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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Apr 24, 2005  CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

17-Down : Subordinate overcooks muttonchops (9)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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S
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W
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A
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L
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D
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M
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C
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S
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K
R
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H
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L
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D
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O
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© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Refuse to comply — delay about one week (9) : STONEWALL
6
Leading man in a commercial (5) : AHEAD
9
Found college freshman ultimately broken-hearted (9) : UNEARTHED
10
Egg eaten by some wild animal (5) : MOOSE
11
Roscoe, unfair player, loses head (6) : HEATER
12
Line on a map is additional mile (8) : ISOTHERM
13
Tiny Tim never holds back bad feeling (6) : ENMITY
15
Unwary Pat embraces the Spanish (8) : CARELESS
19
Poet composed sonnet about New York (8) : TENNYSON
20
Fit jockey used it (6) : SUITED
21
After-dinner drink I prepared before going outside (8) : ANISETTE
23
Stupefy son of drunken bum (6) : BENUMB
26
Cast nearly all of "Paradise" (5) : HEAVE
27
Destroyed ancestral house in England (9) : LANCASTER
28
Old-fashioned saw (5) : DATED
29
Upends open coffee containers (9) : OVERTURNS
Down
1
Needle point to sew thus: poorly (9) : SOUTHWEST
2
Last ball game fixed (5) : OMEGA
3
Sincerely make style changes (9) : EARNESTLY
4
Initially, aspirin can help ease pain (4) : ACHE
5
Guide changed leotards (8) : LODESTAR
6
Allow a New England school to accept poor grade (5) : ADMIT
7
Escape work, in part (9) : ELOPEMENT
8
Imagine West Road heading north (5) : DREAM
14
One who asks for money to repair one bevel (9) : MENDICANT
16
Lively new Texan has German over (9) : EXUBERANT
17
Subordinate overcooks muttonchops (9) : SIDEBURNS
18
Old comic companies reveal nothing (8) : COSTELLO
21
Dad turned up concealed bug (5) : APHID
22
Correct a famous aunt last (5) : EMEND
24
Total, say (5) : UTTER
25
Crook needs to case the joint (4) : KNEE
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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