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Rosalie Moscovitch
NY Times, Sun, Mar 18, 2012 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
9-Across : Cabana he imagined taking in California city (7)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 C | A | 2 S | T | 3 S | | 4 H | A | 5 R | V | 6 E | S | 7 T | E | 8 R |
H | | C | | W | | O | | O | | A | | H | | E |
9 A | N | A | H | E | I | M | | 10 D | E | S | C | E | N | T |
S | | R | | E | | E | | E | | Y | | R | | O |
11 S | A | F | E | T | Y | P | I | N | S | | 12 O | A | H | U |
I | | | | H | | A | | T | | 13 V | | P | | C |
14 S | U | 15 B | M | E | R | G | E | | 16 P | A | R | I | S | H |
| | O | | A | | E | | 17 I | | C | | S | | |
18 C | A | N | A | R | D | | 19 A | N | T | I | E | T | A | 20 M |
H | | E | | T | | 21 C | | T | | L | | | | A |
22 E | A | T | S | | 23 S | H | O | R | E | L | I | 24 N | E | S |
E | | I | | 25 P | | E | | E | | A | | E | | O |
26 T | E | R | R | I | E | R | | 27 P | A | T | T | E | R | N |
A | | E | | E | | U | | I | | E | | D | | R |
28 H | Y | D | E | R | A | B | A | D | | 29 D | U | S | T | Y |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Scatters colors (5) :
CASTS4
Article of clothing picked up by rabbit near red farm machine (9) :
HARVESTER9
Cabana he imagined taking in California city (7) :
ANAHEIM10
Drop of French perfume (7) :
DESCENT11
Fasteners? Yes, if pants to be altered (6,4) :
SAFETYPINS12
Balboa hung around Hawaiian island (4) :
OAHU14
16
Norm is head of his church group (6) :
PARISH18
Comedian receiving a piece of news: false report (6) :
CANARD19
Not in favor of Greek character at opening of major civil war scene (8) :
ANTIETAM22
Chow pulling cap from English poet (4) :
EATS23
Beams around Russian city's seacoasts (10) :
SHORELINES26
Little dog to slip into class (7) :
TERRIER27
Gently touch bird design (7) :
PATTERN28
Indian city had a derby organized (9) :
HYDERABAD29
Dry start to sermon in service (5) :
DUSTY
Down
1
Church, in its present condition, has small frame (7) :
CHASSIS2
3
4
Respect hosts recording entry online (4,4) :
HOMEPAGE5
Small mammal's lair surrounded by decay (6) :
RODENT6
Simple as invading disheartened enemy (4) :
EASY7
Rehab staffer: "Rhythmic chanting is involved in the start of treatment" (9) :
THERAPIST8
Make changes to unemployed? That hurts! (7) :
RETOUCH13
Abandoned houses, unsound, swayed (10) :
VACILLATED15
Actress Lisa angry and very weary (4-5) :
BONETIRED17
Novel printed about one brave (8) :
INTREPID18
Teach Dotty about male cat (7) :
CHEETAH20
Work constructed of stone and tiles: "Madonna Holding Child" (7) :
MASONRY21
"Moonstruck" star in front of university beginning to broadcast "Little Angel" (6) :
CHERUB24
Wants massages in the mouth (5) :
NEEDS25
In the Sound, look searchingly for landing place (4) :
PIER
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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