | A | | E | | E | | R | | H | | A |
23 I | S | T | A | N | D | C | O | R | R | E | C | T | E | D |
F | | I | | T | | O | | E | | A | | O | | A |
24 T | A | C | K | S | | 25 R | E | D | P | L | A | N | E | T |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
I.R.S. agents wildly making claims (9) :
ASSERTING6
Gets ready to shoot birds in a barnyard (5) :
COCKS9
Dangerous agent added to Italian city lawyer's retinue (9,6) :
ANDROMEDASTRAIN10
Mother was introduced to one of today's leading playwrights (5) :
MAMET11
Board openings in no way complete things for auditors (9) :
KNOTHOLES12
Young lady holding unoriginal ceremonies near the end (4,5) :
LASTRITES14
Food common at dinner or after one (5) :
PASTA15
The first person in diplomacy silently understood (5) :
TACIT17
Sort of stem from "Cheers" conversation (9) :
ROOTSTALK19
Skip around tavern yard and barely get wet? (6-3) :
SKINNYDIP21
Shankar's ending a blast with Indian music (5) :
RAGAS23
24
Bulletin board items required payment for speakers (5) :
TACKS25
Parent led travels for a distant world (3,6) :
REDPLANET
Down
1
Spook with a large tentacle (5) :
ALARM2
3
Bird list containing nothing (7) :
ROOSTER4
Improve the condition of creakiest athlete (3-6) :
ICESKATER5
Nicaragua now carries Peruvian fertilizer (5) :
GUANO6
Heard of tomato sauce? Join the rest of us (5,2) :
CATCHUP7
Actor who portrayed Henry VIII's show of mirth in dance (7,8) :
CHARLESLAUGHTON8
Principal of school and head of staff listen for dangerous fish (4,5) :
SANDSHARK12
Tough job assignment: unfortunately, that's life (4,5) :
LATESHIFT13
One of today's leading playwrights reportedly blocked at the opening (9) :
STOPPERED16
People renting properties with a number of bugs (7) :
TENANTS18
New ruler as strange as something in a dream (7) :
SURREAL20
Delaware company restricted room furnishings (5) :
DECOR22
Expressing regret in response to an Egyptian president (5) :
SADAT
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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