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Mike Selinker
Mike Selinker

NY Times, Sun, Oct 29, 2000 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

7-Down : Reportedly was on a 70's show (5)

Author:
Mike Selinker
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 63
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© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
F-111's bend paths (9) : WARPLANES
6
Measurement in Ankara, Turkey (5) : KARAT
9
Chump botched roles (5) : LOSER
10
Post that's sacred to mosque embedded with ring (5,4) : TOTEMPOLE
11
Endlessly break article's speed to provide a respite (9,5) : BREATHINGSPACE
13
Coward thrashed canterer (8) : RECREANT
15
Not allowed to hit back two balls? (5) : TABOO
18
Oaklanders ready property (5) : ASSET
19
Getting out "Lost in Space" for kids (8) : ESCAPING
21
Cheer about large horses, which to Latinos is comic (14) : HARLEQUINESQUE
25
Burrower damaged the marrow (9) : EARTHWORM
26
Mondale lacks capital, correct? (5) : ALTER
27
"X" an alien? You'd better believe it! (5) : TENET
28
Reaper clutches one saint that's least healthy (9) : SICKLIEST
Down
1
Vigorous spring (4) : WELL
2
Limits stops around two New England states (9) : RESTRICTS
3
It crawls right into molten rock (5) : LARVA
4
Making a mark on a "C" in cipher (8) : NOTCHING
5
Small and a little sleek (6) : SATINY
6
Book from India's king a hodgepodge of traumas (4,5) : KAMASUTRA
7
Reportedly was on a 70's show (5) : RHODA
8
The atomic particles possessing gravity -- they're heard again and again (5,5) : THEMESONGS
12
Most moralistic clergyman consumes a pop (10) : PREACHIEST
14
Leap up to beg around church (9) : ENTRECHAT
16
Quiet Bert cooked barbecue item (9) : BRIQUETTE
17
Is Yoko, with Jagger, almost equal? (8) : ISONOMIC
20
Beds in opening of Fisk University lots (6) : FUTONS
22
Again show part of "Murderer Unknown" (5) : RERUN
23
Booth delay (5) : STALL
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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