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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Jun 14, 2009 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
12-Across : Doctor, conservative, reversed disease affecting trees (3,3)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 59
1 F | L | 2 A | T | 3 T | E | 4 R | | 5 D | O | 6 O | R | 7 D | I | 8 E |
O | | L | | H | | A | | O | | V | | E | | G |
9 R | I | F | L | E | | 10 M | O | V | I | E | S | T | A | R |
T | | R | | I | | S | | E | | R | | E | | E |
11 U | N | E | A | R | T | H | S | | 12 D | R | Y | R | O | T |
N | | D | | S | | A | | 13 F | | I | | M | | |
14 A | S | H | Y | | 15 A | C | C | O | M | P | L | I | S | 16 H |
T | | I | | 17 T | | K | | R | | E | | N | | I |
18 E | N | T | H | R | A | L | L | E | D | | 19 P | A | C | T |
| | C | | A | | E | | R | | 20 S | | T | | P |
21 I | C | H | I | N | G | | 22 S | U | B | P | O | E | N | A |
N | | C | | S | | 23 L | | N | | I | | N | | R |
24 A | D | O | R | A | T | I | O | N | | 25 T | H | E | T | A |
P | | C | | C | | M | | E | | U | | S | | D |
26 T | A | K | E | T | E | N | | 27 R | I | P | O | S | T | E |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
Become less effervescent (7) :
FLATTER5
Extremely desperate, the German pursues entry (2-2-3) :
DOORDIE9
Steal from crooked flier (5) :
RIFLE10
Famous film actor from Missouri competes with sailor (5,4) :
MOVIESTAR11
12
Doctor, conservative, reversed disease affecting trees (3,3) :
DRYROT14
A quail that's gray (4) :
ASHY15
18
19
Settlement wrapped up in a hearing (4) :
PACT21
Timeless yearning for old philosophical text (1,5) :
ICHING22
Order to produce cooked bean soup (8) :
SUBPOENA24
Love commercial and love allowance (9) :
ADORATION25
Greek character at the ruins (5) :
THETA26
Rest a little and catch some rays, having won $1,000 and a summer in France (4,3) :
TAKETEN27
Pie orts dirtied counter (7) :
RIPOSTE
Down
1
Lucky specialty: catching fish (9) :
FORTUNATE2
Director from Florida upset and embarrassed by difficulty with rooster (6,9) :
ALFREDHITCHCOCK3
They collect money and what belongs to them (6) :
THEIRS4
Bertram's hack left pens in terrible condition (10) :
RAMSHACKLE5
Dropped peace sign (4) :
DOVE6
Near-rotten doctor I reprove (8) :
OVERRIPE7
8
Feel sorry for decapitated bird (5) :
EGRET13
Father is more entertaining around two hospital areas (10) :
FORERUNNER16
Popular songs blasted apartheid (3,6) :
HITPARADE17
Execute secretive government group infiltrating piece of land (8) :
TRANSACT20
Have a meal, swallowing seed, and regurgitate (4,2) :
SPITUP21
To sleep in that thing is not suitable (5) :
INAPT23
Describe shell of lima bean (4) :
LIMN
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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