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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 27, 1998 Cryptic Crossword
4-Down : Very brief anagram: "What, no dessert?" (5,3,5)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
1 P | A | 2 R | A | 3 D | I | 4 S | E | | 5 P | 6 A | W | 7 P | A | 8 W |
O | | E | | I | | H | | | | S | | A | | E |
9 P | I | C | A | S | S | O | | 10 A | B | S | O | L | V | E |
L | | L | | C | | R | | T | | A | | O | | K |
11 A | T | A | L | L | | 12 T | O | T | E | M | P | O | L | E |
R | | I | | O | | A | | H | | | | K | | N |
| | 13 M | I | S | U | N | D | E | R | 14 S | T | A | N | D |
15 T | | | | E | | D | | S | | K | | | | S |
16 R | E | 17 F | O | R | E | S | T | A | T | I | O | 18 N | | |
I | | A | | | | W | | M | | P | | O | | 19 A |
20 A | L | L | A | 21 B | R | E | V | E | | 22 L | O | T | U | S |
S | | L | | U | | E | | T | | A | | A | | W |
23 S | P | O | T | L | I | T | | 24 I | G | N | O | B | L | E |
I | | F | | G | | | | M | | E | | L | | L |
25 C | O | F | F | E | R | | 26 S | E | A | S | H | E | L | L |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
Heaven is being among people marching down the street (8) :
PARADISE5
Fruit bearer with two hands? (6) :
PAWPAW9
10
Bev also might give pardon (7) :
ABSOLVE11
Article hard to believe in any way (2,3) :
ATALL12
Northwestern carving to rate with the French (5,4) :
TOTEMPOLE13
16
20
Clever balladeer pens the reverse of 2/2 time (4,5) :
ALLABREVE22
Share with us a dream-inducing fruit (5) :
LOTUS23
Amid schism, Old Testament is given prominence (7) :
SPOTLIT24
Bananas belong, I mean (7) :
IGNOBLE25
The sound of a flu-afflicted person's chest (6) :
COFFER26
Beach article to peddle around a female (8) :
SEASHELL
Down
1
Wood appealing to people with no heart (6) :
POPLAR2
Get back Miracle Spread (7) :
RECLAIM3
4
6
Part of India is like Houston (5) :
ASSAM7
Daddy, get a load of this--a clumsy oaf (7) :
PALOOKA8
Little Kenny Dee's days off (8) :
WEEKENDS10
Simultaneously churning, emit steam heat (2,3,4,4) :
ATTHESAMETIME14
Some aircraft overlook routes (9) :
SKIPLANES15
Period of crisis at Mobile (8) :
TRIASSIC17
Seen in relief, all of France's decline (4,3) :
FALLOFF18
Somebody who's well-known, and inept (7) :
NOTABLE19
In addition, a puff (2,4) :
ASWELL21
Stick out a blown bugle (5) :
BULGE
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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