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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Feb 21, 2010 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
8-Across : How "Aura Lee" is pronounced? (6)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 66
| | 1 D | | 2 T | | 3 G | | | 4 P | H | 5 R | A | 6 S | E |
7 I | C | E | C | R | E | A | M | | I | | E | | E | |
M | | M | | E | | M | | 8 O | R | A | L | L | Y | |
9 P | R | O | P | A | N | E | | | A | | A | | M | |
A | | C | | S | | 10 T | 11 A | R | N | A | T | I | O | N |
12 C | A | R | O | U | S | E | L | | H | | I | | U | |
T | | A | | R | | | A | | 13 A | 14 B | O | 15 A | R | 16 D |
E | | 17 T | 18 H | E | 19 S | I | M | P | S | O | N | S | | E |
20 D | 21 O | S | I | D | O | | O | | | N | | P | | M |
| N | | S | | U | | 22 D | 23 A | T | A | F | I | L | E |
24 D | E | E | P | S | L | E | E | P | | P | | R | | N |
| S | | A | | M | | | 25 P | E | A | S | A | N | T |
| 26 T | I | N | E | A | R | | E | | R | | T | | I |
| E | | I | | T | | 27 A | N | A | T | H | E | M | A |
28 A | P | A | C | H | E | | | D | | E | | S | | |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
4
Sequence of words wears on the ears (6) :
PHRASE7
After starters, courteous cry for dessert (3,5) :
ICECREAM8
How "Aura Lee" is pronounced? (6) :
ORALLY9
Fuel lying around Pennsylvania (7) :
PROPANE10
12
Carry on large merry-go-round (8) :
CAROUSEL13
On a pig diet, at first (6) :
ABOARD17
20
Two of the Spaniards vow at the altar and dance in a square (2-2-2) :
DOSIDO22
Set of records failed at recombining (4,4) :
DATAFILE24
Pare m.p.h. back in blackout condition? (4,5) :
DEEPSLEEP25
Green pellets bug farm worker (7) :
PEASANT26
Setback for a musician in entering "Rent" (3,3) :
TINEAR27
Three articles (mom hated one) (8) :
ANATHEMA28
Overheard a freckly tribe member (6) :
APACHE
Down
1
Party recalled in two-star comedy (9) :
DEMOCRATS2
"Precious" certainly kept in step (9) :
TREASURED3
Cell door admits me (6) :
GAMETE4
Leader of Persia (shah's land) owns snappy fish (8) :
PIRANHAS5
Kin share when catching train in Chi (8) :
RELATION6
Guy's name for what better observers do aloud? (7) :
SEYMOUR7
Rascal behaved as though hit (8) :
IMPACTED11
Where Davy fell and Ed turned in (1,2,4) :
ALAMODE14
French emperor is aloof, wearing off-white (9) :
BONAPARTE15
Like Captain Hook's men, says Hook at first? (9) :
ASPIRATES16
Loss of faculty upset dean I met (8) :
DEMENTIA18
The guy's sudden fear of Latin America (8) :
HISPANIC19
Very close friend to Samuel Wilder (4,4) :
SOULMATE21
Dance on steep ground (3-4) :
ONESTEP23
Tag on some cheap pen drawings (6) :
APPEND
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