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Rosalie Moscovitch
NY Times, Sun, Sep 28, 2014 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1-Across : Pastry chef picks up empty cup (6)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 B | E | 2 A | K | 3 E | R | | 4 J | 5 E | T | 6 T | I | 7 S | O | 8 N |
O | | P | | X | | | | D | | A | | I | | U |
9 A | M | A | Z | E | | 10 A | L | I | E | N | A | T | E | D |
S | | R | | T | | P | | T | | T | | A | | I |
11 T | E | T | H | E | R | E | D | | 12 A | R | A | R | A | T |
I | | M | | R | | R | | 13 B | | U | | | | Y |
14 N | O | E | L | | 15 S | T | R | E | A | M | E | 16 R | | |
G | | N | | 17 S | | U | | A | | S | | E | | 18 P |
| | 19 T | O | W | E | R | I | N | G | | 20 A | B | E | L |
21 G | | | | A | | E | | B | | 22 M | | O | | A |
23 R | E | 24 G | A | L | E | | 25 M | A | H | O | G | A | N | Y |
A | | A | | L | | 26 T | | G | | B | | R | | M |
27 D | I | P | L | O | M | A | T | S | | 28 I | N | D | I | A |
E | | E | | W | | X | | | | L | | E | | T |
29 A | S | S | A | S | S | I | N | | 30 P | E | D | D | L | E |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
Pastry chef picks up empty cup (6) :
BEAKER4
Plane is operating around top of the ditch (8) :
JETTISON9
Wow, a labyrinth! (5) :
AMAZE10
Turned away a claim by a newspaper worker (9) :
ALIENATED11
Sen. Cruz has a number tied up (8) :
TETHERED12
Fear a rattlesnake circling a mountain (6) :
ARARAT14
Christmas, Trotsky returned (4) :
NOEL15
19
Very high cuckoo tore wing (8) :
TOWERING20
Adam's son qualified, they say (4) :
ABEL23
Delight in bringing back English beer (6) :
REGALE25
Mother, don't share any wood (8) :
MAHOGANY27
Tactful folks decline to look at rugs (9) :
DIPLOMATS28
Person elected to help backward country (5) :
INDIA29
Offer for two donkeys at home? (8) :
ASSASSIN30
Sell speaker's bicycle (6) :
PEDDLE
Down
1
Bragging about snake bite (8) :
BOASTING2
Suite worker has to leave with me (9) :
APARTMENT3
Mentioned someone leaving Devon city (6) :
EXETER5
Revise liquid diet (4) :
EDIT6
Brown pair of trousers, originally manufactured in America, fits (8) :
TANTRUMS7
Singer is returning instrument (5) :
SITAR8
Untidy jerks in birthday suits (6) :
NUDITY10
Hole a copier repaired, true? (8) :
APERTURE13
Asks about a sports organization showing some seats (8) :
BEANBAGS16
Confederate soldier adored traveling, got back on ship (9) :
REBOARDED17
18
Put down mat in gym class for companion (8) :
PLAYMATE21
Best feature of Viagra deal (5,1) :
GRADEA22
Moving around Alabama port (6) :
MOBILE24
Yawns, turning pages (5) :
GAPES26
Surcharge on one cab (4) :
TAXI
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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