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Gary Disch
NY Times, Sun, Nov 20, 2005 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1-Down : Control post office's meeting (10)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 P | O | 2 P | E | | 3 M | 4 I | N | 5 D | R | 6 E | A | 7 D | E | 8 R |
O | | R | | | | N | | I | | X | | A | | A |
9 S | K | I | R | 10 T | | 11 G | A | L | L | A | N | T | R | Y |
S | | N | | O | | O | | L | | M | | E | | S |
12 E | X | C | E | R | P | T | | 13 I | L | I | A | D | | |
S | | I | | S | | | | N | | N | | | | 14 P |
15 S | I | P | H | O | N | 16 I | N | G | | 17 E | N | 18 T | E | R |
I | | L | | | | N | | E | | | | R | | A |
19 O | V | E | R | 20 T | | 21 V | E | R | B | 22 O | S | I | T | Y |
N | | | | A | | E | | | | V | | M | | E |
| | 23 M | O | T | O | R | | 24 P | I | O | N | E | E | R |
25 A | | E | | T | | S | | E | | I | | S | | B |
26 M | E | D | A | L | L | I | O | N | | 27 D | I | T | T | O |
P | | I | | E | | O | | C | | | | E | | O |
28 S | C | A | T | S | I | N | G | E | R | | 29 T | R | E | K |
© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
See occupant: an English poet (4) :
POPE3
Psychic: "Damn! I erred badly!" (4,6) :
MINDREADER9
Go around ski resort's extremities (5) :
SKIRT11
Grant all-mixed club a noble-minded courtesy (9) :
GALLANTRY12
Not including end of chapter in sample of writing (7) :
EXCERPT13
Classic work I found before 51 A.D. (5) :
ILIAD15
Drawing: Seurat's and Ingres's first calling (9) :
SIPHONING17
Chief of combatants from Midway to go in (5) :
ENTER19
Cast vote about right to be open (5) :
OVERT21
Truth about Ms. Derek's talkativeness (9) :
VERBOSITY23
Back-room holds starter of turbine engine (5) :
MOTOR24
Individual in dock is early arrival (7) :
PIONEER26
Award for rehabilitating lamed African cat (9) :
MEDALLION27
Morse code unit to repeat (5) :
DITTO28
Improvisational act re-signs jazz vocalist (4,6) :
SCATSINGER29
Leaders of Teddy Roosevelt's extended Kenya safari (4) :
TREK
Down
1
2
4
Gin? Go to Central Bar (5) :
INGOT5
Notorious outlaw grilled in "stir" (9) :
DILLINGER6
Cut back on quarry survey (7) :
EXAMINE7
Courted?
out of fashion! (5) :
DATED8
Reportedly, increase in salary is light (4) :
RAYS10
Trunk has gnarled roots (5) :
TORSO14
Repay Brook somehow for religious article (6,4) :
PRAYERBOOK16
18
Mix-up: remit rest in a few months (9) :
TRIMESTER20
Tells stories about Tom Thumb, initially (7) :
TATTLES22
O (nothing) is egg-shaped (5) :
OVOID23
Comedians, at heart, are means of communication (5) :
MEDIA24
Coins: 50% pengos and 1/2 cent (5) :
PENCE25
Revised maps to be current (4) :
AMPS
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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