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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Feb 21, 2010 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

3-Down : Cell door admits me (6)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 66
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© 2010, The New York Times
Across
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Sequence of words wears on the ears (6) : PHRASE
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After starters, courteous cry for dessert (3,5) : ICECREAM
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How "Aura Lee" is pronounced? (6) : ORALLY
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Fuel lying around Pennsylvania (7) : PROPANE
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Tarantino snarled, "%$#@!" (9) : TARNATION
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Carry on large merry-go-round (8) : CAROUSEL
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On a pig diet, at first (6) : ABOARD
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New pistons mesh in Homeric saga? (3,8) : THESIMPSONS
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Two of the Spaniards vow at the altar and dance in a square (2-2-2) : DOSIDO
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Set of records failed at recombining (4,4) : DATAFILE
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Pare m.p.h. back in blackout condition? (4,5) : DEEPSLEEP
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Green pellets bug farm worker (7) : PEASANT
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Setback for a musician in entering "Rent" (3,3) : TINEAR
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Three articles (mom hated one) (8) : ANATHEMA
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Overheard a freckly tribe member (6) : APACHE
Down
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Party recalled in two-star comedy (9) : DEMOCRATS
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"Precious" certainly kept in step (9) : TREASURED
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Cell door admits me (6) : GAMETE
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Leader of Persia (shah's land) owns snappy fish (8) : PIRANHAS
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Kin share when catching train in Chi (8) : RELATION
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Guy's name for what better observers do aloud? (7) : SEYMOUR
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Rascal behaved as though hit (8) : IMPACTED
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Where Davy fell and Ed turned in (1,2,4) : ALAMODE
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French emperor is aloof, wearing off-white (9) : BONAPARTE
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Like Captain Hook's men, says Hook at first? (9) : ASPIRATES
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Loss of faculty upset dean I met (8) : DEMENTIA
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The guy's sudden fear of Latin America (8) : HISPANIC
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Very close friend to Samuel Wilder (4,4) : SOULMATE
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Dance on steep ground (3-4) : ONESTEP
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Tag on some cheap pen drawings (6) : APPEND
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