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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Jun 27, 2010 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
9-Across : Erect an exotic stage again (7)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 S | U | 2 C | C | 3 U | L | 4 E | N | 5 T | | 6 M | O | 7 P | E | 8 D |
H | | R | | P | | X | | A | | A | | R | | I |
9 R | E | E | N | A | C | T | | 10 L | E | T | T | E | R | S |
U | | E | | N | | O | | I | | E | | V | | O |
11 B | I | P | E | D | A | L | I | S | M | | 12 V | E | R | B |
| | I | | A | | S | | M | | 13 A | | N | | E |
14 G | O | N | E | B | Y | | 15 B | A | N | D | I | T | R | Y |
I | | | | O | | 16 D | | N | | A | | | | E |
17 F | E | 18 A | T | U | R | E | S | | 19 A | M | U | 20 S | E | D |
T | | T | | T | | F | | 21 P | | A | | A | | |
22 H | E | R | A | | 23 M | I | S | H | A | N | D | L | E | 24 S |
O | | I | | 25 C | | A | | R | | D | | E | | I |
26 R | E | F | R | A | I | N | | 27 A | R | E | A | R | U | G |
S | | L | | N | | C | | S | | V | | N | | H |
28 E | V | E | R | T | | 29 E | V | E | N | E | D | O | U | T |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Vacuum you loaned to an auditor is full of juice (9) :
SUCCULENT6
Was brooding for bike with an engine (5) :
MOPED9
Erect an exotic stage again (7) :
REENACT10
11
Bad imp lies about a human trait (10) :
BIPEDALISM12
Somewhat overbroad, its literal meaning is "word" (4) :
VERB14
Passed Spanish painter almost outside Nebraska (4,2) :
GONEBY15
Mob I prosecute for plundering (8) :
BANDITRY17
19
Uninitiated French author/editor is tickled (6) :
AMUSED22
That woman's a goddess (4) :
HERA23
Ineffectively deals with topless Pennsylvania people and the French (10) :
MISHANDLES26
Hold back part of a song (7) :
REFRAIN27
Throw back during summer month (4,3) :
AREARUG28
Overthrow champion tennis player (5) :
EVERT29
To Ed, venue change eventually went smoothly (6,3) :
EVENEDOUT
Down
1
Brush off gardener's concern (5) :
SHRUB2
Enter secretly with Canadian Indian piece of jewelry (5,2) :
CREEPIN3
Active university fight around cute "bear" (2,3,5) :
UPANDABOUT4
Former doctor lost honors (6) :
EXTOLS5
Capitalism anywhere has charm (8) :
TALISMAN6
Breed's winning move (4) :
MATE7
Thwart spin doctoring incident (7) :
PREVENT8
Didn't listen to Diana's doctor during childbirth and watched closely (9) :
DISOBEYED13
In Chad, a man developed earliest figures (4,3,3) :
ADAMANDEVE14
Uncanny foresight? Accept it without question (4,5) :
GIFTHORSE16
Delaware intended insubordination (8) :
DEFIANCE18
Near shooter, somewhat (1,6) :
ATRIFLE20
New Orleans is a city inhabited by Italians (7) :
SALERNO21
Meandering Sherpa is articulate (6) :
PHRASE24
View subpoena in hearing (5) :
SIGHT25
Lacks the power to tilt (4) :
CANT
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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