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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, May 10, 2015 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
8-Down : Bit of hosiery and belt (4)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
1 T | U | 2 B | A | | 3 P | 4 R | O | 5 M | E | 6 T | H | 7 E | U | 8 S |
A | | E | | | | E | | O | | H | | A | | O |
9 L | O | L | A | | 10 A | P | H | O | R | I | S | T | I | C |
E | | L | | | | L | | D | | N | | S | | K |
11 B | E | W | I | 12 L | D | E | R | I | N | G | | | | |
E | | E | | I | | T | | E | | A | | 13 A | | 14 C |
15 A | N | T | I | Q | U | E | | 16 R | E | M | O | V | A | L |
R | | H | | U | | | | | | A | | O | | O |
17 E | V | E | N | I | N | 18 G | | 19 H | I | J | A | C | K | S |
R | | R | | D | | R | | A | | I | | A | | E |
| | | | 20 P | E | A | R | L | Y | G | A | T | E | S |
21 A | | 22 O | | A | | F | | L | | | | I | | H |
23 L | O | V | E | P | O | T | I | O | N | | 24 S | O | S | A |
T | | E | | E | | O | | W | | | | N | | V |
25 O | R | N | E | R | I | N | E | S | S | | 26 A | S | H | E |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
Place to wash a heavy horn (4) :
TUBA3
For me, America is mankind's friend (10) :
PROMETHEUS9
Laughing out loud at a song by the Kinks (4) :
LOLA10
Optic hairs modified using old saws? (10) :
APHORISTIC11
15
16
An eradicator's job concerning Metro track (7) :
REMOVAL17
A balancer's job part of the day (7) :
EVENING19
Greeting cards for pirates? (7) :
HIJACKS20
In disguise, stage player makes heavenly entrance (6,5) :
PEARLYGATES23
Stupefying drink with exotic olive on top (4,6) :
LOVEPOTION24
Please help a player who slugged for the Cubs (4) :
SOSA25
Corner, in essence, maintains a mean sort of quality (10) :
ORNERINESS26
A female figure in 1970s tennis (4) :
ASHE
Down
1
Gossiper sounds like someone who moons you? (10) :
TALEBEARER2
Outspoken beauty, if a sheepish sort (10) :
BELLWETHER4
Stormy petrel, empty or full (7) :
REPLETE5
More brooding wasteland around fall (7) :
MOODIER6
"Skinny Leg" - a lively dance contrivance (11) :
THINGAMAJIG7
U.F.O. fliers grabbing a diner offering (4) :
EATS8
Bit of hosiery and belt (4) :
SOCK12
Fifty-one pounds, pop, for each office product (6,5) :
LIQUIDPAPER13
Nova Scotia reassigned people's hobbies (10) :
AVOCATIONS14
Conservative fails with own near miss (5,5) :
CLOSESHAVE18
Crime of corruption connected with writer of serial crime books (7) :
GRAFTON19
Head of Hollywood admits honors, in a way (7) :
HALLOWS21
Kind of saxophone blown a lot (4) :
ALTO22
Hot spot in Slovenia (4) :
OVEN
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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