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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Mar 13, 2005 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
7-Down : Fife player mentioned intractable puzzles (5)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 C | A | 2 S | T | 3 E | | 4 D | R | 5 A | W | 6 P | O | 7 K | E | 8 R |
U | | U | | R | | R | | G | | E | | N | | I |
9 T | A | G | S | A | L | E | | 10 A | R | T | S | O | N | G |
O | | A | | S | | A | | I | | I | | T | | H |
11 F | O | R | G | E | T | M | E | N | O | T | | 12 S | A | T |
F | | P | | | | E | | S | | F | | | | E |
13 S | O | L | | 14 M | A | D | E | T | O | O | R | 15 D | E | R |
| | U | | I | | | | | | U | | R | | |
16 T | A | M | O | S | H | 17 A | N | 18 T | E | R | | 19 A | W | 20 L |
W | | | | T | | N | | U | | | | M | | U |
21 O | R | 22 C | | 23 A | I | D | E | S | D | 24 E | C | A | M | P |
T | | O | | K | | A | | S | | G | | M | | I |
25 O | P | I | N | I | O | N | | 26 A | R | R | A | I | G | N |
E | | N | | N | | T | | U | | E | | N | | E |
27 D | I | S | A | G | R | E | E | D | | 28 T | R | E | S | S |
© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Throw of the dice before English class (5) :
CASTE4
Sketch fireplace tool in game (4,5) :
DRAWPOKER9
Garage event let a gas loose (3,4) :
TAGSALE10
Gnats or flies making a melody (3,4) :
ARTSONG11
Flower child captivating men behind smithy (6-2-3) :
FORGETMENOT12
As a committee, met test (3) :
SAT13
Very large star near us (3) :
SOL14
Customized beet cheese the wrong way? (4-2-5) :
MADETOORDER16
19
"It's got a point," everybody said (3) :
AWL21
Bad being in junior class (3) :
ORC23
Junior officers make changes in mid-escapade (5-2-4) :
AIDESDECAMP25
View ornithopter's front wing (7) :
OPINION26
Charge for a shower announced (7) :
ARRAIGN27
Diana's silver instrument failed to harmonize (9) :
DISAGREED28
Hardy heroine possessing red hair (5) :
TRESS
Down
1
Turned-up hems constricting to some jeans (7) :
CUTOFFS2
Sloppily slurp a mug with something sweet (9) :
SUGARPLUM3
Remove from middle of "opera seria" (5) :
ERASE4
Had a fantastic vision of me in fear (7) :
DREAMED5
Profit kept by a street con (7) :
AGAINST6
Cake whose mixed ingredients are tripe and tofu (5,4) :
PETITFOUR7
Fife player mentioned intractable puzzles (5) :
KNOTS8
To an audience, author is more accurate (7) :
RIGHTER14
Confusing fog in front of a monarch (9) :
MISTAKING15
16
Like a certain sloth, speaking to toad (3-4) :
TWOTOED17
Slow passage in article by Italian poet (7) :
ANDANTE18
A woman who made wax statues, too, so we hear (7) :
TUSSAUD20
Ropes holding up spiky flowers (7) :
LUPINES22
Scams involving Interstate monies (5) :
COINS24
Be sorry for missing the first bird (5) :
EGRET
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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