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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, June 10, 2012 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
2-Down : Belief of a litter-leaver? (5)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 59
1 B | A | 2 D | M | 3 I | N | 4 T | O | 5 N | R | 6 A | C | 7 K | E | 8 T |
E | | O | | N | | I | | I | | P | | A | | E |
9 L | O | G | I | C | A | L | | 10 T | O | P | O | N | Y | M |
O | | M | | A | | E | | R | | L | | G | | P |
11 W | E | A | T | H | E | R | F | O | R | E | C | A | S | T |
| | | | O | | S | | G | | | | R | | R |
12 P | H | 13 O | B | O | S | | 14 K | E | Y | 15 S | T | O | N | E |
U | | P | | T | | 16 B | | N | | P | | O | | S |
17 R | H | E | O | S | T | A | T | | 18 I | R | I | S | E | S |
C | | R | | | | D | | 19 I | | E | | | | |
20 H | E | A | R | 21 I | N | G | I | M | P | A | I | 22 R | E | 23 D |
A | | B | | N | | E | | P | | D | | A | | E |
24 S | T | U | T | T | E | R | | 25 A | D | O | R | I | N | G |
E | | F | | E | | E | | L | | U | | S | | A |
26 R | U | F | F | L | E | D | F | E | A | T | H | E | R | S |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Tool for striking counterfeit coin connected with mob activity (9,6) :
BADMINTONRACKET9
Soldier in neighborhood using clear thinking (7) :
LOGICAL10
Place name for small horse straddled by Hanks (7) :
TOPONYM11
12
Moon (with bum) in public school (6) :
PHOBOS14
Critical element in the sound of our anthem writer? (8) :
KEYSTONE17
Current-regulating doodad ruined the roast (8) :
RHEOSTAT18
One comes up with showy flowers (6) :
IRISES20
24
Start to speak and start to trip, say? (7) :
STUTTER25
Having worship for protean rain god (7) :
ADORING26
Down
1
Front of a ship carrying Spanish article in the hold (5) :
BELOW2
Belief of a litter-leaver? (5) :
DOGMA3
Conspiring old Peruvian laughs derisively (2, 7) :
INCAHOOTS4
Makers of mosaics left in layers (6) :
TILERS5
New ring tone in the air, largely (8) :
NITROGEN6
Computer company in spot after losing the leader (5) :
APPLE7
Bats go on ark as representatives of the mammals (9) :
KANGAROOS8
Working sub with lock for siren (9) :
TEMPTRESS12
Sound of a humming motor captivates Chevy buyer (9) :
PURCHASER13
Mid-October, according to a hunky Met fan? (5,4) :
OPERABUFF15
16
Shield Communist getting harassed (8) :
BADGERED19
Stick with an albino's self-description? (6) :
IMPALE21
What Saint Elmo has that the C.I.A. wants? (5) :
INTEL22
Lift beams audibly (5) :
RAISE23
Get atmospheric stuff out of French Impressionist (5) :
DEGAS
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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