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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jun 13, 2021 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
18-Down : Really excited about southern kind of temple (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 T | O | 2 T | A | 3 L | L | 4 Y | | 5 P | A | 6 N | A | 7 C | E | 8 A |
O | | A | | E | | A | | E | | E | | H | | M |
9 P | A | C | E | M | A | K | E | R | | 10 E | R | A | S | E |
P | | I | | O | | S | | S | | D | | M | | N |
11 I | N | T | E | N | T | | 12 W | E | L | L | R | E | A | D |
N | | | | A | | | | V | | E | | L | | E |
13 G | R | 14 A | N | D | I | 15 O | S | E | | | 16 T | E | N | D |
| | L | | E | | F | | R | | 17 C | | O | | |
18 M | A | D | E | | | 19 F | R | E | E | L | A | N | C | 20 E |
A | | E | | 21 K | | E | | | | A | | | | A |
22 S | U | B | P | O | E | N | A | | 23 O | P | E | 24 N | E | R |
O | | A | | S | | D | | 25 S | | T | | I | | L |
26 N | O | R | T | H | | 27 E | S | P | E | R | A | N | T | O |
I | | A | | E | | R | | A | | A | | J | | B |
28 C | A | N | A | R | D | S | | 29 R | E | P | L | A | C | E |
© 2021, The New York Times
Across
1
To count from beginning to end (7) :
TOTALLY5
Knock with two aces - it will make everything better (7) :
PANACEA9
One mother and king interrupting each leader (9) :
PACEMAKER10
Get rid of Times puzzle at last (5) :
ERASE11
Determined where a camper may be found? (6) :
INTENT12
Like the literati, you and I will note newspaper item (4-4) :
WELLREAD13
Pompous Republican in San Diego upset (9) :
GRANDIOSE16
18
Brought in housekeeper, we hear (4) :
MADE19
Independent European country imports fish (9) :
FREELANCE22
Office temp, doctor open one legal document (8) :
SUBPOENA23
First of all, poet's done embracing author (6) :
OPENER26
Union torn apart by hatred, primarily (5) :
NORTH27
28
Ran backward wearing heels? Don't believe them (7) :
CANARDS29
Take over for agent Spike (7) :
REPLACE
Down
1
Finishing all but the first sausage on a pizza (7) :
TOPPING2
Wichita city limits understood (5) :
TACIT3
French publication features a drink (8) :
LEMONADE4
Beastly Tibetans won't shut up (4) :
YAKS5
6
Have to have the French pine product (6) :
NEEDLE7
Fickle sort, caravan member having hot time (9) :
CHAMELEON8
Changed what happened at noon? (7) :
AMENDED14
Megastar Arkin eating fresh bread (9) :
ALDEBARAN15
Bad people finish filling presents (9) :
OFFENDERS17
"Layla" singer not performing Drake's music is nonsense (8) :
CLAPTRAP18
Really excited about southern kind of temple (7) :
MASONIC20
Place for a stud nobleman with U.K. award (7) :
EARLOBE21
Wins a women's boxing match within the rules (6) :
KOSHER24
Some assassin in Japan! (5) :
NINJA25
Extra, but not empty, box (4) :
SPAR
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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