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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

17-Across : Call me Ezra or shut up (7)

Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across
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For starters, Christmas trees to topple (5,2,3) : FIRSTOFALL
6
Ranks fights (4) : ROWS
9
Listen to number and cheer up (7) : HEARTEN
10
Cheese in bed eaten by Hayworth (7) : RICOTTA
12
Bush of greater age (5) : ELDER
13
Mobile device I have for the audience (4,5) : CELLPHONE
14
Sharpen pen with candor (7) : HONESTY
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Passionate members of quaint ensemble (7) : INTENSE
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Call me Ezra or shut up (7) : IMPOUND
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Party drink for a Greek nymph (7) : GALATEA
22
Stumble in little line of stores (5,4) : STRIPMALL
23
Darned mutt stands in front of street (5) : CURST
24
Star soldier and war god (7) : ANTARES
25
Slow-moving article by Italian poet (7) : ANDANTE
26
Compass heading as in "Alien" (4) : EAST
27
Model or starlet's desperate plan (4,6) : LASTRESORT
Down
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Roughly increase half the readings from 32 to 212 (10,5) : FAHRENHEITSCALE
2
African raced carrying baton (7) : RWANDAN
3
Boy king or private teacher (5) : TUTOR
4
Particular part of a fish far from tasteful (7) : FINICKY
5
"Laurel," I said, "is an enchanting lady" (7) : LORELEI
7
Hackneyed rendition of "Our Town" (7) : OUTWORN
8
Declaration about split in diplomats' agency (5,10) : STATEDEPARTMENT
11
The M in Money? (7) : CAPITAL
15
Hard-to-solve clue upset Mr. Wilder (7) : STUMPER
18
Private eye ranks National League team (7) : PIRATES
19
Bogus, as a deed for a salt lake (4,3) : DEADSEA
20
Vex a New Testament beau (7) : GALLANT
21
Masked man's sidekick around Oregon city (7) : TORONTO
23
Sponge down in a prison (5) : CADGE
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