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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Oct 31, 2010 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
13-Across : Listened to only one kind of music (4)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 L | A | 2 M | I | 3 N | A | | 4 L | 5 O | N | 6 G | H | 7 A | I | 8 R |
A | | E | | I | | 9 I | | R | | A | | R | | E |
10 D | A | M | A | G | E | D | | 11 C | E | I | L | I | N | G |
I | | B | | E | | E | | H | | N | | Z | | A |
12 E | Y | E | G | L | A | S | S | E | S | | 13 S | O | U | L |
S | | R | | B | | | | S | | 14 T | | N | | |
15 M | U | S | K | R | A | 16 T | | 17 T | O | E | N | A | I | 18 L |
A | | | | U | | E | | R | | M | | | | A |
19 N | O | 20 T | I | C | E | D | | 21 A | S | P | I | 22 R | I | N |
| | R | | E | | D | | | | E | | I | | D |
23 A | T | O | P | | 24 M | Y | S | 25 T | E | R | I | O | U | S |
S | | U | | 26 B | | B | | A | | A | | T | | L |
27 S | U | B | L | I | M | E | | 28 C | A | N | N | O | L | I |
E | | L | | A | | A | | O | | C | | U | | D |
29 T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | | 30 L | E | S | S | E | E |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Facing beast from the East (6) :
LAMINA4
Hippie confused ring with halo (8) :
LONGHAIR10
Cracked earthwork got older (7) :
DAMAGED11
12
Specs for one embracing the old girls (10) :
EYEGLASSES13
Listened to only one kind of music (4) :
SOUL15
Obligation to take ship heading west for fur (7) :
MUSKRAT17
Work surrounding English/North American clipping (7) :
TOENAIL19
21
Endlessly seeking something for pain (7) :
ASPIRIN23
Over 8/13 of the alphabet (4) :
ATOP24
What a surprise! Grave contains origin of terrible secret (10) :
MYSTERIOUS27
Outstanding sandwich and fruit (7) :
SUBLIME28
Get rid of new concoction of oil and pastry (7) :
CANNOLI29
30
One who rents the French spot (6) :
LESSEE
Down
1
2
Recalls all but the first two people in the club (7) :
MEMBERS3
British actor feigned being cruel (5,5) :
NIGELBRUCE5
Gold box right above a section of the theater (9) :
ORCHESTRA6
Get ace in card game (4) :
GAIN7
State song describes unfinished area (7) :
ARIZONA8
Hoisted beer fit for a king (5) :
REGAL9
Time of the month that is timeless (4) :
IDES14
Nation's cause: painting North Carolina house at last (10) :
TEMPERANCE16
Cross current to carry stuffed toy (5,4) :
TEDDYBEAR18
Liberal adds line in new presentation for a big victory (9) :
LANDSLIDE20
Bother beginning to transfer Russian money (7) :
TROUBLE22
Brazilian city, to American, is wild (7) :
RIOTOUS23
Valuable hound loses head (5) :
ASSET25
The way to eat cold Mexican food (4) :
TACO26
Rabbi assuredly conceals partisan point of view (4) :
BIAS
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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