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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Feb 26, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

24-Across : Back, except for a member of a brass band (4)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
1
M
A
2
I
N
3
C
L
4
A
U
5
S
E
6
P
7
E
R
8
M
E
D
O
S
N
A
I
9
M
E
L
A
N
E
S
I
A
N
10
A
S
I
S
E
E
N
A
R
11
S
Y
T
12
F
I
D
D
L
E
D
E
E
D
E
E
13
A
14
E
N
D
C
O
R
15
N
A
V
I
G
A
16
T
O
R
17
O
D
E
U
M
E
E
T
H
U
N
S
I
18
S
A
N
Y
O
19
R
A
M
A
D
A
I
N
N
T
N
W
E
P
T
G
20
H
O
U
S
E
P
A
I
21
N
T
E
R
E
M
R
D
A
R
22
G
23
W
24
T
U
B
A
25
N
I
G
H
T
S
H
A
D
E
I
E
N
U
O
G
T
26
C
A
R
P
27
E
G
O
M
A
N
I
A
C
S
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Features of a lion articulated in part of a sentence (4,6) : MAINCLAUSE
6
Do in Superman (4) : PERM
9
Wild animal seen inhabiting a Pacific island region (10) : MELANESIAN
10
A family member warts and all (2,2) : ASIS
12
Filed out of order, with some letters haphazardly repeating nonsense (12) : FIDDLEDEEDEE
15
Lunatic raving to a member of a crew (9) : NAVIGATOR
17
Old Greek venue for performing verse well (5) : ODEUM
18
Whatever gets invested in right Japanese company (5) : SANYO
19
Hotel chain popular amid holy month (6,3) : RAMADAINN
20
This European disturbed someone putting on a coat? (5,7) : HOUSEPAINTER
24
Back, except for a member of a brass band (4) : TUBA
25
Tends a high potted plant (10) : NIGHTSHADE
26
Beef and fish (4) : CARP
27
Casino game rigged for selfish people (10) : EGOMANIACS
Down
1
What an excited kid in class might call a viral web phenomenon (4) : MEME
2
According to hearsay, big star is not working (4) : IDLE
3
Part of a submarine taking in tugboat, say (7,5) : CONNINGTOWER
4
Syrian strongman equally down in the dumps (5) : ASSAD
5
Item in a kit refreshed underarms (5,4) : SNAREDRUM
7
Be careful with that new seaside toy (4,4,2) : EASYDOESIT
8
Putting the wrong label on Mr. Gordon's foe in "Flash Gordon" (10) : MISTERMING
11
Non-processed nuts for you (6,6) : SECONDPERSON
13
What's stupefying in airplanes: the tickets (10) : ANESTHETIC
14
Common digit yet more deadened (4,6) : EVENNUMBER
16
Half of that Pennsylvania railroad passing carefully (9) : THREADING
21
Old Testament book not available by drone (5) : NAHUM
22
Prevent the free speech of a lady in pop music (4) : GAGA
23
Adds water to goulash the wrong way (4) : WETS
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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