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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, 06, 1997

26-Across : Temporary solution about truck stealing (10)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
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© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
Canyon white-water ride includes England's foremost thespian (6,4) : GEORGERAFT
6
Light run around the track - about 1/4 mile (4) : LAMP
9
One's room is surrounded by many odds and ends (10) : MISCELLANY
10
Holes in one traveling case (4) : ACES
11
Movie star, you might say, cut by himself? (3,8) : SLYSTALLONE
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Surrounded and absorbed by the sound (7) : WRAPPED
16
"Fire goes out, sweets" (7) : CANDIES
17
Showering like a king or queen, reportedly (7) : RAINING
19
Act proud about alien youngster (7) : PRETEEN
20
In "M*A*S*H," a sitcom, Ingrid asks for trouble? (3,2,6) : HASITCOMING
23
Thor's chief love: thunder (4) : ODIN
24
Help donkey with one attitude (10) : ASSISTANCE
25
Still tied (4) : EVEN
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Temporary solution about truck stealing (10) : BRIGANDAGE
Down
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Hunted animals unable to walk steadily (4) : GAME
2
Mountain climbing, like so (4) : OSSA
3
Makeup for players in pageantries unfolding? (11) : GREASEPAINT
4
Passed Ivy League school set up in fall color (7) : RELAYED
5
Blow cool air on a jerk overly zealous (7) : FANATIC
7
Hermits trashed chain store (10) : ANCHORITES
8
Having what happens in musical westerns? (10) : POSSESSING
12
What libraries do on acquiring #8 author (3,8) : LENDEIGHTON
13
Trained earthworms in college (10) : SWARTHMORE
14
Actress in a hit serial bombed (5,5) : TALIASHIRE
18
Gee, Ross on "ER" is more disgusting (7) : GROSSER
19
Marrying the old man I need at the altar (7) : PAIRING
21
Kincaid's partly Native American (4) : INCA
22
Present Her Majesty's heart (4) : HERE
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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