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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Oct 27, 2013 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
20-Down : Wild flower contains bit of nectar (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 71
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8 L | A | T | E | R | A | L | | 9 E | X | C | L | A | I | 10 M |
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11 V | I | E | T | N | A | M | | 12 E | M | I | R | A | T | E |
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13 P | A | S | T | E | | 14 T | R | 15 A | N | S | L | A | T | E |
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16 E | C | 17 C | E | 18 N | T | R | I | C | | 19 C | O | 20 V | E | T |
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21 E | R | R | A | N | D | 22 S | | 23 R | U | N | D | O | W | 24 N |
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25 S | E | N | A | T | O | R | | 26 A | V | O | C | E | T | S |
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© 2013, The New York Times
Across
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M. Ryan co-star providing occasion for celebration (12) :
THANKSGIVING8
Pass, after a while, nearly everyone (7) :
LATERAL9
Formerly quiet person swallows iodine to cry out (7) :
EXCLAIM11
Ex-G.I. taking one man back to war zone (7) :
VIETNAM12
Frost returned, consumed Dubai, e.g. (7) :
EMIRATE13
After Ecstasy, smack (5) :
PASTE14
Say in another language, "Red fringed with brown and gray" (9) :
TRANSLATE16
Curious Norse explorer casing about 10 mills (9) :
ECCENTRIC19
Lust after company old-timer (5) :
COVET21
Cockney worker inside messes up odd jobs (7) :
ERRANDS23
Recap baseball score and part of football game (7) :
RUNDOWN25
Boxer, for one, spilling no tears (7) :
SENATOR26
Birds flying to caves (7) :
AVOCETS27
Biased news source for a thousand and one in history (12) :
PROPAGANDIST
Down
1
Laughs two times during stories (7) :
TITTERS2
Set up a restricted stove (7) :
ARRANGE3
Measure residences, all but the first and last in good condition (9) :
KILOMETER4
V-formation fliers turn right 135 degrees (5) :
GEESE5
Casualties: Morrow, Reid and Rice (7) :
VICTIMS6
A bit of Indian music in rising falls (7) :
NIAGARA7
Eastern European heads of state legislate against vice (4) :
SLAV10
Actress, mother, member of the flock, holy woman (3,4) :
MAEWEST13
Doctor sees top female writer (7) :
POETESS15
Learn Cartesian transformation (9) :
ASCERTAIN17
Short correspondence about a medical examiner (7) :
CORONER18
Continuously operating between poles - a spinner (7) :
NONSTOP19
20
Wild flower contains bit of nectar (7) :
VIOLENT22
Season without using the fifth piece of parsley (5) :
SPRIG24
Reportedly recognizes part of the plane (4) :
NOSE
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