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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Feb 05, 2012 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
12-Across : Back story given a recitation (4)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 71
1 D | 2 R | U | 3 G | | 4 L | I | 5 M | E | 6 R | I | 7 C | K | 8 E | Y |
| E | | O | | A | | E | | A | | R | | N | |
9 E | V | I | L | | 10 S | A | L | E | S | F | O | R | C | E |
| E | | D | | T | | A | | P | | A | | H | |
11 P | L | U | M | B | R | A | N | D | Y | | 12 T | A | I | L |
| | | I | | I | | I | | | | | | L | |
13 P | 14 L | A | N | K | T | O | N | I | 15 C | | 16 G | N | A | T |
| I | | E | | E | | | | O | | A | | D | |
17 A | F | A | R | | 18 S | T | 19 A | N | M | U | S | I | A | L |
| E | | | | | | M | | E | | T | | | |
20 O | S | L | 21 O | | 22 R | A | I | N | F | O | R | E | 23 S | T |
| A | | W | | O | | A | | I | | O | | T | |
24 E | V | E | N | N | U | M | B | E | R | | 25 P | E | R | U |
| E | | E | | T | | L | | S | | O | | A | |
26 I | R | I | D | E | S | C | E | N | T | | 27 D | O | W | N |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Dope hauled in a nonstandard manner (4) :
DRUG4
Mixed drink and light verse before English club (4,6) :
LIMERICKEY9
Making a comeback, go on being bad (4) :
EVIL10
Shifting of careless marketing staff (5,5) :
SALESFORCE11
12
Back story given a recitation (4) :
TAIL13
Board bracing connected with marine organisms (10) :
PLANKTONIC16
Bug bite seen from behind (4) :
GNAT17
Some members of safari in the distance (4) :
AFAR18
Man of St. Louis and D.C. leaving stand (musical) (4,6) :
STANMUSIAL20
Capital of Sudan looks odd, initially (4) :
OSLO22
Data buried in hardest-to-find part of the tropics (4,6) :
RAINFOREST24
25
A pop representation of you in texting land (4) :
PERU26
Like some butterflies, I travel on trail (10) :
IRIDESCENT27
Feeling blue jacket material (4) :
DOWN
Down
2
Party bar in a retro style? (5) :
REVEL3
Sourdough moldering after getting stirred (4,5) :
GOLDMINER4
Scottish girl holding very unoriginal ceremony (4,5) :
LASTRITES5
Lineman fixed a cause of darkness (7) :
MELANIN6
Rough article carried by Red agent (5) :
RASPY7
Balkan republic's leader in winter wear (5) :
CROAT8
Movable lead chain and ball of wax? (9) :
ENCHILADA14
Guardian angel breaking Ali's fever (9) :
LIFESAVER15
Christmas trees circled by Santa's reindeer top the list (4,5) :
COMEFIRST16
19
Nice question of self-doubt? (7) :
AMIABLE21
Had dressed in robes after commencement (5) :
OWNED22
Trouncings Republican makes publicly known (5) :
ROUTS23
Bedding material shows blemishes when reversed (5) :
STRAW
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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