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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Feb 07, 1999 Cryptic Crossword
3-Down : Big bird circles quarry (6)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 D | E | 2 T | R | 3 O | I | 4 T | | 5 M | A | 6 C | A | 7 B | R | 8 E |
E | | R | | S | | R | | Y | | A | | R | | L |
9 B | L | I | M | P | | 10 A | F | T | E | R | W | A | R | D |
A | | A | | R | | M | | H | | O | | N | | E |
11 C | O | N | T | E | M | P | T | | 12 R | U | D | D | E | R |
L | | G | | Y | | O | | 13 M | | S | | | | L |
14 E | E | L | S | | 15 P | L | E | A | S | A | N | 16 T | R | Y |
| | E | | 17 O | | I | | L | | L | | W | | |
18 B | A | S | E | R | U | N | N | E | R | | 19 Y | E | A | 20 H |
A | | | | I | | E | | V | | 21 U | | N | | A |
22 S | T | 23 A | Y | E | D | | 24 C | O | M | P | U | T | E | R |
S | | L | | N | | 25 M | | L | | B | | Y | | D |
26 I | L | L | A | T | E | A | S | E | | 27 E | R | O | D | E |
S | | O | | A | | N | | N | | A | | N | | N |
28 T | O | T | A | L | L | Y | | 29 T | A | T | T | E | R | S |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
City editor edited Time (7) :
DETROIT5
Grotesque horse biting hack (7) :
MACABRE9
It's primarily big and nonrigid! (5) :
BLIMP10
A 12-in. drawer repaired at a later time (9) :
AFTERWARD11
Scorn new substitute worker in bed (8) :
CONTEMPT12
Control right source of milk (6) :
RUDDER14
Fish seems to be headless (4) :
EELS15
Common people having 50 words of greeting (10) :
PLEASANTRY18
One stealing flag displays clever ruse (4,6) :
BASERUNNER19
Uh-huh, the old sound of contentment (4) :
YEAH22
Remained serious at hearing (6) :
STAYED24
One who arrives carrying set electronic device (8) :
COMPUTER26
Socially uncomfortable one everybody turned to make fun of (3,2,4) :
ILLATEASE27
The rodent has to eat slowly (5) :
ERODE28
To count from beginning to end (7) :
TOTALLY29
Rags people who make lace (7) :
TATTERS
Down
1
She comes out with broken lace -- it's a disaster (7) :
DEBACLE2
Mathematicians may study these improper integrals (9) :
TRIANGLES3
Big bird circles quarry (6) :
OSPREY4
Bouncer is a bum with nothing to rule (10) :
TRAMPOLINE5
It's not true, girl, as Daffy Duck might say (4) :
MYTH6
Song about country revelry (8) :
CAROUSAL7
Make cognac, for the most part (5) :
BRAND8
"Old Yeller" remake gets poor grade (7) :
ELDERLY13
Evil fellow (violent one) leaving (10) :
MALEVOLENT16
17
Poor relation from the East (8) :
ORIENTAL18
Leader of band to help musician (7) :
BASSIST20
Cheer up, study point sets (7) :
HARDENS21
No longer in bed, tired, but happy (6) :
UPBEAT23
Distribute a regressive tax (5) :
ALLOT25
Not just one Mr. X follower (4) :
MANY
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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