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Ali Gascoigne
Ali Gascoigne

NY Times, Sun, Nov 28, 2021 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

14-Down : Some claret ordered for those who have just arrived? (10)

Author:
Ali Gascoigne
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2021, The New York Times
Across
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Pay at the start to get on section of website (4) : PAGE
3
Drunk blacked out a lot (10) : BUCKETLOAD
10
Writers getting a drink somewhere in Florida (9) : PENSACOLA
11
Remove piece from inside lunar module (5) : UNARM
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Enthusiastic Republican taking a call on the phone (6) : RARING
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Endlessly hoping for relief from pain (7) : ASPIRIN
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Cookout involving seafood and meat coated in something sweet (8) : CLAMBAKE
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Furniture that bulges in odd places (5) : TABLE
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Father has informal agreement to settle debts (3,2) : PAYUP
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Listening device provided by old lawman that is extremely comfortable (8) : EARPIECE
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Hot sauce improving nearly all bad tacos (7) : TABASCO
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Empty charger is - on more than one occasion - an emergency (6) : CRISIS
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Kindness is the first marker of generous people (5) : GRACE
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Clear, single fee introduced by former partner (9) : EXONERATE
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Family member awkwardly tries to follow dance moves (10) : STEPSISTER
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Item in film archive is genuine, we're told (4) : REEL
Down
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Money pooled to acquire standard Warhol pieces, for example (3,3) : POPART
2
As a rule, army chief left before end of ceremony (9) : GENERALLY
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To finish with, you should go downtown for Japanese food (4) : UDON
5
A research facility in Korea treated small marsupials (5,5) : KOALABEARS
6
Loudly proclaim that, in the end, alcohol leads to stroke (7) : TRUMPET
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Excerpt from Austrian opera, coming up live! (2,3) : ONAIR
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Game for which no demo is released (8) : DOMINOES
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Parent in England drinks a good new bottle of Champagne (6) : MAGNUM
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Some claret ordered for those who have just arrived? (10) : LATECOMERS
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Key N.F.L. players have speed (9) : BACKSPACE
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Going round public school, a guest somehow steals the limelight (8) : UPSTAGES
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Have search parties start to search! (7) : POSSESS
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One Shakespearean king's uprising somewhere in the Middle East (6) : ISRAEL
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At the outset, all's peachy, too (2,4) : ASWELL
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World-weary Liberal besieged by core political supporters (5) : BLASE
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Deal taking place in Mexico, perhaps (4) : COPE
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