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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Nov 22, 2015 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
21-Across : Something that's refreshing to Mr. Cage (5)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 F | I | 2 R | S | 3 T | O | 4 F | A | 5 L | L | | 6 H | 7 E | R | 8 A |
I | | I | | O | | O | | A | | | | X | | N |
9 D | U | M | B | S | T | R | U | C | K | | 10 P | E | C | K |
O | | E | | S | | E | | E | | 11 I | | C | | L |
| | | 12 A | P | P | S | | 13 D | E | S | E | R | V | E |
14 T | | 15 O | | O | | I | | | | L | | A | | B |
16 R | E | C | U | T | | 17 G | A | 18 S | H | E | A | T | E | R |
A | | E | | | | H | | T | | | | I | | A |
19 C | H | A | R | 20 A | C | T | E | R | | 21 T | O | N | I | C |
T | | N | | B | | | | U | | H | | G | | E |
22 H | A | L | T | E | R | 23 S | | 24 N | O | E | L | | | |
O | | I | | T | | I | | G | | A | | 25 E | | 26 B |
27 U | L | N | A | | 28 P | E | C | O | S | R | I | V | E | R |
S | | E | | | | N | | U | | T | | I | | E |
29 E | A | R | L | | 30 P | A | S | T | A | S | A | L | A | D |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
For starters, some Christmas trees will be cut down (5,2,3) :
FIRSTOFALL6
That woman's a major goddess (4) :
HERA9
Dump truck making PBS speechless with amazement (10) :
DUMBSTRUCK10
Kiss the actor who played Atticus Finch (4) :
PECK12
Nook using audio for some downloads (4) :
APPS13
Have the right to take food back from patrons? (7) :
DESERVE16
Truce arranged and edited for TV (5) :
RECUT17
Rent diner with fuel burner (3,6) :
GASHEATER19
Quality of air-conditioning aboard boat rental (9) :
CHARACTER21
Something that's refreshing to Mr. Cage (5) :
TONIC22
The lead in "Hairspray" changes tops for the beach (7) :
HALTERS24
Yuletide problem for city train riders? (4) :
NOEL27
Somewhat fanciful name for a bone (4) :
ULNA28
Crackpot overprices a feature of Texas (5,5) :
PECOSRIVER29
British nobleman nearly stripped (4) :
EARL30
Picnic offering in a man's younger days? (5,5) :
PASTASALAD
Down
1
I.D. of mongrel? (4) :
FIDO2
Frost poem recited (4) :
RIME3
Drunkard bests drunkard, in retrospect (7) :
TOSSPOT4
Good planning for location in the sound (9) :
FORESIGHT5
Tied car adornment back (5) :
LACED7
Cursing the evaluation of a C.E.O.? (10) :
EXECRATING8
Support when clean break is mended (5,5) :
ANKLEBRACE11
You say I'll land in the water (4) :
ISLE14
Utter chaos wrecked part of a development (5,5) :
TRACTHOUSE15
Foolish reliance on luxury craft (5,5) :
OCEANLINER18
Husky gets called "emotionally exhausted" (6,3) :
STRUNGOUT20
Criminally help with a racetrack action (4) :
ABET21
Liberal studies tarot's original card suit (3,4) :
THEARTS23
Where some Tuscans are mixing anise (5) :
SIENA25
Making a comeback, be very bad (4) :
EVIL26
Raised money over the radio? (4) :
BRED
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.
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