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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Apr 07, 2019 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
18-Down : Camper covered in seaweed somewhere in Portugal (7)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 67
1 B | E | 2 L | O | 3 W | A | 4 V | E | 5 R | A | 6 G | E | | | |
U | | O | | I | | A | | A | | R | | 7 S | | 8 M |
9 S | E | N | D | F | O | R | | 10 S | L | U | S | H | I | E |
P | | D | | I | | I | | H | | M | | U | | T |
11 A | V | O | W | | 12 H | O | N | E | Y | B | U | N | C | H |
S | | N | | 13 S | | U | | S | | L | | | | O |
14 S | K | E | W | E | R | S | | 15 T | E | E | H | 16 E | E | D |
| | Y | | N | | | | | | S | | N | | |
17 S | M | E | T | A | N | 18 A | | 19 S | T | A | R | T | U | 20 P |
E | | | | T | | L | | C | | T | | R | | I |
21 S | C | 22 O | R | E | A | G | O | A | L | | 23 H | Y | M | N |
A | | U | | S | | A | | N | | 24 C | | V | | C |
25 M | A | S | S | E | U | R | | 26 D | A | R | K | I | S | H |
E | | T | | A | | V | | A | | O | | S | | M |
| | | 27 S | T | E | E | P | L | E | C | H | A | S | E |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
Not up to par, truant soldier retreats into drink (5,7) :
BELOWAVERAGE9
Summon Spanish gent boxing outside Dusseldorf (4,3) :
SENDFOR10
Japanese meal includes large eastern drink made with ice (7) :
SLUSHIE11
Swear nothing's inside a car (4) :
AVOW12
Dear Rev. Spooner's rabbit intuition (10) :
HONEYBUNCH14
Runs through underground network carrying potassium (7) :
SKEWERS15
Mind after football supporter giggled (3-4) :
TEEHEED17
Some singers met an aria composer (7) :
SMETANA19
Risky venture: art in backward places (7) :
STARTUP21
Thrill the soccer fans: whip up cooler saga (5,1,4) :
SCOREAGOAL23
Church song that guy heard (4) :
HYMN25
Rubber pile heading to Europe (7) :
MASSEUR26
Gossip about Torah repository needing better illumination (7) :
DARKISH27
Expensive rental document covers church racing event (12) :
STEEPLECHASE
Down
1
One way to get around kiss outside spa (3,4) :
BUSPASS2
Big Ferris wheel completed in Lyon, broken by end of June (6,3) :
LONDONEYE3
Cafe offering short spouse first of items (4) :
WIFI4
Virginia Republican with debts of different sorts (7) :
VARIOUS5
Most reckless, she's taken in by double-crosser (7) :
RASHEST6
Grouses about Albert's gum being all chewed up (8,2) :
GRUMBLESAT7
Avoid sidetrack almost completely (4) :
SHUN8
The changes in trendy procedure (6) :
METHOD13
Doctor set at ease about new Washington position (6,4) :
SENATESEAT16
Navies try forged embassy authorization (5,4) :
ENTRYVISA17
Endlessly see identical bagel choice (6) :
SESAME18
Camper covered in seaweed somewhere in Portugal (7) :
ALGARVE19
Scrutinize boy turning up outrageous wrongdoing (7) :
SCANDAL20
Chum skipping university, sitting in tree - am I just dreaming this? (5,2) :
PINCHME22
You stopped hiding boot (4) :
OUST24
Swamp thing, mostly nonsense (4) :
CROC
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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