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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Oct 08, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
25-Across : Paid for walk around the outskirts of Trieste (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 E | S | 2 C | A | 3 P | E | | 4 A | 5 S | P | 6 I | R | 7 A | T | 8 E |
V | | A | | A | | | | H | | N | | L | | I |
9 I | N | T | E | S | T | 10 A | T | E | | 11 V | I | T | A | L |
D | | E | | S | | N | | L | | E | | I | | E |
12 E | A | R | N | I | N | G | | 13 L | A | R | A | M | I | E |
N | | | | O | | E | | | | S | | E | | N |
14 C | A | 15 P | O | N | | 16 L | A | 17 M | B | E | N | T | | |
E | | A | | | | I | | A | | | | E | | 18 D |
| | 19 R | A | 20 C | E | C | A | R | | 21 S | E | R | G | E |
22 G | | T | | O | | | | I | | T | | | | A |
23 A | S | H | A | M | E | 24 D | | 25 T | R | E | A | 26 T | E | D |
L | | E | | P | | E | | A | | R | | R | | B |
27 L | A | N | C | E | | 28 B | E | L | L | I | C | O | S | E |
I | | O | | T | | T | | | | L | | P | | A |
29 C | O | N | T | E | S | S | A | | 30 D | E | S | E | R | T |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
May, for one, follows directions to get away (6) :
ESCAPE4
Take a breath, like one of Hook's crew (8) :
ASPIRATE9
Lacking will, Republican exits major highway (9) :
INTESTATE11
"Time in a Bottle" is all-important (5) :
VITAL12
Gaining knowledge after commencement (7) :
EARNING13
Tell stories about a player in St. Louis, a western city (7) :
LARAMIE14
Major mobster cut chicken (5) :
CAPON16
Complain about bulb finally flickering (7) :
LAMBENT19
Indy vehicle going back and forth (7) :
RACECAR21
Some material is a rush for the audience (5) :
SERGE23
A phony journalist feeling guilty (7) :
ASHAMED25
Paid for walk around the outskirts of Trieste (7) :
TREATED27
Fine fabric covering new cavalry weapon (5) :
LANCE28
Aggressive, beautiful woman acquires international companies (9) :
BELLICOSE29
Noble Italian opposed to returning something of value (8) :
CONTESSA30
Leave the last course for the auditors (6) :
DESERT
Down
1
Joint lifted, enclosed with drug, is forensic material (8) :
EVIDENCE2
Ford, e.g., engages Lawrence to provide meals (5) :
CATER3
Relay includes the first heat (7) :
PASSION5
The woman is going to prepare peas (5) :
SHELL6
The way Byron wrote? Just the opposite (7) :
INVERSE7
Taking time, change a dial in the cockpit (9) :
ALTIMETER8
"I am not erect," said astronaut Collins (6) :
EILEEN10
Innocent account involving no-good Ivy Leaguer (7) :
ANGELIC15
17
Wedded mother disturbed trial (7) :
MARITAL18
20
Show up to take in favorite fight (7) :
COMPETE21
Unproductive anger is beneath French holy woman (7) :
STERILE22
French girl left one Canadian capital (6) :
GALLIC24
Figures in red - society girls embracing former model (5) :
DEBTS26
Figure of speech in sonnet's last line (5) :
TROPE
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