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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Feb 01, 2015 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
15-Across : Pilot holds second note after musician King is cut short (10)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 F | O | 2 R | E | 3 W | O | 4 R | D | 5 S | | 6 I | S | 7 L | A | 8 M |
E | | A | | E | | O | | I | | N | | A | | A |
9 D | O | D | G | E | | 10 G | E | T | O | V | E | R | I | T |
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11 T | E | R | R | I | E | R | S | | 12 A | S | T | E | R | N |
E | | G | | T | | E | | 13 F | | I | | | | E |
14 M | A | U | L | | 15 A | B | B | R | E | V | I | 16 A | T | E |
P | | N | | 17 A | | E | | E | | E | | N | | I |
18 T | A | S | K | F | O | R | C | E | S | | 19 A | T | A | D |
R | | | | L | | T | | W | | 20 S | | I | | O |
21 E | Y | 22 E | F | U | L | | 23 R | E | V | E | R | S | A | L |
S | | E | | T | | 24 D | | I | | A | | E | | |
25 S | U | R | E | T | H | I | N | G | | 26 N | E | R | V | 27 E |
E | | I | | E | | A | | H | | C | | U | | O |
28 S | H | E | A | R | | 29 L | E | T | T | E | R | M | A | N |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
Reportedly resends introductions (9) :
FOREWORDS6
Religion is escape (5) :
ISLAM9
Don't budge marginally - jump out of the way! (5) :
DODGE10
Give otter crackers to stop complaining (3,4,2) :
GETOVERIT11
Stadium areas sheltering stray dogs (8) :
TERRIERS12
A southern seabird back on a ship (6) :
ASTERN14
Announced place to shop for batter (4) :
MAUL15
Pilot holds second note after musician King is cut short (10) :
ABBREVIATE18
Western religious group has question for groups with missions (4,6) :
TASKFORCES19
Hardly any information written the wrong way (1,3) :
ATAD21
Reportedly, French engineer is a knockout (6) :
EYEFUL23
Wherever salute includes about-face (8) :
REVERSAL25
Hungriest drunk is no problem (4,5) :
SURETHING26
Brass never cracked (5) :
NERVE28
Listen to unadulterated clip (5) :
SHEAR29
Lease provision in front of one TV personality (9) :
LETTERMAN
Down
1
Satisfied government agent (3) :
FED2
Guards ran amok with some cop equipment (5,4) :
RADARGUNS3
Clever one keeps returning buzzer for small amount (3,3) :
WEEBIT4
Film critic Bob encapsulates film actor Richard (5,5) :
ROGEREBERT5
Locate spectacle for the audience (4) :
SITE6
Viviane's surprisingly meddlesome (8) :
INVASIVE7
Great beer right to the center (5) :
LARGE8
Superstar's outrageous line to media (7,4) :
MATINEEIDOL11
13
Dumbbell's cargo contains sheep (4,6) :
FREEWEIGHT16
17
A Florida voice is nervous (8) :
AFLUTTER20
Doctor can see event that raises people's spirits? (6) :
SEANCE22
Odd East Indian (5) :
EERIE24
Oven feature is put up (4) :
DIAL27
One awfully long period of time (3) :
EON
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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