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Don Manley
NY Times, Sun, May 15, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
3-Down : Dash made by antelope deprived of tail (4)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 71
1 P | R | 2 E | S | 3 E | N | 4 T | | | 5 A | 6 L | A | 7 S | K | 8 A |
A | | S | | L | | A | | 9 G | | O | | A | | L |
10 T | A | P | D | A | N | C | E | R | | 11 N | O | B | E | L |
E | | E | | N | | I | | A | | D | | L | | E |
12 N | E | R | D | | 13 S | T | A | T | I | O | N | E | R | Y |
T | | A | | | | U | | I | | N | | | | S |
| 14 S | N | A | 15 C | K | S | | 16 S | W | E | D | 17 E | N | |
| | T | | A | | | | | | R | | L | | |
| 18 M | O | N | R | O | 19 E | | 20 T | I | S | S | U | E | |
21 P | | | | T | | X | | H | | | | C | | 22 C |
23 A | D | 24 M | I | R | A | T | I | O | N | | 25 W | I | N | O |
L | | A | | I | | E | | U | | 26 S | | D | | G |
27 A | C | R | I | D | | 28 N | I | G | H | T | M | A | R | E |
C | | K | | G | | D | | H | | A | | T | | N |
29 E | A | S | T | E | R | | | 30 T | O | R | M | E | N | T |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Show that makes you tense (7) :
PRESENT5
State unfortunately having a king overthrown (6) :
ALASKA10
A CD parent played -- for someone moving to the music? (3,6) :
TAPDANCER11
Inventor high-minded, but becoming a bit twisted at the end (5) :
NOBEL12
Studious sort encountered in dinner dance (4) :
NERD13
Office materials not being transported, we hear (10) :
STATIONERY14
Light meals men finally packed into bags (6) :
SNACKS16
Country garden with some weeds initially at the front (6) :
SWEDEN18
President is liberal no more (6) :
MONROE20
It's little Susan in the paper (6) :
TISSUE23
Exceptionally adroit man, I may get acclaim (10) :
ADMIRATION25
Alcoholic's round after victory (4) :
WINO27
A cold journey for the most part? It's bitter! (5) :
ACRID28
Terrible ordeal? Give them a grin somehow (9) :
NIGHTMARE29
Truncated oriental festival (6) :
EASTER30
Anguish created by guys in the wrong (7) :
TORMENT
Down
1
Obvious document for an inventor to get (6) :
PATENT2
One prates oddly in a language few can understand (9) :
ESPERANTO3
Dash made by antelope deprived of tail (4) :
ELAN4
Old historian understood America (7) :
TACITUS6
Unsociable types, including academic city-dwellers in the U.K. (9) :
LONDONERS7
Fur bought primarily in special-offer event (5) :
SABLE8
Narrow passages in ships? No good! (6) :
ALLEYS9
Deserter caught by American troops gets free (6) :
GRATIS15
Something supplied to a printer that may go into a magazine (9) :
CARTRIDGE17
19
Carry on with English nurse -- grabbing a kiss! (6) :
EXTEND20
An idea -- however daft, ultimately (7) :
THOUGHT21
Situation in which to find a magnificent building (6) :
PALACE22
Company man is convincing (6) :
COGENT24
Gospel writer's symbols (5) :
MARKS26
Celebrity to begin but not finish (4) :
STAR
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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