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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Nov 17, 2019 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

18-Across : Quit, or agree to keep going (6)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
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G
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
Dot reordered medicinal pot (7,5) : DECIMALPOINT
8
A lunatic inside ran fast time (7) : RAMADAN
9
Mocking Tricia's weaving (7) : SATIRIC
11
Stated entire problem with a sock (4) : HOLE
12
Powder from the pantry cultivated garden growth, we hear (5,5) : BREADFLOUR
14
Rays hustling off (8) : SUNLIGHT
15
Arrived at outside of Red Cave (6) : GROTTO
18
Quit, or agree to keep going (6) : RESIGN
19
Flag Street (also a "road") (8) : STANDARD
21
Flower in Texas covers ripe bananas (5,5) : PECOSRIVER
23
Irritant in developing nations (4) : GNAT
25
Soil tossed in trash (7) : TARNISH
26
Keep manure a long time (7) : DUNGEON
27
Boy George's first strains for female vocalists (12) : SONGSTRESSES
Down
1
Stuffed food in little landfills? (9) : DUMPLINGS
2
Spy's writing 100 lines of verse (4) : CODE
3
Holiday décor Sharon and Emily put back (8) : MENORAHS
4
Vampire in a tale brewed lattes (6) : LESTAT
5
F Troop unit scattered and hard to find now (3,2,5) : OUTOFPRINT
6
Buster Brown's last bow, with love (5) : NARCO
7
Astro pitcher tossing where players gather (9,3) : ORCHESTRAPIT
10
Determining the age of Brando acting badly (6,6) : CARBONDATING
13
Unpleasant stopping of the wind? (10) : DISGUSTING
16
Toy collections with wheels oddly resistant (5,4) : TRAINSETS
17
One showing up at 10-D (8) : ATTENDEE
20
Wag struck hip (4,2) : WITHIT
22
Mythical ship, after 100 things put in the hold (5) : CARGO
24
Heard what's going on with antelopes (4) : GNUS
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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