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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Feb 21, 2021 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
25-Across : Sooner or later, university breaks tie score (10)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
1 S | O | 2 D | A | | 3 B | 4 L | A | 5 I | R | 6 W | I | 7 T | C | 8 H |
C | | E | | | | O | | N | | I | | A | | O |
9 R | O | A | N | | 10 B | U | R | G | U | N | D | I | E | S |
E | | D | | | | N | | R | | D | | L | | T |
11 W | E | L | L | 12 I | N | G | T | O | N | S | | | | |
P | | O | | S | | E | | U | | O | | 13 R | | 14 B |
15 I | N | C | O | L | O | R | | 16 P | E | R | V | A | D | E |
N | | K | | E | | | | | | T | | I | | G |
17 E | Y | E | H | O | L | 18 E | | 19 C | H | I | A | N | T | I |
S | | D | | F | | S | | R | | E | | F | | N |
| | | | 20 W | I | T | H | E | R | S | P | O | O | N |
21 A | | 22 T | | I | | O | | O | | | | R | | I |
23 S | T | I | N | G | I | N | E | S | S | | 24 B | E | A | N |
H | | R | | H | | I | | O | | | | S | | G |
25 E | V | E | N | T | U | A | L | L | Y | | 26 O | T | I | S |
© 2021, The New York Times
Across
1
Pop fusses around (4) :
SODA3
Trumpet blast that announced evil woman in a horror movie (5,5) :
BLAIRWITCH9
Dappled horse galloped around ring (4) :
ROAN10
Town clothes that aren't meant to show red hues (10) :
BURGUNDIES11
15
Corn oil stirred - vividly (2,5) :
INCOLOR16
Go through repaved ground (7) :
PERVADE17
Opening in a mask I complete audibly (7) :
EYEHOLE19
A red part of Appalachian timber (7) :
CHIANTI20
"Wild" actress won trophies after adaptation (11) :
WITHERSPOON23
Scrooge's characteristic kind of pain? (10) :
STINGINESS24
Kingsley gobbles a noodle (4) :
BEAN25
Sooner or later, university breaks tie score (10) :
EVENTUALLY26
Inventor in hypnotism (4) :
OTIS
Down
1
Trees shipmates put in certain columns (5,5) :
SCREWPINES2
Loaded deck shuffled, with no winners (10) :
DEADLOCKED4
Furniture that becomes longer when you remove one piece (7) :
LOUNGER5
Clique pouring liquid (2-5) :
INGROUP6
Gust of air attacks loosely knotted neckwear (7,4) :
WINDSORTIES7
Back story recited (4) :
TAIL8
Leaderless phantom army (4) :
HOST12
Said "I adore snowy locale in Britain" (4,2,5) :
ISLEOFWIGHT13
14
Appeal to baseball division's origins (10) :
BEGINNINGS18
Land changed into sea (7) :
ESTONIA19
Coolers spilled oily liquid (7) :
CREOSOL21
A female Wimbledon winner (4) :
ASHE22
Wear out the rubber part of a car (4) :
TIRE
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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