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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Nov 06, 2016 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
17-Across : Put together a pole on a ship in the sound (7)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 67
1 G | A | 2 M | E | 3 O | F | 4 T | H | 5 R | O | 6 N | E | 7 S | | |
R | | O | | R | | I | | I | | A | | I | | 8 A |
9 O | W | I | N | G | | 10 C | A | N | A | D | A | D | R | Y |
U | | S | | A | | K | | G | | A | | E | | E |
11 P | O | T | E | N | T | I | A | L | | 12 L | I | B | R | A |
I | | | | D | | N | | E | | | | O | | Y |
13 E | A | 14 R | N | I | N | G | | 15 T | W | 16 O | L | A | N | E |
| | E | | E | | | | | | V | | R | | |
17 A | M | A | S | S | E | 18 D | | 19 B | R | E | A | D | T | 20 H |
U | | D | | | | E | | E | | R | | | | E |
21 G | R | A | N | 22 D | | 23 R | E | A | L | T | H | 24 I | N | G |
U | | L | | O | | A | | R | | R | | N | | I |
25 S | F | O | R | Z | A | N | D | O | | 26 U | T | T | E | R |
T | | U | | E | | G | | U | | M | | R | | A |
| | 27 D | E | S | S | E | R | T | S | P | O | O | N | S |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
9
Outstanding disc flight (5) :
OWING10
Soda maker's pop swallowed by pet bird (6,3) :
CANADADRY11
Possibility of Lipton tea getting spilled (9) :
POTENTIAL12
Sign I placed amid large underwear (5) :
LIBRA13
Gainfully employed Grannie with juggling (7) :
EARNING15
University in New Orleans reportedly admitting traffic in both directions (3-4) :
TWOLANE17
Put together a pole on a ship in the sound (7) :
AMASSED19
Wide range in an arrangement of the Bard (7) :
BREADTH21
A bit of gin, a bit of rum, and thou (5) :
GRAND23
Genuine article concerning Iceland's parliament (4,5) :
REALTHING25
Emphatically, the key to making bozos boss? (9) :
SFORZANDO26
Pronounce "sheer" (5) :
UTTER27
Down
1
Hanger-on damaged pirogue (7) :
GROUPIE2
Wet one's head in spray (5) :
MOIST3
Doctor ignores ad for cotton products (9) :
ORGANDIES4
Fabric used to make a pillowcase like a time bomb? (7) :
TICKING5
Adoring letter includes lock of hair (7) :
RINGLET6
Spanish tennis player with nothing left (5) :
NADAL7
Cabinet audibly made unhappy sounds, unenthused (9) :
SIDEBOARD8
"Yes, captain," I repeatedly said (3-3) :
AYEAYE14
Recite from a book to an audience: "Grass legal" (4,5) :
READALOUD16
Try for a trick with a public moon view? (9) :
OVERTRUMP17
Majestic gold rush (6) :
AUGUST18
Tossing grenade, drive around the bend (7) :
DERANGE19
Confirm act as "a debacle" (4,3) :
BEAROUT20
His gear changed flights (7) :
HEGIRAS22
Sleeps 12, north-to-south (5) :
DOZES24
Plain trousers revealing opening (5) :
INTRO
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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