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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jun 22, 2003 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
17-Across : Ring the writer left before running errand (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 N | O | 2 V | I | 3 C | E | | 4 D | 5 I | A | 6 G | N | 7 O | S | 8 E |
O | | A | | O | | 9 A | | N | | O | | R | | V |
10 R | U | N | D | O | W | N | | 11 T | O | R | N | A | D | O |
T | | I | | P | | T | | E | | E | | T | | K |
12 H | A | L | L | E | B | E | R | R | Y | | 13 V | I | L | E |
E | | L | | R | | | | P | | 14 T | | O | | |
15 A | D | A | M | A | N | 16 T | | 17 L | A | R | D | N | E | 18 R |
S | | | | T | | R | | A | | A | | | | E |
19 T | H | 20 O | R | E | A | U | | 21 Y | A | N | K | 22 E | E | S |
| | P | | D | | M | | | | S | | N | | I |
23 P | A | T | H | | 24 A | P | P | 25 R | O | A | C | H | E | S |
A | | I | | 26 E | | E | | E | | C | | A | | T |
27 R | A | M | P | A | N | T | | 28 A | N | T | E | N | N | A |
I | | U | | R | | E | | R | | E | | C | | N |
29 S | E | M | I | N | A | R | Y | | 30 A | D | V | E | N | T |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
Rookie reformer's goal (6) :
NOVICE4
Read the signs in San Diego at random (8) :
DIAGNOSE10
11
Twister ripped bustle (7) :
TORNADO12
Herb really could be an Oscar winner (5,5) :
HALLEBERRY13
Wickedly evil! (4) :
VILE15
Uncompromising fellow in reverse flourish (7) :
ADAMANT17
Ring the writer left before running errand (7) :
LARDNER19
Essayist and poet are rudely interrupting you (7) :
THOREAU21
Returning to look for no Americans (7) :
YANKEES23
Top athletics: boxing, track (4) :
PATH24
Cowboy, e.g., captured by Indians comes closer (10) :
APPROACHES27
28
Insect queen retracted feeler (7) :
ANTENNA29
Special school is near my base (8) :
SEMINARY30
Commercial opening for period before Christmas (6) :
ADVENT
Down
1
Street follows another strange direction (9) :
NORTHEAST2
Mexican bandit eating one kind of bean (7) :
VANILLA3
Caskmaker and a Kennedy worked together (10) :
COOPERATED5
Liberal party line: give-and-take (9) :
INTERPLAY6
Pierce, a man who was vice president (4) :
GORE7
Formal speech or a note planned (7) :
ORATION8
Call up the night before about fine (5) :
EVOKE9
Penny, perhaps, is mountain-climbing (4) :
ANTE14
Answer in pamphlet editor negotiated (10) :
TRANSACTED16
More honest about army cop and French horn player (9) :
TRUMPETER18
Stubborn, nasty stain in part that's left (9) :
RESISTANT20
Best to pick one flower (7) :
OPTIMUM22
Two points he can possibly strengthen (7) :
ENHANCE23
Norm is a Trojan prince (5) :
PARIS25
Bring up what is sometimes brought up (4) :
REAR26
Long after the first win (4) :
EARN
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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