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Henry Hook
NY Times, Sun, Jul 09, 2000 CRUSHWORD
26-Across : Five-pointed sea creature (8)
Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 10, Columns: 10, Words: 54, Blocks: 26
Notepad: This puzzle is solved like a regular crossword, except that each box will be filled with two or more letters (as in ILL/US/TRAT/ION). Exactly how the letters of an answer are distributed among the boxes is for you to determine.
1 SA | 2 WIN | 3 TO | 4 BAS | 5 IN | 6 MI | 7 CA |
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8 FE | STO | ONS | 9 KET | CH | 10 UP | 11 RA | NON |
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12 LY | NCH | 13 PAR | RY | 14 HOL | 15 LA | NDA | ISE |
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16 UR | 17 GEN | TLY | 18 JU | ST | INE | ||||
19 LA | CH | ESIS | 20 STA | GG | ERING | 21 VE | 22 STA |
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23 ST | ILL | 24 FOU | ND | LING | 25 CA | RNA | TIONS |
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26 STA | RF | ISH | 27 HOR | RIB | LE | ||||
28 TH | 29 ERM | ID | OR | 30 ANTO | NIN | 31 QU | 32 ART |
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33 ER | IN | 34 TY | 35 RAN | NY | 36 STE | IN | ER |
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37 MOS | ES | 38 GER | MS | 39 EP | OX | IES |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
Predicted, as the future (3,4) : SAWINTO
4
Place for a boat club (5) : BASIN
6
Laminate mineral (4) : MICA
8
Gaily decorates (8) : FESTOONS
9
McDonald's packet (7) : KETCHUP
11
Wouldn't shut up (3,2) : RANON
12
String up (5) : LYNCH
13
Foil with a foil? (5) : PARRY
14
Sauce for eggs Benedict (11) : HOLLANDAISE
16
How emergency messages are delivered (8) : URGENTLY
18
Marquis de Sade work (7) : JUSTINE
19
One of the Fates of Greek myth (8) : LACHESIS
20
Extremely large (10) : STAGGERING
21
Short friction match (5) : VESTA
23
Unmoving (5) : STILL
24
Abandoned infant (9) : FOUNDLING
25
Flowers awarded at the Belmont Stakes (10) : CARNATIONS
26
Five-pointed sea creature (8) : STARFISH
27
Ghastly (8) : HORRIBLE
28
Eleventh month of the French Revolutionary calendar (9) : THERMIDOR
30
Composer Dvorak (7) : ANTONIN
31
Milk purchase (5) : QUART
33
Julia Roberts film "___ Brockovich" (4) : ERIN
34
"Taxation without representation" (7) : TYRANNY
36
"Gone With the Wind" music composer Max ___ (7) : STEINER
37
He made a parting gesture (5) : MOSES
38
Illness causes (5) : GERMS
39
Strong adhesives (7) : EPOXIES
Down
1
Without causing an accident (6) : SAFELY
2
One of 1945's Big Three (7,9) : WINSTONCHURCHILL
3
Elmer Fudd and others (5) : TOONS
4
Weaver's work (8) : BASKETRY
5
Ruler division (4) : INCH
6
Prospero's daughter (7) : MIRANDA
7
Bestow sainthood on, in England (8) : CANONISE
10
Chairperson's job? (12) : UPHOLSTERING
13
Somewhat (6) : PARTLY
15
"Mule Train" singer Frankie (5) : LAINE
17
Start of the Bible (7) : GENESIS
18
Circus clown's skill, often (8) : JUGGLING
19
Survive (4) : LAST
20
Miles from England to the Colonies? (8) : STANDISH
21
March 21 or thereabouts (6,7) : VERNALEQUINOX
22
Broadcasting venues (8) : STATIONS
24
Short race, informally (4-5) : FOURFORTY
25
Antillean tribesman (5) : CARIB
26
Conservative (5) : STAID
27
Interrupt, with "on" (4,2) : HORNIN
28
Hot coffee holder (7) : THERMOS
29
Winter weasels (7) : ERMINES
30
They'll never be the same (8) : ANTONYMS
32
Major thoroughfares (8) : ARTERIES
35
Park Service employee (6) : RANGER
36
Clifflike (5) : STEEP
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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