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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Oct 26, 2003 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
3-Across : Circle the first two letters in "match" for effect (5,5)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 E | V | 2 E | N | | 3 B | 4 R | I | 5 N | G | 6 A | B | 7 O | U | 8 T |
L | | M | | | | A | | E | | D | | N | | I |
9 A | B | A | N | 10 D | O | N | | 11 E | L | A | S | T | I | C |
B | | N | | R | | C | | D | | P | | A | | K |
12 O | M | A | H | A | | 13 H | O | L | S | T | E | R | | |
R | | T | | F | | E | | E | | | | I | | 14 D |
15 A | B | E | T | T | E | R | | 16 S | U | 17 P | P | O | S | E |
T | | | | E | | | | | | R | | | | L |
18 E | A | 19 S | T | E | R | 20 N | | 21 S | T | E | N | 22 C | I | L |
D | | C | | | | A | | T | | V | | A | | A |
| | 23 A | R | 24 T | I | S | T | E | | 25 E | N | T | E | R |
26 C | | T | | E | | C | | P | | N | | C | | E |
27 O | U | T | R | A | G | E | | 28 S | A | T | I | A | T | E |
M | | E | | C | | N | | O | | | | L | | S |
29 B | I | R | T | H | S | T | O | N | E | | 30 C | L | U | E |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
3
Circle the first two letters in "match" for effect (5,5) :
BRINGABOUT9
First-rate group, on leave (7) :
ABANDON11
It stretches (perhaps it's lace) (7) :
ELASTIC12
Indian mantra: word of enlightenment (5) :
OMAHA13
Entire prison, they say, is a place for a gun (7) :
HOLSTER15
A superior partner in crime (7) :
ABETTER16
18
Unusual sea bird from Asia (7) :
EASTERN21
Clients composed open letters? (7) :
STENCIL23
Actor, in part, is terrible (7) :
ARTISTE25
Lineman doesn't start to go in (5) :
ENTER27
Anger Russian leader during power failure (7) :
OUTRAGE28
Loudly announce the woman put away stuff(7) :
SATIATE29
It may be worn around the neck, not the ribs, strangely (10) :
BIRTHSTONE30
This is one culture, oddly (4) :
CLUE
Down
1
Turned up to make a bundle, gave a speech and got very specific (10) :
ELABORATED2
Issue H. Ross Perot, for one, raised (7) :
EMANATE4
Hacienda owner managed Oscar winner (7) :
RANCHER5
Must have the French sewing articles (7) :
NEEDLES6
Tailor and prosecutor in apartment (5) :
ADAPT7
It borders New York, surprisingly, not a South American city (7) :
ONTARIO8
Jerk called Mark (4) :
TICK10
Lot owned by Ruby, one of the chosen people? (7) :
DRAFTEE14
Singer/actress, fortuneteller, Tipper's husband headed north, then east (5,5) :
DELLAREESE17
Stop back in, but never pay (7) :
PREVENT19
Broadcast Ella Fitzgerald, e.g. (7) :
SCATTER20
Young one returning perfume (7) :
NASCENT21
Walks all over one of the family (7) :
STEPSON22
Boo comic's introduction, bad act - everything (7) :
CATCALL24
Time every train (5) :
TEACH26
Last member leaves dance band to arrange "Hair" (4) :
COMB
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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