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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun Jun 11, 2023 Cryptic Crossword
25-Across : Biden cabinet member's object of ridicule by one soldier, for example (9)
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 G | R | 2 E | A | 3 T | A | 4 P | E | 5 S | | 6 F | E | 7 R | A | 8 L |
O | | A | | O | | E | | W | | R | | E | | O |
9 T | A | S | E | R | | 10 R | A | I | S | E | C | A | I | N |
A | | T | | C | | J | | P | | E | | D | | D |
11 T | R | E | E | H | O | U | S | E | | 12 L | A | S | S | O |
| | R | | | | R | | | | A | | | | N |
13 P | R | E | O | 14 P | | 15 O | R | 16 D | I | N | A | 17 N | C | E |
O | | G | | A | | U | | I | | C | | O | | R |
18 O | R | G | A | N | I | S | T | S | | 19 E | U | R | O | S |
L | | | | T | | | | L | | | | M | | |
20 T | O | 21 R | T | S | | 22 B | O | O | M | 23 E | R | A | N | 24 G |
A | | O | | U | | L | | D | | G | | J | | E |
25 B | U | T | T | I | G | I | E | G | | 26 R | E | E | V | E |
L | | O | | T | | M | | E | | E | | A | | S |
27 E | A | R | L | S | | 28 P | A | S | T | T | E | N | S | E |
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
Gorillas and such bite into fruit (5,4) :
GREATAPES6
Like Tarzan, at first, suffer a loss, in part (5) :
FERAL9
Exchange rates for law enforcement equipment (5) :
TASER10
Canaries I mistreated cause an uproar (5,4) :
RAISECAIN11
Three nuts with zero use for a place for kids to play (9) :
TREEHOUSE12
Rope in young woman with a hug (5) :
LASSO13
Get ready to inhale oxygen before surgery (3-2) :
PREOP15
Artillery contains iodine - it's a law (9) :
ORDINANCE18
Heart, for example, sits around with musicians on Sunday (9) :
ORGANISTS19
Money contributes to neurosis (5) :
EUROS20
It's said that some bakery goodies are grounds for legal action (5) :
TORTS22
Come back to express displeasure with pie filling, you say? (9) :
BOOMERANG25
Biden cabinet member's object of ridicule by one soldier, for example (9) :
BUTTIGIEG26
Teller of a tale about a biblical woman (5) :
REEVE27
Noblemen removing first of cultured gems (5) :
EARLS28
Bought or sold, perhaps, some bills hidden in cheap jewelry (4,5) :
PASTTENSE
Down
1
Reached a Monopoly square with an indelible mark (3,2) :
GOTAT2
Wrongly segregate a treat from a bunny (6,3) :
EASTEREGG3
Light embedded in semiconductor chip (5) :
TORCH4
Lying under oath: new analysis of O.J. pursuer (9) :
PERJUROUS5
Take credit card action (5) :
SWIPE6
Self-employed in Old World land, catching fish (9) :
FREELANCE7
Tries for a part in orchestra section in audition (5) :
READS8
Urban Brits, unsociable types, embrace mob boss (9) :
LONDONERS13
Group of bettors set aside a rec room fixture (4,5) :
POOLTABLE14
Hillary Clinton is seen in these [gasp!] court cases (9) :
PANTSUITS16
Removes ducks circling half of island (9) :
DISLODGES17
Originally, Marilyn's not-quite-typical cutoff Levi's (5,4) :
NORMAJEAN21
It goes around, up and down (5) :
ROTOR22
Military leader spotted in radar image of airship (5) :
BLIMP23
Losing head, feel sorry for bird (5) :
EGRET24
Pete Seeger going back to capture waterfowl (5) :
GEESE
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.
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