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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun Oct 27, 2024 Cryptic Crossword

14-Down : Picking up garbage, one noticed part of a bomb (9)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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R
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P
R
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A
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D
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U
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M
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D
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© 2024, The New York Times
Across
1
Sales agent to get up and do it again (7) : REPRISE
5
Nothing to share in speech (7) : ORATION
9
Wise man pocketing broken relic - a blasphemous act (9) : SACRILEGE
10
Statement of faith: "Carmine is in Colorado" (5) : CREDO
11
Offensive military attack captures Southern state (6) : RANCID
12
Ordinary bear beside a road (8) : STANDARD
13
Nameless criminal mastermind in the thick of things (9) : MIDSTREAM
16
Irritable publishing V.I.P., heartless fellow (4) : EDGY
18
Recalled street overdose ... (4) : DOTS
19
Popular males' social media site (9) : INSTAGRAM
22
A German holy man, a German genius (8) : EINSTEIN
23
Bean or Eliot coming back to take a walk (6) : STROLL
26
Old saw (5) : DATED
27
Second letter, an "A" perhaps (9) : ALTERNATE
28
Hurried back with grade report (7) : NARRATE
29
Spell "lire" incorrectly the night before Christmas (7) : RELIEVE
Down
1
Sort out strange British platform (7) : ROSTRUM
2
Contents of frappe: candy, praline morsel (5) : PECAN
3
Begin a statement about a lunchroom? (8) : INITIATE
4
Like seventy, or a factor of it (4) : EVEN
5
Tiebreakers/x? (9) : OVERTIMES
6
Climb like Penny (6) : ASCENT
7
I malign, in speech, a member of the Althing (9) : ICELANDER
8
Nearly nobody - lawyer and jurymen, essentially around 12 (7) : NOONDAY
14
Picking up garbage, one noticed part of a bomb (9) : DETONATOR
15
Cheer about one-minute ban (9) : ELIMINATE
17
Reportedly got a D on an exam about the country (8) : PASTORAL
18
Doc Savage needs a place in Germany (7) : DRESDEN
20
Set-up admitted by fellow Mediterranean islander (7) : MALTESE
21
Returning to help at southern sports venues (6) : STADIA
24
Some Native Americans love herb (5) : OSAGE
25
Celebrity almost completely bare (4) : STAR
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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