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John Ewbank
NY Times, Sun, Sep 04, 2022 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
16-Across : Arachnid cut tip from piece of wood (4)
Author:
John Ewbank
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 75
| 1 K | I | 2 S | S | 3 A | N | 4 D | M | 5 A | K | 6 E | U | 7 P | |
| A | | A | | M | | R | | M | | P | | I | |
8 S | T | E | M | | 9 E | G | O | M | A | N | I | A | C | |
| E | | B | | R | | U | | S | | C | | | |
10 S | W | E | A | R | I | N | G | | 11 S | H | E | R | 12 P | A |
| I | | | | C | | H | | | | N | | O | |
13 A | N | T | 14 I | M | A | T | T | E | 15 R | | 16 T | I | C | K |
| S | | N | | N | | | | E | | E | | K | |
17 G | L | A | D | | 18 O | U | 19 T | O | F | O | R | D | E | R |
| E | | U | | | | O | | U | | | | T | |
20 S | T | R | E | A | 21 M | | 22 P | A | S | T | 23 R | A | M | I |
| | | T | | O | | S | | E | | E | | O | |
| 24 A | N | I | M | A | T | I | O | N | | 25 H | U | N | T |
| R | | M | | N | | D | | I | | A | | E | |
| 26 C | H | E | S | A | P | E | A | K | E | B | A | Y | |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
1
Rock band, plus what they're known for, become reconciled (4,3,4,2) :
KISSANDMAKEUP8
Check part of a flower (4) :
STEM9
Arrogant individual's come again, unfortunately (9) :
EGOMANIAC10
Promising musical ability found in style of jazz (8) :
SWEARING11
Phrase composed for mountain guide (6) :
SHERPA13
A chat about tiny boy's mysterious substance (10) :
ANTIMATTER16
Arachnid cut tip from piece of wood (4) :
TICK17
Pleased forest clearing isn't finished (4) :
GLAD18
Like an anagram that's not working? (3,2,5) :
OUTOFORDER20
Vapor covers mouth of really small river (6) :
STREAM22
Some minimarts apparently recalled smoked beef (8) :
PASTRAMI24
I'm featuring in a country's cartoon (9) :
ANIMATION25
Pursue barbarian close to Detroit (4) :
HUNT26
Revolutionary's with a top auctioneer that's on the East Coast? (10,3) :
CHESAPEAKEBAY
Down
1
Hollywood star tweets a link incorrectly (4,7) :
KATEWINSLET2
Beginning to study a degree - dance (5) :
SAMBA3
Maria once ordered black coffee (9) :
AMERICANO4
Had rough time concealing dry spell (7) :
DROUGHT5
Bring together a church service (5) :
AMASS6
Heroic to go into area that's shaking? (9) :
EPICENTER7
Photo - one found in computer (3) :
PIC12
Regular financial support kept economy moving (6,5) :
POCKETMONEY14
Trendy piece of music I'm beginning to enjoy, eventually (2,3,4) :
INDUETIME15
Rubbish relatives raised rebellious person (9) :
REFUSENIK19
Deposit criminal up on deck (7) :
TOPSIDE21
Complain over a Disney movie (5) :
MOANA23
Smoke a herb? Not here! (5) :
REHAB24
Bow of rescue boat, reportedly (3) :
ARC
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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