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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Sep 19, 2010 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
18-Across : Fraternity symbol, sign and map left incomplete (5)
Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
1 R | E | 2 P | A | 3 T | R | 4 I | A | 5 T | E | | 6 A | 7 C | I | 8 D |
I | | A | | O | | R | | A | | | | H | | O |
9 S | H | R | U | G | | 10 A | N | C | H | 11 O | V | I | E | S |
O | | K | | E | | T | | K | | V | | C | | I |
12 T | O | A | S | T | E | E | | 13 L | E | E | W | A | R | D |
T | | | | H | | | | E | | R | | G | | O |
14 O | L | 15 I | V | E | D | 16 R | A | B | | 17 B | R | O | W | S |
| | N | | R | | A | | O | | A | | A | | |
18 S | I | G | M | A | | 19 M | A | X | P | L | A | N | C | 20 K |
O | | E | | G | | B | | | | A | | | | I |
21 F | A | N | M | A | I | L | | 22 L | I | N | E | 23 M | A | N |
A | | E | | I | | E | | L | | C | | A | | D |
24 B | E | R | I | N | G | S | E | A | | 25 I | D | Y | L | L |
E | | A | | | | O | | M | | N | | O | | E |
26 D | O | L | E | | 27 E | N | D | A | N | G | E | R | E | D |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Tea Partier cracked, "Go back to your own country" (10) :
REPATRIATE6
Biting a hand holding the first piece of cake (4) :
ACID9
Quiet carpet with raised shoulders (5) :
SHRUG10
Schiavone mixed up pizza toppings (9) :
ANCHOVIES12
Recipient of a tribute to a tailless horse (7) :
TOASTEE13
Pull fish back in a nautical direction (7) :
LEEWARD14
Poet with bad blood type returned Army material (5,4) :
OLIVEDRAB17
Endlessly shop without buying arches (5) :
BROWS18
Fraternity symbol, sign and map left incomplete (5) :
SIGMA19
Apple computer's board in conversation with a quantum theory proponent (3,6) :
MAXPLANCK21
Letter from an admirer with cooler armor (3,4) :
FANMAIL22
Football player mom dressed in sheets (7) :
LINEMAN24
New era begins in part of the North Pacific (6,3) :
BERINGSEA25
Pastoral poem not doing much for listeners (5) :
IDYLL26
Opponent of Clinton's welfare system (4) :
DOLE27
Down
1
Nuts to stir with egg and grains in an Italian style (7) :
RISOTTO2
Temporarily leave a jacket for cold weather (5) :
PARKA3
Reunited what a woman's financial planner wants? (8,5) :
TOGETHERAGAIN4
After losing the lead, National Leaguer is furious (5) :
IRATE5
Knock down and punch a fisherman's companion (6,3) :
TACKLEBOX7
Stylish in the past, an urban Prairie Stater (9) :
CHICAGOAN8
Square dance figures I inserted between Spanish couples? (2-2-3) :
DOSIDOS11
A bracing novel oddly needing to be straightened (13) :
OVERBALANCING15
Range line shifted, as a rule (2,7) :
INGENERAL16
Ron, taking walks, tells stories rather aimlessly (7,2) :
RAMBLESON18
Beads of plastic in convertible (4,3) :
SOFABED20
22
Andes native in gorilla mask (5) :
LLAMA23
Might, or a position of power (5) :
MAYOR
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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