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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, May 03, 2009 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
20-Down : Robber gang acquires rig (7)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 T | H | 2 R | O | 3 U | G | 4 H | O | 5 U | T | | 6 S | 7 W | A | 8 P |
A | | E | | N | | A | | L | | 9 S | | H | | I |
10 S | C | A | N | D | A | L | | 11 S | O | T | H | E | R | E |
K | | D | | E | | O | | T | | A | | E | | T |
12 F | R | I | A | R | | 13 G | U | E | R | R | I | L | L | A |
O | | N | | | | E | | R | | L | | I | | |
14 R | I | G | H | 15 T | I | N | G | | 16 C | I | N | E | M | 17 A |
C | | | | E | | S | | 18 I | | N | | | | B |
19 E | B | 20 B | I | N | G | | 21 K | N | I | G | H | 22 T | L | Y |
| | R | | A | | 23 S | | S | | | | H | | S |
24 P | R | I | N | C | I | P | L | E | | 25 G | R | I | M | M |
E | | G | | I | | I | | C | | E | | S | | A |
26 S | P | A | R | T | A | N | | 27 R | E | C | I | T | A | L |
T | | N | | Y | | E | | E | | K | | L | | L |
28 O | L | D | S | | 29 S | T | A | T | I | O | N | E | R | Y |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
From stem to stern, tossed in the Sound (10) :
THROUGHOUT6
Exchange hands, from right to left (4) :
SWAP10
Dirt from two states in Dixie? (7) :
SCANDAL11
I guess I showed you this other envelope's contents! (2,5) :
SOTHERE12
Brother cooking chicken as we speak (5) :
FRIAR13
In audition, ape irregular soldier (9) :
GUERRILLA14
Correcting and composing essays for The Voice (8) :
RIGHTING16
"Iceman" playing in picture palace (6) :
CINEMA19
Sadly, Big Ben is on the decline (6) :
EBBING21
Heard on a regular basis, as Galahad (8) :
KNIGHTLY24
Rule the head of the school declared (9) :
PRINCIPLE25
Listened to ghastly old tale-teller (5) :
GRIMM26
Ancient Greek expertise in bridge (7) :
SPARTAN27
Narrative article in need of editing (7) :
RECITAL28
Ransom Eli's car sold off (4) :
OLDS29
Paper fixed, according to reporters (10) :
STATIONERY
Down
1
People working together in concert ask for Celine (4,5) :
TASKFORCE2
Oscar Wilde's gaol interpretation (7) :
READING3
One of the French the German hypnotized (5) :
UNDER4
Elements of light around the head generals (8) :
HALOGENS5
Coat with fake luster (6) :
ULSTER7
What fun to be horizontal in a bike stunt (7) :
WHEELIE8
Holy statue made of pastry, thanks to the British (5) :
PIETA9
Bird's pitch caught by Chuck (8) :
STARLING15
A big town, after decade, shows endurance (8) :
TENACITY17
One next to little gym club is in a bad way (9) :
ABYSMALLY18
Bug holds musical note without being obvious about it (2,6) :
INSECRET20
Robber gang acquires rig (7) :
BRIGAND22
Prickly flower is off the list (7) :
THISTLE23
Insert peg into fixed keyboard (6) :
SPINET24
Bother with orange and green sauce (5) :
PESTO25
Good new Coke mascot in TV ads (5) :
GECKO
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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