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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Aug 15, 2004 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

11-Across : Soprano instrument is too high (5)

Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
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© 2004, The New York Times
Across
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Yell about milky coffee, making a lot of noise (8) : CLATTERY
5
Teeming while hot (6) : ASWARM
9
Real money announced for comic strip writer (7) : TRUDEAU
10
Boy possessing drive becomes doctor (7) : SURGEON
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Soprano instrument is too high (5) : SHARP
12
Yell about conjunction with European (9) : HOLLANDER
13
Yell about Saint Elmo's first chicken (7) : ROASTER
15
Receive a bit of rhetoric at church (5) : CATCH
17
Iowa town houses 100, tops (5) : ACMES
18
Yell about witch painter (7) : CHAGALL
20
Yell about family lotion (4,5) : SKINCREAM
23
Your slight error (5) : THINE
25
Ode Pius reprinted in Greek (7) : OEDIPUS
26
Sincerely try at court, interrupting kiddie (2,5) : TOHEART
27
Rained crazily in Connecticut town (6) : DARIEN
28
Yell about private escorted to the exit (5,3) : SHOWNOUT
Down
1
Most attractive exam for copper? (6) : CUTEST
2
A massage on a Caribbean island (5) : ARUBA
3
Actors I caught in "The Bridges" (9) : THESPIANS
4
Crude collar discussed (5) : ROUGH
6
Ray is moving Jordan's neighbor (5) : SYRIA
7
Like short stories, can lead to novel (9) : ANECDOTAL
8
Sharon and Emily returned some holiday items (8) : MENORAHS
10
Sunny spots for a sailor at sea (7) : SOLARIA
13
Mnemonic device about a rest (9) : REMAINDER
14
Passes alien covered with bugs (7) : TICKETS
15
Food overwhelms vessels in artsy display (5,4) : CRAFTSHOW
16
Term said to a sentry in dad's jabber? (8) : PASSWORD
19
A group of six tsetse flies (6) : SESTET
21
Police overheard in thicket (5) : COPSE
22
Lighter Wimbledon event (5) : MATCH
24
State, "I had a laugh" (5) : IDAHO
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.

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