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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Feb 08, 2009 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
22-Down : Theater company breakfast, theater company breakfast (6)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 D | E | 2 D | U | 3 C | E | | 4 P | 5 A | S | 6 S | W | 7 O | R | 8 D |
A | | A | | O | | | | L | | Y | | R | | E |
9 F | A | V | O | R | A | 10 B | L | E | | 11 R | E | C | A | P |
F | | I | | R | | A | | R | | I | | H | | U |
12 O | R | D | E | A | L | S | | 13 T | A | N | G | E | N | T |
D | | | | L | | S | | | | G | | S | | Y |
14 I | R | 15 O | N | S | | 16 I | N | 17 A | N | E | S | T | | |
L | | V | | | | S | | N | | | | R | | 18 T |
| | 19 E | X | 20 C | I | T | E | D | | 21 F | L | A | I | R |
22 R | | R | | H | | | | O | | E | | | | A |
23 E | X | T | R | A | C | 24 T | | 25 R | A | M | A | 26 D | A | N |
P | | H | | R | | U | | R | | O | | A | | S |
27 E | G | R | E | T | | 28 R | E | A | R | R | A | N | G | E |
A | | O | | E | | I | | | | A | | T | | P |
29 T | O | W | E | R | I | N | G | | 30 F | L | U | E | N | T |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
Conclude 500 divides 2 (6) :
DEDUCE4
What a guard might ask for: father's weapon (8) :
PASSWORD9
Positive story about operating room in Virginia (9) :
FAVORABLE11
Reggie Miller, for one, comes back to give a summary (5) :
RECAP12
Trials or transactions (7) :
ORDEALS13
Touching fellow who has been in the sun (7) :
TANGENT14
Oscar-winning actor is embracing Reagan (5) :
IRONS16
Most ridiculous place for a bird (7) :
INANEST19
21
Talent to burn, they say (5) :
FLAIR23
Take out additional cent (7) :
EXTRACT25
Doctor Adam ran a fast time (7) :
RAMADAN27
Feel sorry about missing the first bird (5) :
EGRET28
29
30
Well-spoken doc goes after viral malady (6) :
FLUENT
Down
1
Lifted top off a low- grade flower (8) :
DAFFODIL2
Find a video featuring Letterman (5) :
DAVID3
Pens hymns for the audience (7) :
CORRALS5
A bartender may pour it right on one's toes (5) :
ALERT6
Middle Easterner losing a good English medical instrument (7) :
SYRINGE7
8
Obligation to include record agent (6) :
DEPUTY10
Introduction of Band Aid musician (7) :
BASSIST15
Deposition plainly visible at end of fifth file (9) :
OVERTHROW17
18
Byzantine patterns in part of church (8) :
TRANSEPT20
Oscar-winning actress has paintings for hire (7) :
CHARTER21
Bottomless woman holding hoop right near the thigh (7) :
FEMORAL22
Theater company breakfast, theater company breakfast (6) :
REPEAT24
Spin around one Italian city (5) :
TURIN26
Somewhat slow without an author (5) :
DANTE
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle.
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