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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Feb 03, 2002 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
25-Across : Broadcasting medium savaged diorama (2,5)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 V | A | 2 M | P | | 3 O | 4 F | F | 5 T | H | 6 E | W | 7 A | L | 8 L |
I | | A | | | | E | | O | | P | | L | | O |
9 O | V | E | R | 10 S | E | E | | 11 R | A | I | S | I | N | G |
L | | S | | E | | L | | C | | G | | M | | O |
12 I | N | T | E | R | N | S | | 13 H | O | R | D | E | | |
N | | R | | I | | U | | | | A | | N | | 14 A |
15 C | H | I | E | F | | 16 P | E | 17 D | O | M | E | T | E | R |
A | | | | | | T | | E | | | | | | A |
18 S | L | 19 A | C | 20 K | S | O | F | F | | 21 S | C | 22 R | U | B |
E | | N | | O | | | | L | | C | | I | | H |
| | 23 G | L | O | S | 24 S | | 25 A | M | R | A | D | I | O |
26 E | | E | | L | | E | | T | | A | | D | | R |
27 M | A | L | L | A | R | D | | 28 I | M | P | A | L | A | S |
I | | O | | I | | E | | O | | | | E | | E |
29 T | H | U | N | D | E | R | I | N | G | | 30 A | S | P | S |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
Sexy woman to improvise (4) :
VAMP3
Eccentric cooked hot waffle with piece of lemon (3,3,4) :
OFFTHEWALL9
Inspect poetry written in Old English (7) :
OVERSEE11
Growing fruit that's dried by end of evening (7) :
RAISING12
Trainees amid seabirds (7) :
INTERNS13
Reportedly save a crowd (5) :
HORDE15
Head cook swallows iodine (5) :
CHIEF16
Jennings holds head runner's measuring device (9) :
PEDOMETER18
Doesn't work in one's skivvies? (6,3) :
SLACKSOFF21
Thoroughly clean low bushes (5) :
SCRUB23
Polish translation (5) :
GLOSS25
Broadcasting medium savaged diorama (2,5) :
AMRADIO27
Mother left with fat duck (7) :
MALLARD28
Little brat leading dear African antelopes (7) :
IMPALAS29
Noisy swamp creature keeps beneath the surface (10) :
THUNDERING30
Snakes like empty promises (4) :
ASPS
Down
1
Six cheer about Peruvian's box of string? (6,4) :
VIOLINCASE2
Orchestra conductors tire Sam out (7) :
MAESTRI4
Is capable of arranging fuel stop around end of voyage (5,2,2) :
FEELSUPTO5
Senator Chiles offers a light (5) :
TORCH6
Saying English slob is on strike (7) :
EPIGRAM7
Kitchen invader eats green food (7) :
ALIMENT8
Corporate symbol goalie found in bathroom (4) :
LOGO10
14
17
Pitching tail end of economic downturn (9) :
DEFLATION19
Poet Maya cut out after God's messenger (7) :
ANGELOU20
"Knockout" operator put down a mixed drink? (4-3) :
KOOLAID21
22
24
Prophet holds down meal at Passover (5) :
SEDER26
Send Warner's partner up (4) :
EMIT
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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