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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 19, 2004 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
7-Down : Theater consultants shot at eggs (11)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 73
| | 1 S | T | 2 A | G | 3 E | F | 4 R | I | 5 G | H | 6 T | | |
| | A | | R | | N | | E | | L | | O | | |
7 D | Y | N | A | M | I | C | | 8 A | N | A | G | R | A | 9 M |
R | | T | | A | | O | | L | | S | | N | | A |
10 A | W | A | R | D | | 11 R | E | I | N | S | T | A | L | L |
M | | N | | I | | E | | S | | | | D | | E |
12 A | V | A | I | L | E | D | | 13 T | I | 14 C | K | O | F | F |
T | | | | L | | | | | | A | | | | A |
15 U | P | 16 F | R | O | N | 17 T | | 18 C | O | M | E | 19 D | I | C |
R | | I | | | | I | | A | | P | | R | | T |
20 G | E | N | E | 21 A | U | T | R | Y | | 22 E | R | A | T | O |
E | | N | | R | | L | | U | | S | | F | | R |
23 S | T | I | M | U | L | I | | 24 S | H | I | I | T | E | S |
| | S | | B | | S | | E | | N | | E | | |
| | 25 H | E | A | R | T | H | S | T | O | N | E | | |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
Thespian's angst ruined the first gag (5,6) :
STAGEFRIGHT7
Exciting new CD in May (7) :
DYNAMIC8
An old horse-and-sheep mixture (7) :
ANAGRAM10
Bestow a prize on a city district (5) :
AWARD11
Put back in control before delay (9) :
REINSTALL12
A ski-town education was useful (7) :
AVAILED13
15
Frank prepared for punt (2-5) :
UPFRONT18
Company doc able to get some laughs (7) :
COMEDIC20
Singing cowboy's Vichy water taken by well-heeled folks (4,5) :
GENEAUTRY22
Opera tour features one of a Greek sorority (5) :
ERATO23
Spurs limit us when traveling (7) :
STIMULI24
Greeting in places for some Muslims (7) :
SHIITES25
Down
1
St. Nick embracing an electric guitarist (7) :
SANTANA2
A dollar I'm breaking for a Texan with plates? (9) :
ARMADILLO3
Called for more heart in finale (7) :
ENCORED4
Boxer in repose is a clear-thinking person (7) :
REALIST5
Face of Gibson girl in mirror (5) :
GLASS6
Strong wind pulled apart a hairstyle (7) :
TORNADO7
9
Wrongdoers failing among guys in a cast? (11) :
MALEFACTORS14
Latin-American laborer is changing companies (9) :
CAMPESINO16
Scandinavian terminal discussed (7) :
FINNISH17
Champion birdwatcher's record of songbirds? (7) :
TITLIST18
Small island employs wild horses (7) :
CAYUSES19
Vessel in Scottish river one conscripted (7) :
DRAFTEE21
Island leads in active rebellion under Bush administration (5) :
ARUBA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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