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NY Times, Sun, Jun 13, 1999 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

8-Down : It rinses off what's left on shield (8)

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 63
Notepad: This crossword represents the combined effort of puzzlemakers on four continents, collaborating electronically through the Internet newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords. The grid was composed and posted by the British puzzle expert Michael Curl. Then over the course of several months more than 30 cryptic crossword enthusiasts from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, and Australia contributed 750+ clues from which these 28 were gleaned -- a truly international production!
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© 1999, The New York Times
Across
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Bury catch where surfers hang out? (8) : INTERNET
5
Past, present, and future strains (6) : TENSES
9
Young buck from Hollywood with Italian babe? No, no! (5) : BAMBI
10
Make out in car seat with abandon (9) : ASCERTAIN
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Returning guest never reveals things that happened (6) : EVENTS
13
One manuscript contains the songs (7) : ANTHEMS
15
Drunken totter deceives shop security person (5,9) : STOREDETECTIVE
17
A quartet guys steered clear of, I say (and said before) (14) : AFOREMENTIONED
21
Notwithstanding shot, pet dies (7) : DESPITE
22
Says "MA" and "PA," for example (6) : STATES
24
Chop suey sells unprofitably (9) : USELESSLY
25
Returned a Spanish greeting for a Hawaiian one (5) : ALOHA
26
Nun held in chains is terrified (6) : SISTER
27
Bruised and baffled, writing "true" instead of "false" (8) : CONTUSED
Down
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I pay attention to blushing native (6) : INBRED
2
Met climbing vermin with oddly sensuous violence (15) : TEMPESTUOUSNESS
3
Rock and roll accommodating one (7) : ROISTER
4
You were in the Vatican Times (4) : ERAS
6
Wandering Norse explorer harbors traitor (7) : ERRATIC
7
Rough set indicators, e.g.! (5,10) : STAGEDIRECTIONS
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It rinses off what's left on shield (8) : SINISTER
11
Endless rush in city fosters abstinence (8) : CHASTITY
14
Reportedly, commercial audiences will be the sort that stick together (8) : ADHERERS
16
Flying south and giving gifts (8) : HANDOUTS
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I've lifted French article over you -- that's scary (4,3) : EVILEYE
19
Exile cut badly in hop kiln (7) : OUTCAST
20
Was awful in old "King Lear" role (6) : OSWALD
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"P" to "Y" mistake?! (4) : TYPO
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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