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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Jul 10, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

20-Across : Polish image for a point of no return (7)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2011, The New York Times

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Across
1
Minor scrape with some redeploying combatants (6,5) : MARINECORPS
7
Commercial's beginning after detective movie (3) : PIC
9
Fussily adorn border between two pages (5) : PRIMP
10
Jogger grabbing a rest (9) : REMAINDER
11
Dee and I even now concentrate (7) : DISTILL
12
Young lady I sign for NASA project (7) : GALILEO
13
John Lennon's first two discs (3) : LOO
14
Providers of some wood dinner dishes for the Swedish Nightingale? (6,5) : LINDENTREES
16
It wets pal, or splatters? (5,6) : WATERPISTOL
19
Odd characters presented by prose writer (3) : POE
20
Polish image for a point of no return (7) : RUBICON
22
Seen from the side, Pacino in his more advanced period? (7) : LATERAL
23
Someone who can't stay out of the conversation but can go downhill fast (9) : BUTTINSKI
25
Time to deny oneself love deliberately (5) : LENTO
27
Desire money (3) : YEN
28
Only form of sustenance to eat in the evening between fish and wine (4,7) : SOLESUPPORT
Down
1
Mother ship's ultimate guide on a trek (3) : MAP
2
Busted in a stupor with water pipe (9) : RAINSPOUT
3
Mixed up Latin in a wedding (7) : NUPTIAL
4
Guy from a Frankish line trolling Christmas songs with John in Scotland (11) : CAROLINGIAN
5
Sheep run in the morning (3) : RAM
6
Pan's group holding off (7) : SKILLET
7
Diamonds in ring for the foot (5) : PEDAL
8
Eastern bloc developed a form of metal (6,5) : CARBONSTEEL
11
Sensible bachelor enters stall for Eastern seaboard feature (8,3) : DELAWAREBAY
12
Peasant girl wandering where buffalo roamed (5,6) : GREATPLAINS
15
Language spanning empires, per Antony (9) : ESPERANTO
17
Transported skier around northern Colorado mountains (7) : ROCKIES
18
Spell it wrong, creating spill (3,4) : LETSLIP
21
Prohibition about to stick (5) : BATON
24
Answer is what we all circle (3) : SOL
26
Bagel next to muffin material (3) : OAT
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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