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Daniel Raymon
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
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Across
1
Reportedly resends introductions (9) : FOREWORDS
6
Religion is escape (5) : ISLAM
9
Don't budge marginally - jump out of the way! (5) : DODGE
10
Give otter crackers to stop complaining (3,4,2) : GETOVERIT
11
Stadium areas sheltering stray dogs (8) : TERRIERS
12
A southern seabird back on a ship (6) : ASTERN
14
Announced place to shop for batter (4) : MAUL
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Pilot holds second note after musician King is cut short (10) : ABBREVIATE
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Western religious group has question for groups with missions (4,6) : TASKFORCES
19
Hardly any information written the wrong way (1,3) : ATAD
21
Reportedly, French engineer is a knockout (6) : EYEFUL
23
Wherever salute includes about-face (8) : REVERSAL
25
Hungriest drunk is no problem (4,5) : SURETHING
26
Brass never cracked (5) : NERVE
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Listen to unadulterated clip (5) : SHEAR
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Lease provision in front of one TV personality (9) : LETTERMAN
Down
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Satisfied government agent (3) : FED
2
Guards ran amok with some cop equipment (5,4) : RADARGUNS
3
Clever one keeps returning buzzer for small amount (3,3) : WEEBIT
4
Film critic Bob encapsulates film actor Richard (5,5) : ROGEREBERT
5
Locate spectacle for the audience (4) : SITE
6
Viviane's surprisingly meddlesome (8) : INVASIVE
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Great beer right to the center (5) : LARGE
8
Superstar's outrageous line to media (7,4) : MATINEEIDOL
11
Office worker with locks and sirens (11) : TEMPTRESSES
13
Dumbbell's cargo contains sheep (4,6) : FREEWEIGHT
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Ruminates about vaccine (9) : ANTISERUM
17
A Florida voice is nervous (8) : AFLUTTER
20
Doctor can see event that raises people's spirits? (6) : SEANCE
22
Odd East Indian (5) : EERIE
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Oven feature is put up (4) : DIAL
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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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