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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun Oct 1, 2023 Cryptic Crossword
3-Down : Desire new T-shirt (6)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
The enumeration for 9-Across should probably be (4,5).
1 W | R | 2 E | S | 3 T | | 4 C | A | 5 T | A | 6 T | O | 7 N | I | 8 C |
A | | T | | H | | O | | E | | O | | A | | A |
9 T | E | E | N | I | D | O | L | S | | 10 W | O | M | E | N |
E | | R | | R | | R | | T | | H | | A | | N |
11 R | I | N | G | S | I | D | E | | 12 Y | E | A | S | T | Y |
S | | A | | T | | I | | 13 P | | A | | T | | |
14 H | E | L | L | | 15 I | N | G | R | E | D | I | E | N | 16 T |
E | | | | 17 I | | A | | I | | S | | | | E |
18 D | O | 19 M | I | N | A | T | I | O | N | | 20 A | 21 B | B | A |
| | A | | E | | E | | R | | 22 H | | R | | C |
23 G | A | L | O | R | E | | 24 D | E | V | I | L | I | S | H |
I | | A | | T | | 25 D | | S | | J | | O | | E |
26 A | X | I | N | G | | 27 I | N | S | T | A | N | C | E | S |
N | | S | | A | | V | | E | | C | | H | | T |
28 T | H | E | O | S | C | A | R | S | | 29 K | E | E | L | S |
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
Extract remainder loudly (5) :
WREST4
Unresponsive pet placed in front of a refreshing drink (9) :
CATATONIC9
Deletions confused young stars (9) :
TEENIDOLS10
Misses west sign (5) :
WOMEN11
Residing awfully close to the action (8) :
RINGSIDE12
Indeed, messy place is full of excitement (6) :
YEASTY14
That guy's going to hot spot (4) :
HELL15
Apparently in turning red, I entertained a constituent (10) :
INGREDIENT18
20
Rhyme scheme for popular singing group (4) :
ABBA23
Al Gore, surprisingly, is all over the place (6) :
GALORE24
Nefarious and sinful to spread gossip (8) :
DEVILISH26
Getting rid of a crossing (5) :
AXING27
28
Kojak leaves a mark on big Hollywood event (3,6) :
THEOSCARS29
Recalled smooth ship parts (5) :
KEELS
Down
1
Designs she drew at major turning point (9) :
WATERSHED2
Going on and on outside after losing unknown quantity (7) :
ETERNAL3
Desire new T-shirt (6) :
THIRST4
5
Second half of shortest trial (4) :
TEST6
7
Nathan embraces mother's Hindu greeting (7) :
NAMASTE8
Sharp, like a container? (5) :
CANNY13
Some nuns from Brazilian city described by Irons (10) :
PRIORESSES16
Trains Eliot leaves in wooden boxes (3,6) :
TEACHESTS17
Noble thing ingrates trashed (5,3) :
INERTGAS19
Lethargy article is penned by fellow (7) :
MALAISE21
Figure in a beret goes after zest for life with French bread (7) :
BRIOCHE22
Rob's greeting to Benny (6) :
HIJACK23
Huge soldier and small soldier (5) :
GIANT25
Star with an attitude is eager to return (4) :
DIVA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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