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Rosalie Moscovitch
NY Times, Sun, Oct 14, 2012 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1-Across : Forefather featured in romance story (8)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 A | N | 2 C | E | 3 S | T | 4 O | R | | 5 I | 6 T | A | 7 S | C | 8 A |
G | | A | | C | | V | | | | O | | Q | | B |
9 A | N | I | M | A | T | E | D | | 10 A | L | B | U | M | S |
V | | M | | L | | R | | 11 I | | E | | A | | C |
12 E | N | A | M | E | L | L | E | D | | 13 R | A | D | I | O |
S | | N | | | | A | | O | | A | | C | | N |
| | | 14 W | 15 A | R | Y | | 16 L | A | N | Y | A | R | D |
17 P | | 18 B | | S | | | | | | C | | R | | S |
19 E | L | A | P | S | E | 20 D | | 21 T | I | E | D | | | |
N | | R | | A | | O | | O | | | | 22 M | | 23 D |
24 C | O | R | G | I | | 25 M | O | N | A | 26 S | T | E | R | Y |
H | | E | | L | | E | | E | | I | | R | | N |
27 A | S | T | R | A | Y | | 28 M | A | N | T | I | L | L | A |
N | | T | | N | | | | R | | A | | O | | M |
29 T | R | E | A | T | Y | | 30 A | M | A | R | E | T | T | O |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Forefather featured in romance story (8) :
ANCESTOR5
Isaac swimming around end of Trout Lake in Minnesota (6) :
ITASCA9
Full of vigor and picking up one friend (8) :
ANIMATED10
A large vagrant's records (6) :
ALBUMS12
Start to embellish handle and hollow counter with a glossy surface (9) :
ENAMELLED13
Broadcast commercial in Rio (5) :
RADIO14
Cautious means "having resistance" (4) :
WARY16
Grease protects any piece of rope (7) :
LANYARD19
Peas all over top of dishwasher after train went by (7) :
ELAPSED21
Even current in the sound (4) :
TIED24
Cult's leader upset Igor's dog (5) :
CORGI25
Genius keeps running convent ... (9) :
MONASTERY27
... while Ray follows tribe's chief on the wrong path (6) :
ASTRAY28
Guy in front of drawer with a scarf (8) :
MANTILLA29
Agreement to have food brought in to sample (6) :
TREATY30
Ma brought back a torte prepared with almond liqueur (8) :
AMARETTO
Down
1
Eva gave some bears plants (6) :
AGAVES2
Jail guards point to large reptile (6) :
CAIMAN3
Balance plate of fish? (5) :
SCALE4
Love song about reverend returning blanket (7) :
OVERLAY6
Ole enters brown study with stamina (9) :
TOLERANCE7
Police vehicle Mark used to secure university area (5,3) :
SQUADCAR8
Bacon's ruined; disheartened, Dolores runs away to hide (8) :
ABSCONDS11
Popular performer still heard (4) :
IDOL15
17
Bent charm found under piano (8) :
PENCHANT18
Hair clip Rex almost dropped into nutty batter (8) :
BARRETTE20
Make me a roof (4) :
DOME21
Cat gets close to part of record player (7) :
TONEARM22
New motel imports red wine (6) :
MERLOT23
Energetic person working Monday (6) :
DYNAMO26
Principal takes one lute (5) :
SITAR
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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