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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Nov 24, 2002 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
12-Across : Usual position - next to a road (8)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 P | A | 2 R | A | 3 M | O | 4 U | N | 5 T | | 6 P | L | 7 I | E | 8 S |
R | | O | | A | | N | | O | | E | | D | | H |
9 O | U | T | L | I | N | I | N | G | | 10 C | H | O | I | R |
T | | O | | N | | T | | E | | A | | L | | E |
11 R | A | R | E | F | Y | | 12 S | T | A | N | D | A | R | D |
U | | | | R | | | | H | | | | T | | |
13 D | A | 14 L | L | A | S | | 15 R | E | I | 16 N | D | E | E | 17 R |
E | | E | | M | | 18 G | | R | | A | | R | | O |
19 S | P | A | C | E | M | A | N | | 20 P | R | E | S | T | O |
| | S | | | | L | | | | R | | | | S |
21 F | A | T | H | 22 E | R | L | Y | | 23 S | A | M | 24 P | L | E |
A | | W | | R | | O | | 25 L | | T | | R | | V |
26 C | A | I | R | O | | 27 P | L | A | T | I | T | U | D | E |
T | | S | | D | | E | | S | | O | | N | | L |
28 S | C | E | N | E | | 29 D | I | S | I | N | F | E | C | T |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
6
Works at ballet moves (5) :
PLIES9
Delineating nothing retrogressive during excursion (9) :
OUTLINING10
Unfinished piece of music enthralls one vocal group (5) :
CHOIR11
Thin beam broken by person in stripes (6) :
RAREFY12
Usual position - next to a road (8) :
STANDARD13
Texas city lawyers admit everything (6) :
DALLAS15
Dancer and friends check instrument backing (8) :
REINDEER19
In retrospect, call spending limits alien (8) :
SPACEMAN20
Immediately relax in post office (6) :
PRESTO21
Like dad, pilot has broken heart (8) :
FATHERLY23
Small, liberal part of the population (6) :
SAMPLE26
Capital Greek letters, you say? (5) :
CAIRO27
Saying softly, "Freedom of choice" (9) :
PLATITUDE28
It's viewed by the audience! (5) :
SCENE29
Doctor finds Ice-T free of germs (9) :
DISINFECT
Down
1
In favor of rudest new projects (9) :
PROTRUDES2
It goes around and around, up and down (5) :
ROTOR3
Computer master's at home with brother and me (9) :
MAINFRAME4
One piece of ammunition (4) :
UNIT5
Acting as one to win the woman (8) :
TOGETHER6
Cooked canape without a nut (5) :
PECAN7
More than one devotee is about to procrastinate (9) :
IDOLATERS8
Run inside, take off a bit (5) :
SHRED14
16
17
Surprisingly, vote loser is president (9) :
ROOSEVELT18
Girl ran easily and ran hard (8) :
GALLOPED21
Dope is effective after Friday (5) :
FACTS22
"Eat Away at Endless Time": a poem (5) :
ERODE24
25
Girl group going topless (4) :
LASS
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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