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John Forbes
NY Times, Sun, Feb 10, 2019 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
4-Down : Engineer takes CD, having fixed the deck? (7)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 O | R | 2 A | N | 3 G | E | 4 S | | 5 S | O | 6 L | D | 7 I | E | 8 R |
U | | O | | L | | T | | T | | A | | N | | E |
9 T | E | R | M | I | N | A | T | E | | 10 P | A | N | E | L |
P | | T | | S | | C | | R | | E | | K | | A |
11 L | E | A | S | T | | 12 K | I | N | D | L | I | E | S | T |
A | | | | E | | E | | E | | | | E | | E |
13 Y | E | 14 A | R | N | E | D | | 15 R | E | 16 C | I | P | E | S |
| | D | | E | | | | | | L | | E | | |
17 B | L | O | N | D | E | 18 S | | 19 D | I | A | G | R | A | 20 M |
U | | R | | | | L | | I | | M | | | | I |
21 C | H | A | N | 22 T | E | U | S | E | | 23 B | R | 24 A | I | N |
K | | T | | E | | M | | H | | A | | B | | D |
25 R | E | I | G | N | | 26 B | L | A | C | K | O | U | T | S |
A | | O | | E | | E | | R | | E | | S | | E |
27 M | O | N | I | T | O | R | | 28 D | E | S | S | E | R | T |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
Debut of oven with things for cooking fruit (7) :
ORANGES5
"Weld together houses," I grunt (7) :
SOLDIER9
Stop bug going around North America (9) :
TERMINATE10
Some keep an elaborate kind of truck (5) :
PANEL11
Minimal tips from lawyer even after successful trial (5) :
LEAST12
Most pleasant relatives listed in new order (9) :
KINDLIEST13
Wanted 52-week study to be over (7) :
YEARNED15
Unusually precise instructions (7) :
RECIPES17
Many Scandinavian women 007 has left with directions (7) :
BLONDES19
Picture that explains weight after help rejected (7) :
DIAGRAM21
U.N. teaches eccentric singer (9) :
CHANTEUSE23
Support popular seat of knowledge (5) :
BRAIN25
State drops rule (5) :
REIGN26
Power failures don't have to interrupt fights (9) :
BLACKOUTS27
Keep track of large lizard (7) :
MONITOR28
Pie or ice cream to leave in the mouth (7) :
DESSERT
Down
1
Perform better than Trump finally cutting expense (7) :
OUTPLAY2
Bloodline found in Kenya or Tanzania? (5) :
AORTA3
Guard paid attention, was brilliant (9) :
GLISTENED4
Engineer takes CD, having fixed the deck? (7) :
STACKED5
More serious renters having repairs done (7) :
STERNER6
Friend returns before the Spanish spot where one's name may be seen (5) :
LAPEL7
Hotelier near the center has a quick look the other way (9) :
INNKEEPER8
Tells story about Starbucks products -- not true (7) :
RELATES14
Love what is shared after a party (9) :
ADORATION16
Gets hard to control pet gatherings by the sea (9) :
CLAMBAKES17
N.B.A. and N.F.L. players combined material for a book (7) :
BUCKRAM18
Initially skipper logs rest (7) :
SLUMBER19
Very determined defense I heard collapsed (3-4) :
DIEHARD20
It mends poor attitude (4-3) :
MINDSET22
Principle whichever way you look at it (5) :
TENET24
Mistreat us when entering Lincoln (5) :
ABUSE
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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