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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, May 03, 2020 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
18-Across : First in line of succession broadcast a mother or father over the sound waves (4,8)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
1 H | A | 2 R | E | 3 M | | 4 R | O | 5 W | H | 6 O | U | 7 S | E | 8 S |
A | | A | | A | | U | | O | | A | | E | | E |
9 B | O | R | E | D | O | M | | 10 R | O | S | E | T | T | A |
I | | E | | A | | B | | S | | T | | S | | H |
11 T | E | L | E | G | R | A | P | H | | | 12 O | S | L | O |
S | | Y | | A | | | | I | | 13 B | | A | | R |
| | | 14 A | S | T | 15 R | O | P | H | Y | S | I | C | S |
16 P | | 17 M | | C | | E | | E | | A | | L | | E |
18 H | E | I | R | A | P | P | A | R | E | N | T | | | |
E | | D | | R | | R | | | | Y | | 19 A | | 20 C |
21 A | I | N | T | | | 22 O | P | 23 T | O | M | E | T | R | Y |
S | | I | | 24 E | | D | | A | | E | | S | | C |
25 A | N | G | E | L | O | U | | 26 S | P | A | N | I | E | L |
N | | H | | L | | C | | E | | N | | G | | I |
27 T | O | T | H | E | R | E | A | R | | 28 S | O | N | I | C |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
New York neighborhood lacking large ladies' room? (5) :
HAREM4
Connected living spaces, which people found in stirs (3,6) :
ROWHOUSES9
Cause of yawns from messy bedroom (7) :
BOREDOM10
Rotates misshapen stone used as a key (7) :
ROSETTA11
Old means of communication is great help, surprisingly (9) :
TELEGRAPH12
Flying solo with European capital (4) :
OSLO14
Like some editors' notes about prize for far-out subject? (12) :
ASTROPHYSICS18
First in line of succession broadcast a mother or father over the sound waves (4,8) :
HEIRAPPARENT21
Topless holy person isn't informal? (4) :
AINT22
Operation: attempt hiding in my view or field of vision? (9) :
OPTOMETRY25
Orange loungewear camouflages poet (7) :
ANGELOU26
Sales pitch involving one dog (7) :
SPANIEL27
Kid, that woman's musical talent is back (2,3,4) :
TOTHEREAR28
Like some waves from eccentric icons (5) :
SONIC
Down
1
Reaction to jokes, shticks and routines (6) :
HABITS2
Dorm supervisor in front of bank hardly ever (6) :
RARELY3
African nation angered by a Tesla alternative (10) :
MADAGASCAR4
Dance for some Bacardi -- a couple of Bacardis (5) :
RUMBA5
6
First off, heat oven (4) :
OAST7
Seal sits on the rocks or leaves the pier (4,4) :
SETSSAIL8
Listening, notice raspy upright swimmer (3,5) :
SEAHORSE13
The slightest amount holds back my dissent, in even the slightest way (2,3,5) :
BYANYMEANS15
Have children arrange procedure (9) :
REPRODUCE16
Farmworker eats hot poultry (8) :
PHEASANT17
19
Character on Twitter demolished Giants (2,4) :
ATSIGN20
During emergency, cliché is repeated over and over (6) :
CYCLIC23
Weird stare is a shocking thing (5) :
TASER24
Magazine that can be read backward or forward (4) :
ELLE
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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