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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 14, 1997 Cryptic Crossword
1-Across : English Queen going around Swiss district with a Latin lover (4,6)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 M | A | 2 R | C | 3 A | N | 4 T | O | 5 N | Y | | 6 S | 7 W | A | 8 T |
E | | U | | P | | A | | A | | | | R | | A |
9 A | S | T | R | O | | 10 L | I | V | E | 11 R | P | O | O | L |
N | | A | | L | | I | | E | | E | | N | | E |
| | 12 B | A | L | L | A | D | | 13 F | L | A | G | O | N |
14 T | | A | | O | | S | | 15 E | | A | | | | T |
16 I | A | G | O | | 17 C | H | E | T | A | T | K | 18 I | N | S |
N | | A | | 19 C | | I | | H | | E | | L | | H |
20 T | E | S | S | H | A | R | P | E | R | | 21 A | L | T | O |
O | | | | A | | E | | R | | 22 B | | A | | W |
23 R | E | 24 M | A | R | K | | 25 H | E | A | R | S | T | | |
E | | O | | O | | 26 T | | A | | O | | E | | 27 A |
28 T | I | P | O | N | E | I | L | L | | 29 A | D | A | M | S |
T | | U | | | | L | | L | | C | | S | | H |
30 O | O | P | S | | 31 A | L | L | Y | S | H | E | E | D | Y |
© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
English Queen going around Swiss district with a Latin lover (4,6) :
MARCANTONY6
Starts from scratch, without anticipating this blow (4) :
SWAT9
Losing face, noted Cuban ballplayer (5) :
ASTRO10
Where the early Beatles played organ and billiards (9) :
LIVERPOOL12
Song and dance spot (6) :
BALLAD13
Banner adorning wine vessel (6) :
FLAGON16
Theatrical villain is one in the past (4) :
IAGO17
Country guitarist playing "Skin the Cat" (4,6) :
CHETATKINS20
Firm sent back cleverer actress (4,6) :
TESSHARPER21
Someone singing and dancing a lot (4) :
ALTO23
Comment Jerry Seinfeld's neighbor retracted (6) :
REMARK25
Newspaper magnate listens to Toscanini's debut (6) :
HEARST28
Push over one bad former Speaker of the House (3,6) :
TIPONEILL29
Checks after a President (5) :
ADAMS30
I'm sorry I'm so clumsy with doughnuts, pepper and salt (4) :
OOPS31
Actress's bad day -- hell, yes! (4,6) :
ALLYSHEEDY
Down
1
Guys sitting around a medium (4) :
MEAN2
Groove while eating a bag with veggies (9) :
RUTABAGAS3
A Mexican chicken god (6) :
APOLLO4
5
"Hub of a wheel," Jack said (4) :
NAVE7
What's not right with Ron Darling's back (5) :
WRONG8
Display of skill transformed the Waltons (6,4) :
TALENTSHOW11
Tell of cheerleader's last cheer (6) :
RELATE14
Painter's color on rocks upset Mel in the Hall of Fame (10) :
TINTORETTO15
Alien comes before the boy, truly in a spacy way (10) :
ETHEREALLY18
Churchill ate a sedative, somewhat nervous (3,2,4) :
ILLATEASE19
Legendary figure with a boat and anchor needing repair (6) :
CHARON22
Bring up the subject of bee pest (6) :
BROACH24
Missouri dog is clean (3,2) :
MOPUP26
Cultivate ready cash (4) :
TILL27
One short and pale (4) :
ASHY
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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