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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Apr 23, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

28-Across : Red C is a mixed drink (7)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Family row - one cause of grayness (7) : LINEAGE
5
Stay in the sack, drunk (7) : BLASTED
9
Carmine brought back fake pistol (9) : DERRINGER
10
Attack where the movie is being made (5) : ONSET
11
Police manage to capture old deliverer (6) : ICEMAN
12
Sit down, come down, tie down (8) : RESTRAIN
13
Olympian carrying ancient red flower (9) : GOLDENROD
16
Father is one who says "aah" audibly (4) : SIRE
18
Over five hundred on Ecstasy (4) : DONE
19
Ascertain, with difficulty, like a branch of philosophy (9) : CARTESIAN
22
Disdain new part-time employee in bed (8) : CONTEMPT
23
Frog sound heard by you and me is a sign of spring (6) : CROCUS
26
Feel bad about topless wader (5) : EGRET
27
I, for one, continue on the outskirts, say (9) : PRONOUNCE
28
Red C is a mixed drink (7) : SIDECAR
29
Withdraw additional cent (7) : EXTRACT
Down
1
Low-grade alcohol in log cabin, perhaps (7) : LODGING
2
Scandinavian right in front of plane (5) : NORSE
3
Shakes marbles around the thing (8) : AGITATES
4
Cockney's shrubbery border (4) : EDGE
5
Trade involving football player/tapster (9) : BARTENDER
6
A soldier holds out rodent (6) : AGOUTI
7
Oddly onanistic conductor (9) : TOSCANINI
8
Relaxing of tensions made ten tense, in part (7) : DETENTE
14
Learning about the capital of Delaware - it's now St. Petersburg (9) : LENINGRAD
15
New price, one for each thin material (4,5) : RICEPAPER
17
After everything else, prepare for another battle on Love Street (8) : REARMOST
18
English title of the French board game (7) : DUCHESS
20
Developing one upset over smell (7) : NASCENT
21
Dirty comic's opening after the start of the third trimester (6) : SEPTIC
24
Mother leaving Macon, Georgia, dance (5) : CONGA
25
Total, they say, but not all (4) : SOME
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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