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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 03, 2006 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
22-Down : Hot food that sounds like it's cold (5)
Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 69
| | 1 I | N | 2 T | I | 3 M | I | 4 D | A | 5 T | I | 6 O | N | |
7 B | | N | | R | | E | | A | | O | | A | | 8 N |
9 R | O | D | E | O | | 10 A | N | T | I | P | A | S | T | O |
U | | E | | L | | N | | E | | B | | I | | R |
11 T | I | N | K | L | I | N | G | | 12 W | A | R | S | A | W |
U | | T | | | | E | | | | N | | | | A |
13 S | N | U | G | 14 G | E | S | T | | 15 W | A | V | 16 E | R | Y |
| | R | | E | | S | | 17 F | | N | | C | | |
18 B | O | E | I | N | G | | 19 C | L | E | A | N | O | U | 20 T |
R | | | | E | | | | O | | | | N | | I |
21 A | C | 22 C | O | R | D | | 23 S | O | U | 24 P | C | O | N | S |
I | | H | | A | | 25 D | | R | | I | | M | | S |
26 S | H | I | N | T | O | I | S | M | | 27 A | D | I | E | U |
E | | L | | E | | S | | A | | N | | C | | E |
| 28 V | I | N | D | I | C | A | T | I | O | N | S | | |
© 2006, The New York Times
Across
1
9
Went on burro's back in Wild West show (5) :
RODEO10
One clue concerning what you may eat in a trattoria (9) :
ANTIPASTO11
True hint for the sound of chimes (8) :
TINKLING12
After fighting, visited Polish hub (6) :
WARSAW13
Most comfortable hint about Beethoven's Ninth (8) :
SNUGGEST15
Washington — quite unsteady (6) :
WAVERY18
Aircraft company's existence requiring oxygen (6) :
BOEING19
Completely empty, with not a clue cracked (5,3) :
CLEANOUT21
Harmony with a C string (6) :
ACCORD23
Hints, of course, by jailbirds (8) :
SOUPCONS26
Small clue: love is man's primary spiritual practice (9) :
SHINTOISM27
Stop wearing gold for so long (5) :
ADIEU28
Down
1
Service contract for one new set of teeth (9) :
INDENTURE2
3
Caught in muddle, Elizabeth I's mother displays malice (8) :
MEANNESS4
5
Show's biggest star to lead a grandma (3,6) :
TOPBANANA6
Saharan refuge with nothing unchanged (5) :
OASIS7
Old Roman bus straddling rut (6) :
BRUTUS8
Land awry on ground (6) :
NORWAY14
Hollywood's Mr. Wilder judged and produced (9) :
GENERATED16
Study of Adam Smith's coin comes unglued (9) :
ECONOMICS17
Farm tool revamped for car accessory (5,3) :
FLOORMAT18
Cook imitates a donkey for your listening pleasure? (6) :
BRAISE20
Thin paper for Times's first edition (6) :
TISSUE22
Hot food that sounds like it's cold (5) :
CHILI24
88 keys in thespian organization (5) :
PIANO25
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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