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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Mar 20, 2022 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1-Down : Not easily upset, convict keeps on the move (4-4)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 71
1 C | | 2 F | | 3 B | | 4 P | | 5 A | | 6 C | | 7 L | | 8 W |
9 A | D | O | R | A | T | I | O | N | | 10 A | L | A | M | O |
S | | R | | S | | N | | G | | R | | M | | O |
11 T | R | E | A | S | O | N | | 12 L | E | O | P | A | R | D |
I | | C | | E | | A | | E | | L | | | | E |
13 R | O | A | S | T | | 14 C | A | R | R | I | E | 15 D | O | N |
O | | S | | | | L | | | | N | | I | | |
16 N | O | T | A | 17 B | L | E | | 18 T | R | A | N | S | I | 19 T |
| | E | | O | | | | H | | | | G | | H |
20 F | O | R | T | U | N | 21 A | T | E | | 22 P | L | U | M | E |
E | | | | N | | B | | C | | A | | S | | O |
23 L | A | 24 U | N | D | E | R | | 25 L | I | G | H | T | E | R |
L | | N | | I | | O | | O | | O | | I | | I |
26 A | L | I | E | N | | 27 A | B | U | N | D | A | N | C | E |
S | | T | | G | | D | | D | | A | | G | | S |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
9
Love one's share of fuss and bother? (9) :
ADORATION10
Mission of Texas in the style of Missouri (5) :
ALAMO11
Backstabbing, corrupt senator (7) :
TREASON12
Big cat wandering El Prado (7) :
LEOPARD13
Cook while splitting baloney (5) :
ROAST14
Hollywood's Fisher and Cheadle had an affair? (7,2) :
CARRIEDON16
Prominent reason for failing to get a dinner reservation? (7) :
NOTABLE18
Passage Tristan adapted (7) :
TRANSIT20
Lucky talent, catching fish in a can (9) :
FORTUNATE22
Purple goose's tail feather (5) :
PLUME23
Wash Los Angeles beneath the surface (7) :
LAUNDER25
Less serious match, say (7) :
LIGHTER26
False claim maintained by an extraterrestrial (5) :
ALIEN27
Down
1
Not easily upset, convict keeps on the move (4-4) :
CASTIRON2
One who predicts changing foster care (10) :
FORECASTER3
4
Salt injected into tree top (8) :
PINNACLE5
Fishing enthusiast left in outrage (6) :
ANGLER6
Sing at Christmas in a divided state (8) :
CAROLINA7
Holy figure held back by Kamala (4) :
LAMA8
Court room made of boards (6) :
WOODEN15
Awful democrat is being a blowhard? (10) :
DISGUSTING17
18
Storage option Le Duc Tho developed (3,5) :
THECLOUD19
Conjectures he introduced to conservatives (8) :
THEORIES20
Collapsed, like guys (6) :
FELLAS21
A second-rate route out of the country (6) :
ABROAD22
A deity in the Keystone State temple (6) :
PAGODA24
We hear you make sweaters. What's standard for measurements? (4) :
UNIT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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