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Brian Greer
NY Times, Sun, Feb 27, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
11-Across : Repaired ancestral royal house in England (9)
Author:
Brian Greer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 31, Blocks: 80
1 C | | 2 B | | | | 3 P | | 4 H | | 5 C | | 6 U | | |
7 H | U | R | T | | 8 C | A | S | A | B | L | A | N | C | 9 A |
A | | U | | 10 P | | R | | I | | O | | H | | S |
11 L | A | N | C | A | S | T | E | R | | 12 C | R | A | S | H |
E | | E | | N | | | | | | H | | R | | E |
13 T | I | T | A | N | I | 14 C | | 15 F | R | E | E | M | A | N |
| | | | E | | U | | R | | | | E | | |
| 16 A | 17 C | A | D | E | M | Y | A | W | 18 A | R | D | S | |
| | L | | | | I | | N | | L | | | | |
19 P | L | A | T | 20 O | O | N | | 21 C | H | I | C | 22 A | G | 23 O |
S | | N | | S | | | | | | B | | N | | A |
24 H | A | N | K | S | | 25 G | L | 26 A | D | I | A | T | O | R |
A | | I | | E | | I | | T | | S | | H | | I |
27 W | A | S | H | I | N | G | T | O | N | | 28 P | E | N | N |
| | H | | N | | I | | P | | | | M | | G |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
7
Damage produced by river getting into shack (4) :
HURT8
Old chess champion exchanging pawn for second in this African city (10) :
CASABLANCA11
Repaired ancestral royal house in England (9) :
LANCASTER12
In which cars disastrously hit! (5) :
CRASH13
It ain't awfully compact, to begin with - it's colossal (7) :
TITANIC15
Republican in charge many diminished as liberated type (7) :
FREEMAN16
[What all the other Across answers have in common] (7,6) :
ACADEMYAWARDS19
Philosophical pioneer running military unit (7) :
PLATOON21
Smart answer - leave for my kind of town, going by air? (7) :
CHICAGO24
Little time left from main contents of acceptance speeches for lots of yarns (5) :
HANKS25
Man facing a lion, maybe, is 'appy 'e devoured that woman, we 'ear (9) :
GLADIATOR27
Saw nothing odd in city and state being on opposite sides (10) :
WASHINGTON28
Quaker leader making minimal change? Not quite (4) :
PENN
Down
1
First or second part of dance allowed in mountain dwelling (6) :
CHALET2
Mona Lisa, for one, producing main impact around Louvre, ultimately (6) :
BRUNET3
Role in "Spartacus" (4) :
PART4
Hot tune in musical (4) :
HAIR5
Close-fitting hat silly Chloe put over her head (6) :
CLOCHE6
Husband entering without a weapon, safe and sound (8) :
UNHARMED9
Deadly pale, like female apt to brood (5) :
ASHEN10
Used revolutionary filming technique, heavily criticized (6) :
PANNED14
From capsicum, Indians extract curry seasoning (5) :
CUMIN15
Female circulated centime - it's worthless now in Paris (5) :
FRANC17
Tending to be exclusive, tavern's set up amidst confrontation (8) :
CLANNISH18
Excuses a large bird (6) :
ALIBIS19
Expression of irritation from Irish-born author under pressure (5) :
PSHAW20
Stuff in bone that makes strange noises (6) :
OSSEIN22
Piece of patriotic music the man composed (6) :
ANTHEM23
A place for fighting with nothing on, having a row (6) :
OARING25
Popular movie of 1958 seen in private, perhaps, more than once (4) :
GIGI26
Characters in front of queue, we hear, in dominant position (4) :
ATOP
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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