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Emily Cox
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
| | 1 D | E | 2 C | I | 3 M | A | 4 L | P | 5 O | I | 6 N | T | |
7 O | | U | | O | | E | | E | | U | | A | | |
8 R | A | M | A | D | A | N | | 9 S | A | T | I | R | I | 10 C |
C | | P | | E | | O | | T | | O | | C | | A |
11 H | O | L | E | | 12 B | R | E | A | D | F | L | O | U | R |
E | | I | | 13 D | | A | | T | | P | | | | B |
14 S | U | N | L | I | G | H | T | | 15 G | R | O | 16 T | T | O |
T | | G | | S | | S | | 17 A | | I | | R | | N |
18 R | E | S | I | G | N | | 19 S | T | A | N | D | A | R | D |
A | | | | U | | 20 W | | T | | T | | I | | A |
21 P | E | 22 C | O | S | R | I | V | E | R | | 23 G | N | A | T |
I | | A | | T | | T | | N | | 24 G | | S | | I |
25 T | A | R | N | I | S | H | | 26 D | U | N | G | E | O | N |
| | G | | N | | I | | E | | U | | T | | G |
| 27 S | O | N | G | S | T | R | E | S | S | E | S | | |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
8
A lunatic inside ran fast time (7) :
RAMADAN9
Mocking Tricia's weaving (7) :
SATIRIC11
Stated entire problem with a sock (4) :
HOLE12
Powder from the pantry cultivated garden growth, we hear (5,5) :
BREADFLOUR14
15
Arrived at outside of Red Cave (6) :
GROTTO18
Quit, or agree to keep going (6) :
RESIGN19
Flag Street (also a "road") (8) :
STANDARD21
Flower in Texas covers ripe bananas (5,5) :
PECOSRIVER23
Irritant in developing nations (4) :
GNAT25
26
Keep manure a long time (7) :
DUNGEON27
Boy George's first strains for female vocalists (12) :
SONGSTRESSES
Down
1
Stuffed food in little landfills? (9) :
DUMPLINGS2
Spy's writing 100 lines of verse (4) :
CODE3
Holiday décor Sharon and Emily put back (8) :
MENORAHS4
Vampire in a tale brewed lattes (6) :
LESTAT5
F Troop unit scattered and hard to find now (3,2,5) :
OUTOFPRINT6
Buster Brown's last bow, with love (5) :
NARCO7
Astro pitcher tossing where players gather (9,3) :
ORCHESTRAPIT10
Determining the age of Brando acting badly (6,6) :
CARBONDATING13
Unpleasant stopping of the wind? (10) :
DISGUSTING16
Toy collections with wheels oddly resistant (5,4) :
TRAINSETS17
20
22
Mythical ship, after 100 things put in the hold (5) :
CARGO24
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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