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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Oct 02, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
10-Across : Behind tavern, be giving the signal by grilling (10)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
1 R | A | 2 G | A | | 3 R | 4 E | A | 5 R | W | 6 I | N | 7 D | O | 8 W |
E | | E | | | | L | | O | | N | | A | | A |
9 S | O | R | E | | 10 B | A | R | B | E | C | U | I | N | G |
T | | M | | 11 C | | N | | E | | A | | S | | E |
12 P | H | I | L | A | N | D | E | R | I | N | G | | | |
E | | N | | R | | | | T | | D | | 13 T | | 14 T |
15 R | E | A | P | P | E | 16 A | R | S | | 17 E | P | O | C | H |
I | | T | | A | | S | | O | | S | | U | | R |
18 O | N | E | A | L | | 19 S | I | N | E | C | U | R | V | E |
D | | S | | T | | I | | | | E | | N | | E |
| | | 20 Q | U | E | S | T | 21 I | O | N | M | A | R | K |
22 H | | 23 O | | N | | T | | D | | T | | M | | I |
24 O | F | T | E | N | T | I | M | E | S | | 25 F | E | R | N |
S | | O | | E | | N | | A | | | | N | | G |
26 T | H | E | O | L | O | G | I | S | T | | 27 O | T | I | S |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Piece by Joplin and a piece by Shankar (4) :
RAGA3
Opening in a building both narrow and wide, strangely (4,6) :
REARWINDOW9
Angry fly is heard (4) :
SORE10
Behind tavern, be giving the signal by grilling (10) :
BARBECUING12
Philip & Erin Green carrying on a flirtation (10) :
PHILANDERING15
Harvest with juicy fruit is seen again (9) :
REAPPEARS17
He holds a cop back for a long time (5) :
EPOCH18
A single American League big guy in the N.B.A. (5) :
ONEAL19
Vee occupies an easy job, making a graph line (4,5) :
SINECURVE20
24
25
Leafy plant right inside swamp (4) :
FERN26
Student of the Bible both loose and tight, strangely (10) :
THEOLOGIST27
Old Testament is uplifting fellow? (4) :
OTIS
Down
1
Chance to relax is reported mistakenly (4,6) :
RESTPERIOD2
Begins developing Teutonic octets in a vocal setting (10) :
GERMINATES4
Excellent country for antelope (5) :
ELAND5
Davies who wrote "Torn Robes" novel (9) :
ROBERTSON6
7
Where a speaker may stand amid Florida islands (4) :
DAIS8
Payment for labor in the second Bush era (4) :
WAGE11
Passageway to the arm of redesigned nuclear plant (6,6) :
CARPALTUNNEL13
What to call us amid explosive series of contests (10) :
TOURNAMENT14
1999 George Clooney movie with things full of bad odor (5,5) :
THREEKINGS16
Helping family member caught in a con (9) :
ASSISTING21
Sadie changed lightbulbs? (5) :
IDEAS22
Army master of ceremonies (4) :
HOST23
Indian digit under zero (4) :
OTOE
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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