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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Feb 07, 1999 Cryptic Crossword

5-Across : Grotesque horse biting hack (7)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
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© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
City editor edited Time (7) : DETROIT
5
Grotesque horse biting hack (7) : MACABRE
9
It's primarily big and nonrigid! (5) : BLIMP
10
A 12-in. drawer repaired at a later time (9) : AFTERWARD
11
Scorn new substitute worker in bed (8) : CONTEMPT
12
Control right source of milk (6) : RUDDER
14
Fish seems to be headless (4) : EELS
15
Common people having 50 words of greeting (10) : PLEASANTRY
18
One stealing flag displays clever ruse (4,6) : BASERUNNER
19
Uh-huh, the old sound of contentment (4) : YEAH
22
Remained serious at hearing (6) : STAYED
24
One who arrives carrying set electronic device (8) : COMPUTER
26
Socially uncomfortable one everybody turned to make fun of (3,2,4) : ILLATEASE
27
The rodent has to eat slowly (5) : ERODE
28
To count from beginning to end (7) : TOTALLY
29
Rags people who make lace (7) : TATTERS
Down
1
She comes out with broken lace -- it's a disaster (7) : DEBACLE
2
Mathematicians may study these improper integrals (9) : TRIANGLES
3
Big bird circles quarry (6) : OSPREY
4
Bouncer is a bum with nothing to rule (10) : TRAMPOLINE
5
It's not true, girl, as Daffy Duck might say (4) : MYTH
6
Song about country revelry (8) : CAROUSAL
7
Make cognac, for the most part (5) : BRAND
8
"Old Yeller" remake gets poor grade (7) : ELDERLY
13
Evil fellow (violent one) leaving (10) : MALEVOLENT
16
New, yet not new, game (6-3) : TWENTYONE
17
Poor relation from the East (8) : ORIENTAL
18
Leader of band to help musician (7) : BASSIST
20
Cheer up, study point sets (7) : HARDENS
21
No longer in bed, tired, but happy (6) : UPBEAT
23
Distribute a regressive tax (5) : ALLOT
25
Not just one Mr. X follower (4) : MANY
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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