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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Oct 17, 1999 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
20-Down : Talked about one city in Washington (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 S | O | 2 L | V | 3 E | R | | 4 P | 5 A | R | 6 T | I | 7 S | A | 8 N |
U | | O | | V | | 9 S | | N | | R | | C | | E |
10 R | A | N | S | A | C | K | | 11 A | V | E | R | A | G | E |
P | | G | | P | | I | | R | | K | | R | | D |
12 R | E | T | R | O | S | P | E | C | T | | 13 A | L | A | S |
I | | O | | R | | | | H | | 14 M | | E | | |
15 S | U | N | L | A | M | 16 P | | 17 I | N | E | R | T | I | 18 A |
E | | | | T | | E | | S | | D | | | | F |
19 D | I | 20 S | C | E | R | N | | 21 T | R | I | D | 22 E | N | T |
| | P | | D | | T | | | | T | | N | | E |
23 I | R | O | N | | 24 F | A | T | 25 S | W | A | L | L | E | R |
R | | K | | 26 M | | N | | H | | T | | A | | W |
27 A | M | A | Z | I | N | G | | 28 E | R | I | T | R | E | A |
N | | N | | C | | L | | D | | O | | G | | R |
29 I | T | E | R | A | T | E | S | | 30 I | N | T | E | N | D |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
You cryptic lovers (6) :
SOLVER4
Quiet craftsman is prejudiced (8) :
PARTISAN10
Moved quickly to fire rifle (7) :
RANSACK11
12
Looking back, leader of community overwhelmed by violent protester (10) :
RETROSPECT13
"Too bad," a girl said (4) :
ALAS15
Boy reportedly left a British politician something found in a health club (7) :
SUNLAMP17
I foolishly retain disinclination to change (7) :
INERTIA19
Notice cinders in ruins (7) :
DISCERN21
Camping equipment includes free spear (7) :
TRIDENT23
Element number 26: iodine or (contrarily) nitrogen (4) :
IRON24
Jazz great composed "Waterfalls" (4,6) :
FATSWALLER27
Remarkable group of doctors with vitality (7) :
AMAZING28
African country's beriberi treatment center (7) :
ERITREA29
Repeats, i.e. treats anew (8) :
ITERATES30
Plan part of joint endeavor (6) :
INTEND
Down
1
Astonished knight greatly admired, we're told (9) :
SURPRISED2
Desire to gain ultimately more than a few pounds (4,3) :
LONGTON3
Turned up to lay the stones, gave a speech, and vanished (10) :
EVAPORATED5
A D.E.A. official busted this radical (9) :
ANARCHIST6
In Italy, three thousand make a long journey (4) :
TREK7
Red automobile left in lot (7) :
SCARLET8
Has to have massages by the ear (5) :
NEEDS9
Fail to mention captain (4) :
SKIP14
Contemplating alternative to a lawsuit takes time (10) :
MEDITATION16
Write story about no-good star (9) :
PENTANGLE18
Fat reward collected at a later time (9) :
AFTERWARD20
Talked about one city in Washington (7) :
SPOKANE22
General ordered increase (7) :
ENLARGE23
Mideasterner jogged before and after one (5) :
IRANI25
The woman would take off (4) :
SHED26
Mineral in Michigan and California (4) :
MICA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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