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Mike Selinker
NY Times, Sun, Oct 29, 2000 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
17-Down : Is Yoko, with Jagger, almost equal? (8)
Author:
Mike Selinker
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 63
1 W | A | 2 R | P | 3 L | A | 4 N | E | 5 S | | 6 K | A | 7 R | A | 8 T |
E | | E | | A | | O | | A | | A | | H | | H |
9 L | O | S | E | R | | 10 T | O | T | E | M | P | O | L | E |
L | | T | | V | | C | | I | | A | | D | | M |
| 11 B | R | E | A | T | H | I | N | G | S | P | A | C | E |
12 P | | I | | | | I | | Y | | U | | | | S |
13 R | E | C | R | 14 E | A | N | T | | | 15 T | A | 16 B | O | O |
E | | T | | N | | G | | 17 I | | R | | R | | N |
18 A | S | S | E | T | | | 19 E | S | C | A | P | I | N | G |
C | | | | R | | 20 F | | O | | | | Q | | S |
21 H | A | 22 R | L | E | Q | U | I | N | E | 23 S | Q | U | E | |
I | | E | | C | | T | | O | | T | | E | | 24 W |
25 E | A | R | T | H | W | O | R | M | | 26 A | L | T | E | R |
S | | U | | A | | N | | I | | L | | T | | I |
27 T | E | N | E | T | | 28 S | I | C | K | L | I | E | S | T |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
6
Measurement in Ankara, Turkey (5) :
KARAT9
Chump botched roles (5) :
LOSER10
Post that's sacred to mosque embedded with ring (5,4) :
TOTEMPOLE11
Endlessly break article's speed to provide a respite (9,5) :
BREATHINGSPACE13
15
Not allowed to hit back two balls? (5) :
TABOO18
Oaklanders ready property (5) :
ASSET19
Getting out "Lost in Space" for kids (8) :
ESCAPING21
Cheer about large horses, which to Latinos is comic (14) :
HARLEQUINESQUE25
26
Mondale lacks capital, correct? (5) :
ALTER27
"X" an alien? You'd better believe it! (5) :
TENET28
Reaper clutches one saint that's least healthy (9) :
SICKLIEST
Down
1
Vigorous spring (4) :
WELL2
Limits stops around two New England states (9) :
RESTRICTS3
It crawls right into molten rock (5) :
LARVA4
Making a mark on a "C" in cipher (8) :
NOTCHING5
Small and a little sleek (6) :
SATINY6
Book from India's king a hodgepodge of traumas (4,5) :
KAMASUTRA7
Reportedly was on a 70's show (5) :
RHODA8
The atomic particles possessing gravity -- they're heard again and again (5,5) :
THEMESONGS12
Most moralistic clergyman consumes a pop (10) :
PREACHIEST14
16
Quiet Bert cooked barbecue item (9) :
BRIQUETTE17
Is Yoko, with Jagger, almost equal? (8) :
ISONOMIC20
Beds in opening of Fisk University lots (6) :
FUTONS22
Again show part of "Murderer Unknown" (5) :
RERUN23
24
Order humorist to accept Republican (4) :
WRIT
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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