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Brian Greer
Brian Greer

NY Times, Sun, Feb 27, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

8-Across : Old chess champion exchanging pawn for second in this African city (10)

Author:
Brian Greer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 31, Blocks: 80
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C
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B
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P
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U
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C
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L
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C
R
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C
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Y
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O
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C
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G
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O
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K
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G
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© 2011, The New York Times
Across
7
Damage produced by river getting into shack (4) : HURT
8
Old chess champion exchanging pawn for second in this African city (10) : CASABLANCA
11
Repaired ancestral royal house in England (9) : LANCASTER
12
In which cars disastrously hit! (5) : CRASH
13
It ain't awfully compact, to begin with - it's colossal (7) : TITANIC
15
Republican in charge many diminished as liberated type (7) : FREEMAN
16
[What all the other Across answers have in common] (7,6) : ACADEMYAWARDS
19
Philosophical pioneer running military unit (7) : PLATOON
21
Smart answer - leave for my kind of town, going by air? (7) : CHICAGO
24
Little time left from main contents of acceptance speeches for lots of yarns (5) : HANKS
25
Man facing a lion, maybe, is 'appy 'e devoured that woman, we 'ear (9) : GLADIATOR
27
Saw nothing odd in city and state being on opposite sides (10) : WASHINGTON
28
Quaker leader making minimal change? Not quite (4) : PENN
Down
1
First or second part of dance allowed in mountain dwelling (6) : CHALET
2
Mona Lisa, for one, producing main impact around Louvre, ultimately (6) : BRUNET
3
Role in "Spartacus" (4) : PART
4
Hot tune in musical (4) : HAIR
5
Close-fitting hat silly Chloe put over her head (6) : CLOCHE
6
Husband entering without a weapon, safe and sound (8) : UNHARMED
9
Deadly pale, like female apt to brood (5) : ASHEN
10
Used revolutionary filming technique, heavily criticized (6) : PANNED
14
From capsicum, Indians extract curry seasoning (5) : CUMIN
15
Female circulated centime - it's worthless now in Paris (5) : FRANC
17
Tending to be exclusive, tavern's set up amidst confrontation (8) : CLANNISH
18
Excuses a large bird (6) : ALIBIS
19
Expression of irritation from Irish-born author under pressure (5) : PSHAW
20
Stuff in bone that makes strange noises (6) : OSSEIN
22
Piece of patriotic music the man composed (6) : ANTHEM
23
A place for fighting with nothing on, having a row (6) : OARING
25
Popular movie of 1958 seen in private, perhaps, more than once (4) : GIGI
26
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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