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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Sep 15, 2013 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
16-Across : Appropriate first words from Ezra? (7)
Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
| | 1 P | A | 2 T | O | 3 N | T | 4 H | E | 5 B | A | 6 C | K | |
7 S | | R | | R | | I | | O | | A | | O | | |
8 T | O | O | L | O | N | G | | 9 M | A | R | I | N | E | 10 S |
A | | V | | U | | H | | E | | O | | Q | | T |
11 T | I | E | R | S | | 12 T | A | R | A | N | T | U | L | A |
I | | I | | S | | I | | I | | | | E | | R |
13 S | O | T | H | E | R | E | | 14 C | A | 15 B | A | R | E | T |
T | | | | A | | | | | | E | | | | I |
16 I | M | 17 P | O | U | N | 18 D | | 19 S | W | A | N | 20 S | O | N |
C | | U | | | | R | | W | | R | | P | | G |
21 I | N | T | E | 22 G | R | A | T | E | | 23 S | T | A | L | L |
A | | O | | A | | F | | L | | D | | N | | I |
24 N | A | N | O | B | O | T | | 25 L | A | O | T | I | A | N |
| | T | | O | | E | | U | | W | | S | | E |
| 26 C | O | U | N | T | E | R | P | U | N | C | H | | |
© 2013, The New York Times
Across
1
Beach tank top getting mixed appreciation (3,2,3,4) :
PATONTHEBACK8
Overly protracted repast's ending with tea (3,4) :
TOOLONG9
Horses carrying in armed forces (7) :
MARINES11
Stadium sections, for crying out loud (5) :
TIERS12
13
Alcoholic present that'll show you (2,5) :
SOTHERE14
Stripped inside of hipster nightclub (7) :
CABARET16
Appropriate first words from Ezra? (7) :
IMPOUND19
Classic frozen-food company's ultimate work left unfinished (7) :
SWANSON21
23
Place for cattle to buy some time (5) :
STALL24
No tab on improved tiny self-propelled device (7) :
NANOBOT25
Asian ballad: "Sea Sounds" (7) :
LAOTIAN26
Knock back party beverage in the kitchen? (12) :
COUNTERPUNCH
Down
1
Bats tip over - this I've gotta see to believe (5,2) :
PROVEIT2
Something a bride has heard right - twice (9) :
TROUSSEAU3
Lingerie item approaching formal wear (7) :
NIGHTIE4
Grand in scale, like a grand slam? (7) :
HOMERIC5
Peer for egg in farm building (5) :
BARON6
Beat head-banger on the ears? (7) :
CONQUER7
Number cruncher standing with Italian artist in conversation (12) :
STATISTICIAN10
A marked beginning for fresh rising talent (8,4) :
STARTINGLINE15
Concentrates the fluffiness of teddies? (5,4) :
BEARSDOWN17
Advise about what the Lone Ranger said to his skunk-sprayed sidekick? (3,2,2) :
PUTONTO18
One called Fred ate bananas (7) :
DRAFTEE19
Dine, eating proficiently - and get fat (5,2) :
SWELLUP20
Bridge is high school elective (7) :
SPANISH22
Some vagabonds land in Africa (5) :
GABON
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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