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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Jan 19, 2014 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
15-Down : Presidential nickname improves on "Bill" and "George," ultimately (6,3)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 63
1 E | I | 2 G | H | 3 T | H | 4 S | | 5 F | R | 6 E | C | 7 K | L | 8 E |
L | | I | | E | | T | | O | | M | | N | | A |
9 L | O | G | I | N | | 10 R | O | W | D | I | N | E | S | S |
I | | A | | E | | A | | L | | L | | A | | I |
11 P | O | N | Y | T | A | I | L | | 12 L | Y | N | D | O | N |
S | | T | | | | G | | 13 P | | P | | S | | G |
14 E | D | I | T | 15 H | W | H | A | R | T | O | N | | | |
S | | C | | O | | T | | O | | S | | 16 D | | 17 U |
| | | 18 I | N | T | E | R | M | I | T | T | E | N | T |
19 U | | 20 S | | E | | N | | E | | | | V | | A |
21 N | E | W | I | S | H | | 22 S | T | A | 23 N | D | I | S | H |
E | | O | | T | | 24 M | | H | | A | | L | | A |
25 V | E | R | S | A | T | I | L | E | | 26 R | E | D | I | G |
E | | D | | B | | N | | U | | C | | O | | E |
27 N | O | S | W | E | A | T | | 28 S | L | O | E | G | I | N |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
Medley of highest octaves (7) :
EIGHTHS5
Wolf recklessly traps Spot (7) :
FRECKLE9
Go online and observe card game (3,2) :
LOGIN10
Line and curve describing noise and noisy behavior (9) :
ROWDINESS11
Alternative to a bun is assortment of pita only (8) :
PONYTAIL12
Affair hidden by Redgrave and Johnson (6) :
LYNDON14
Editor I impede has hit on female author (5,7) :
EDITHWHARTON18
21
He wins awfully pretty novel (6) :
NEWISH22
Like a policy of a Mayflower Pilgrim? (8) :
STANDISH25
Relative's convertible serving more than one purpose (9) :
VERSATILE26
Make a new hole in outfit worn by Sullivan (5) :
REDIG27
We sat on messy piece of cake (2,5) :
NOSWEAT28
Legions destroyed sweet liqueur (4,3) :
SLOEGIN
Down
1
In retrospect, look around coastline disaster for signs of something missing (8) :
ELLIPSES2
3
Conviction that's reversible (5) :
TENET4
5
Bird is offensive, vocally (4) :
FOWL6
Authority on proper behavior employs it artfully (5,4) :
EMILYPOST7
Must have heard of massages (6) :
KNEADS8
Moderating end of debate with a squeal (6) :
EASING13
In myth, he provided fire for me and America (10) :
PROMETHEUS15
Presidential nickname improves on "Bill" and "George," ultimately (6,3) :
HONESTABE16
17
Someone from a western state embraces mature stage actress (3,5) :
UTAHAGEN19
Campbell entering U.N.? That's odd (6) :
UNEVEN20
Saber and scimitar - they come after R in the dictionary (6) :
SWORDS23
Undercover agent is negative about missile's path (5) :
NARCO24
Make money a shade of green (4) :
MINT
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.
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