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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Feb 26, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
3-Down : Part of a submarine taking in tugboat, say (7,5)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
1 M | A | 2 I | N | 3 C | L | 4 A | U | 5 S | E | | 6 P | 7 E | R | 8 M |
E | | D | | O | | S | | N | | | | A | | I |
9 M | E | L | A | N | E | S | I | A | N | | 10 A | S | I | S |
E | | E | | N | | A | | R | | 11 S | | Y | | T |
| | | 12 F | I | D | D | L | E | D | E | E | D | E | E |
13 A | | 14 E | | N | | | | D | | C | | O | | R |
15 N | A | V | I | G | A | 16 T | O | R | | 17 O | D | E | U | M |
E | | E | | T | | H | | U | | N | | S | | I |
18 S | A | N | Y | O | | 19 R | A | M | A | D | A | I | N | N |
T | | N | | W | | E | | | | P | | T | | G |
20 H | O | U | S | E | P | A | I | 21 N | T | E | R | | | |
E | | M | | R | | D | | A | | R | | 22 G | | 23 W |
24 T | U | B | A | | 25 N | I | G | H | T | S | H | A | D | E |
I | | E | | | | N | | U | | O | | G | | T |
26 C | A | R | P | | 27 E | G | O | M | A | N | I | A | C | S |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Features of a lion articulated in part of a sentence (4,6) :
MAINCLAUSE6
Do in Superman (4) :
PERM9
Wild animal seen inhabiting a Pacific island region (10) :
MELANESIAN10
A family member warts and all (2,2) :
ASIS12
Filed out of order, with some letters haphazardly repeating nonsense (12) :
FIDDLEDEEDEE15
Lunatic raving to a member of a crew (9) :
NAVIGATOR17
Old Greek venue for performing verse well (5) :
ODEUM18
Whatever gets invested in right Japanese company (5) :
SANYO19
Hotel chain popular amid holy month (6,3) :
RAMADAINN20
This European disturbed someone putting on a coat? (5,7) :
HOUSEPAINTER24
Back, except for a member of a brass band (4) :
TUBA25
26
27
Casino game rigged for selfish people (10) :
EGOMANIACS
Down
1
What an excited kid in class might call a viral web phenomenon (4) :
MEME2
According to hearsay, big star is not working (4) :
IDLE3
Part of a submarine taking in tugboat, say (7,5) :
CONNINGTOWER4
Syrian strongman equally down in the dumps (5) :
ASSAD5
Item in a kit refreshed underarms (5,4) :
SNAREDRUM7
Be careful with that new seaside toy (4,4,2) :
EASYDOESIT8
Putting the wrong label on Mr. Gordon's foe in "Flash Gordon" (10) :
MISTERMING11
13
What's stupefying in airplanes: the tickets (10) :
ANESTHETIC14
16
Half of that Pennsylvania railroad passing carefully (9) :
THREADING21
Old Testament book not available by drone (5) :
NAHUM22
Prevent the free speech of a lady in pop music (4) :
GAGA23
Adds water to goulash the wrong way (4) :
WETS
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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