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Peter Gordon
NY Times, Sun, Mar 30, 2003 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
25-Across : 13 witches and a worker contract (8)
Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 F | I | 2 F | T | 3 H | S | | 4 F | 5 I | R | 6 S | T | 7 A | I | 8 D |
A | | R | | O | | | | R | | T | | L | | E |
9 C | H | I | N | A | | 10 R | A | I | S | I | N | E | T | S |
E | | E | | G | | E | | S | | C | | R | | I |
11 L | O | D | G | I | N | G | S | | 12 S | K | A | T | E | S |
I | | R | | E | | I | | 13 R | | P | | | | T |
14 F | A | I | R | | 15 A | S | T | E | R | I | S | 16 K | | |
T | | C | | 17 S | | T | | X | | N | | A | | 18 H |
| | 19 E | S | P | R | E | S | S | O | | 20 A | N | T | E |
21 C | | | | E | | R | | T | | 22 S | | G | | A |
23 L | O | 24 N | E | L | Y | | 25 C | O | V | E | N | A | N | T |
A | | A | | L | | 26 C | | U | | N | | R | | H |
27 S | Y | M | B | O | L | I | S | T | | 28 O | Z | O | N | E |
P | | E | | U | | A | | | | R | | O | | N |
29 S | E | D | I | T | I | O | N | | 30 L | A | S | S | E | S |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
Shift careers after failing fractions (6) :
FIFTHS4
Emergency treatment is adrift at sea (5,3) :
FIRSTAID9
Ceramic material part of research in archaeology (5) :
CHINA10
Endlessly picking up E.T.'s theater candies (9) :
RAISINETS11
Gold sign misspelled "Rooms for rent" (8) :
LODGINGS12
Fish glides on ice (6) :
SKATES14
Mediocre food, say (4) :
FAIR15
Inquire about actress Hatcher's star (8) :
ASTERISK19
In Spain, that is consuming smooth coffee (8) :
ESPRESSO20
Throw a coin in a volcano the wrong way (4) :
ANTE23
Isolated "Tarzan" actor changing heading from right to left (6) :
LONELY25
13 witches and a worker contract (8) :
COVENANT27
Writer who uses imagery to evoke ideas an orchestra member articulated (9) :
SYMBOLIST28
Wizard's land joined part of the upper atmosphere (5) :
OZONE29
Head of state printing incitement to riot (8) :
SEDITION30
What some people look through to see topless girls (6) :
LASSES
Down
1
Wrinkle remover, in fact, raised line (8) :
FACELIFT2
Nietzsche not finished with eastern Chinese dish (5,4) :
FRIEDRICE3
Start and end of "Hi-Yo Silver" - that is a hero (6) :
HOAGIE5
One gentleman lifted a flower (4) :
IRIS6
Tailor nitpicks tie fastener (8) :
STICKPIN7
Warn revolutionary later (5) :
ALERT8
Stop Lucy's husband on street (6) :
DESIST10
Initially, Rod Steiger busted cashbox (8) :
REGISTER13
He wrote mysteries about an unknown porter (3,5) :
REXSTOUT16
Hopping animals accidentally sank Argo around the middle of October (9) :
KANGAROOS17
Clearly explain addition in rant (5,3) :
SPELLOUT18
21
Fastens together 150 snakes (6) :
CLASPS22
Baroness holds back Spanish woman (6) :
SENORA24
Called organization of admen (5) :
NAMED26
Farewell to an Italian food, so to speak (4) :
CIAO
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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