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Bob Stigger
NY Times, Sun, Sep 06, 2009 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
16-Across : Rejoiced in ode girl translated (7)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
| 1 S | 2 T | O | 3 O | L | 4 P | I | 5 G | E | 6 O | N | 7 S | | |
| | R | | I | | R | | A | | F | | C | | 8 E |
9 B | R | A | I | N | I | E | S | T | | 10 F | R | E | O | N |
O | | C | | K | | V | | E | | E | | N | | T |
11 W | A | Y | S | I | D | E | | 12 S | A | N | T | A | N | A |
L | | | | N | | N | | | | D | | R | | N |
13 I | N | 14 S | I | G | H | T | | 15 P | U | S | H | I | N | G |
N | | P | | | | E | | U | | | | O | | L |
16 G | L | O | R | 17 I | E | D | | 18 R | I | 19 P | O | S | T | E |
A | | R | | C | | | | C | | A | | | | M |
20 L | I | T | H | E | S | 21 T | | 22 H | O | S | T | 23 A | G | E |
L | | S | | B | | E | | A | | S | | B | | N |
24 E | M | C | E | E | | 25 N | O | S | E | A | B | O | U | T |
Y | | A | | R | | E | | E | | I | | D | | |
| | 26 R | A | G | S | T | O | R | I | C | H | E | S | |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
They might sing gospel soon - it is fantastic (5,7) :
STOOLPIGEONS9
Brightest leader in backwater beyond Rainier? (9) :
BRAINIEST10
Semi-freeze on ozone-depleting gas (5) :
FREON11
I'd say we trashed the area adjacent to a road (7) :
WAYSIDE12
Rock band Nirvana's outside chasing fat guy on the roof? (7) :
SANTANA13
Perception of hotel grounds, according to reports (7) :
INSIGHT15
Boxer grabs front of the leg, pressing (7) :
PUSHING16
Rejoiced in ode girl translated (7) :
GLORIED18
Snappy comeback from spite or hurt (7) :
RIPOSTE20
Most flexible article carried in catalog (7) :
LITHEST22
Captive's ID hidden in socks (7) :
HOSTAGE24
Dorothy's aunt announced view: "Johnny Carson was a great one" (5) :
EMCEE25
Investigate refusal before naval battle (4,5) :
NOSEABOUT26
"Carrie's Ghost" worked like a Horatio Alger tale (4-2-6) :
RAGSTORICHES
Down
2
True blue comic book detective (5) :
TRACY3
Zoo in Kingston suppresses animal sounds (7) :
OINKING4
Publicity happening, editor is blocked (9) :
PREVENTED5
Bill from Microsoft firm - one grand - is retracted (5) :
GATES6
Insults not working with linemen (7) :
OFFENDS7
8
Point of view fellows initially took following ear nose and throat complication (12) :
ENTANGLEMENT9
Dish in ship's kitchen where turkeys and spares might be found? (7,5) :
BOWLINGALLEY14
Auto shipping facility's gripped by near-panic? (6,3) :
SPORTSCAR15
Kitty's utterance about quest for a buyer (9) :
PURCHASER17
Passage from Candice Bergen's "Nemesis of the Titanic" (7) :
ICEBERG19
Spy agency's dupe turned up in a New Jersey town (7) :
PASSAIC21
Belief company's abandoning tenement (5) :
TENET23
A forecast for housing (5) :
ABODE
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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