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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Apr 11, 2004 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
29-Across : After 12 months, actor Beatty had longings (7)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 T | E | 2 R | M | 3 I | N | 4 I | | 5 T | E | 6 L | A | 7 V | I | 8 V |
A | | O | | C | | N | | A | | A | | I | | I |
9 P | A | U | S | E | | 10 D | O | M | I | N | I | O | N | S |
E | | G | | C | | I | | E | | C | | L | | I |
11 R | E | H | E | A | R | S | E | | 12 T | E | N | A | N | T |
E | | E | | P | | T | | 13 R | | L | | | | O |
14 D | O | D | O | | 15 D | I | V | E | B | O | M | 16 B | E | R |
| | U | | 17 B | | N | | L | | T | | R | | |
18 R | E | P | R | O | A | C | H | E | D | | 19 H | O | L | 20 D |
E | | | | U | | T | | V | | 21 S | | U | | E |
22 S | E | 23 D | A | T | E | | 24 R | A | M | P | A | G | E | S |
I | | R | | I | | 25 L | | N | | A | | H | | I |
26 D | E | A | D | Q | U | I | E | T | | 27 R | O | T | O | R |
U | | G | | U | | O | | L | | T | | O | | E |
28 E | A | S | T | E | R | N | | 29 Y | E | A | R | N | E | D |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
Ends period of service in Iraq's capital (7) :
TERMINI5
Revival, etc., holding back Mideast city (3,4) :
TELAVIV9
VCR button awkwardly handles audio (5) :
PAUSE10
Authorities party with underlings (9) :
DOMINIONS11
Practice concerning funeral vehicle (8) :
REHEARSE12
Bill, bug landlord's client (6) :
TENANT14
Bygone bird egg in peculiar retrospective (4) :
DODO15
Outrageous bribe moved warplane (4,6) :
DIVEBOMBER18
19
Reserve cargo space (4) :
HOLD22
Unperturbed drunk seated (6) :
SEDATE24
26
I'd equated swimming with a lack of noise (4,5) :
DEADQUIET27
Chopper blade going back and forth (5) :
ROTOR28
Oriental Avenue's close to the rear (7) :
EASTERN29
After 12 months, actor Beatty had longings (7) :
YEARNED
Down
1
Stuff that's sticky and red, like chopsticks (7) :
TAPERED2
Tried to intimidate huge, proud stranger (7,2) :
ROUGHEDUP3
I step up behind cold polar formation (6) :
ICECAP4
Faint gut reaction about pair of dice (10) :
INDISTINCT5
Bland mince meat (4) :
TAME6
Jousting weapon drawing knight (8) :
LANCELOT7
Virgin Islands love Louisiana instrument (5) :
VIOLA8
Part of a baseball cap shielding that one tourist (7) :
VISITOR13
Really vent, after making arrangements in an appropriate way (10) :
RELEVANTLY16
Introduced Brighton after making IOU? (7,2) :
BROUGHTON17
Small shop in Djibouti questioned (8) :
BOUTIQUE18
Leftovers you finally stored in lodge (7) :
RESIDUE20
Wanted piece of rope in Eddie's mobile (7) :
DESIRED21
Small section atop a Greek city-state (6) :
SPARTA23
Dr. Silver's puffs on a cigarette (5) :
DRAGS25
Civic club member's tellin' tales to the audience (4) :
LION
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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