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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Sep 21, 1997 Cryptic Crossword

5-Across : Like a Mideasterner returning 101 clocks (7)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
Talk about pole following track event (7) : DISCUSS
5
Like a Mideasterner returning 101 clocks (7) : SEMITIC
9
Conservative, steady ­- and President (9) : CLEVELAND
10
End of long, unproductive harvest (5) : GLEAN
11
All ten wild with anger (6) : ENTIRE
12
Soldier, taking measure, employs brains (8) : GENIUSES
13
Sight pâté, nuts, pasta (9) : SPAGHETTI
16
The second half of Sofia's country song (4) : ARIA
18
Loudly criticized "Spellbound" (4) : RAPT
19
Obstinate detective possibly had edge (9) : PIGHEADED
22
One allowed to interrupt Conservative from Cologne, e.g. (8) : TOILETRY
23
Set of clothes for topless lover (6) : SUITOR
26
Escaped, for example, to the West Mountains (5) : RANGE
27
A target we bombed: a Washington landmark (9) : WATERGATE
28
Novelist said to be dull fellow (7) : DREISER
29
Shoots holes in puzzles (7) : RIDDLES
Down
1
English title of the French board game (7) : DUCHESS
2
Work with metal fish (5) : SMELT
3
Discovers rock near huts (8) : UNEARTHS
4
Insult friends from the South (4) : SLAP
5
Mistakenly adds nine thousand dollars, causing grief (9) : SADDENING
6
Strange game involving Greek character and bird (6) : MAGPIE
7
Cherished today's tip concerning a certain Democrat (9) : TREASURED
8
Kind of rummy group of actors holding an audition initially (7) : CANASTA
14
I can toss in a Macintosh computer, perhaps (9) : APPLIANCE
15
First-rate toy sketcher (3-6) : TOPDRAWER
17
Needed 24 sheets in crimson (8) : REQUIRED
18
Went to bed bored again? (7) : RETIRED
20
Shades in more than one family room concealing place of refuge (7) : DARKENS
21
Fights yours truly over what's left of the wine (6) : MELEES
24
Bearing right, follow path (5) : TRAIL
25
Lead vermin uprising (4) : STAR
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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