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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Apr 08, 2007 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
2-Down : Runaway lovers break up or sleep (7)
Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 S | H | 2 E | R | 3 P | A | | 4 H | 5 O | U | 6 S | E | 7 T | O | 8 P |
U | | L | | I | | 9 K | | L | | I | | H | | E |
10 P | R | O | N | O | U | N | C | E | | 11 D | A | U | N | T |
E | | P | | N | | I | | S | | E | | M | | E |
12 R | E | E | V | E | | 13 C | A | T | N | A | P | P | E | R |
| | R | | E | | K | | R | | | | E | | S |
14 D | E | S | E | R | T | S | | 15 A | M | 16 R | A | D | I | O |
R | | | | E | | | | | | I | | | | U |
17 A | R | 18 C | A | D | I | 19 A | | 20 G | I | G | A | 21 B | I | T |
M | | H | | | | R | | R | | M | | E | | |
22 A | R | I | S | 23 T | O | T | L | E | | 24 A | S | C | O | 25 T |
T | | A | | I | | I | | A | | R | | L | | U |
26 I | N | N | E | R | | 27 C | A | S | T | O | R | O | I | L |
C | | T | | E | | L | | E | | L | | U | | I |
28 S | K | I | N | D | E | E | P | | 29 L | E | A | D | U | P |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
1
Guide the woman in spring (6) :
SHERPA4
Roof application to set in spring (8) :
HOUSETOP10
Say, Harry Potter's pal in spring (9) :
PRONOUNCE11
Discourage Democratic relative (5) :
DAUNT12
"Superman" actor taking part in free verse (5) :
REEVE13
Grabber of winks — or a lynx? (9) :
CATNAPPER14
Wastes what you've got coming (7) :
DESERTS15
Broadcast medium misrepresented diorama (2,5) :
AMRADIO17
Song about villain in an idyllic spot (7) :
ARCADIA20
Soldier talk — it gives you a lot of info (7) :
GIGABIT22
Old Greek restored a lost rite (9) :
ARISTOTLE24
Neckwear for a companion of Burns (5) :
ASCOT26
Private meal not starting (5) :
INNER27
Former medicine for John Jacob in spring (6,3) :
CASTOROIL28
Superficial need changed in spring (4-4) :
SKINDEEP29
Approach of the French in spring (4-2) :
LEADUP
Down
1
Great new purse (5) :
SUPER2
Runaway lovers break up or sleep (7) :
ELOPERS3
Started with pi + 1 before 500 (9) :
PIONEERED5
Orioles trainer somewhat fat? — not really (7) :
OLESTRA6
Singer's first thought for 45-r.p.m. feature (4,1) :
SIDEA7
Beat time like Quasimodo? (7) :
THUMPED8
Sadly, our septet loses pep (6,3) :
PETERSOUT9
N.B.A. team said no (6) :
KNICKS14
Shot a jerk's overtheatrical behavior (9) :
DRAMATICS16
Arrange mom part in confusing procedure (9) :
RIGMAROLE18
Greek character opposed to Italian wine (7) :
CHIANTI19
For example, a botched recital (7) :
ARTICLE20
Oil country, from the sound of it (6) :
GREASE21
Obscure and cryptic old cube (7) :
BECLOUD23
Shot, like a car's wheels? (5) :
TIRED25
Oddly lit up item in a bed (5) :
TULIP
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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