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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Jul 17, 2005 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
15-Down : Sheep attendant in storm (7)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 E | A | 2 R | T | 3 H | L | 4 I | N | 5 G | S | | 6 S | 7 N | I | 8 T |
N | | E | | O | | C | | A | | | | E | | O |
9 C | A | P | S | I | Z | E | | 10 T | O | 11 N | I | G | H | T |
A | | A | | S | | L | | O | | A | | E | | A |
12 S | P | R | A | T | | 13 A | I | R | T | R | A | V | E | L |
E | | A | | | | N | | | | R | | | | I |
| | 14 B | O | 15 R | E | D | O | 16 M | | 17 A | S | 18 C | O | T |
19 T | | L | | A | | E | | E | | T | | U | | Y |
20 A | T | E | A | M | | 21 R | A | N | G | E | R | S | | |
F | | | | P | | | | O | | | | T | | 22 S |
23 F | I | 24 R | E | A | L | 25 A | R | M | | 26 T | R | O | U | T |
R | | A | | G | | L | | I | | O | | D | | A |
27 A | N | T | W | E | R | P | | 28 N | O | T | H | I | N | G |
I | | I | | | | H | | E | | E | | A | | E |
29 L | O | O | M | | 30 W | A | T | E | R | M | I | L | L | S |
© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Listener objects about Liberal people vis-à-vis aliens (10) :
EARTHLINGS6
Stew cans put back (4) :
SNIT9
Turn over information of use to a milliner? (7) :
CAPSIZE10
Running into drunk this evening (7) :
TONIGHT12
Swivel canvases around for nursery rhyme character (5) :
SPRAT13
Delta's concern with a N.Y.C. subway tangle (3,6) :
AIRTRAVEL14
New arrangement of bedroom is dullsville (7) :
BOREDOM17
Oakland ballplayers bunk in town where horses race (5) :
ASCOT20
First-string players were fed in the morning (1-4) :
ATEAM21
Red riles up Texas ball club (7) :
RANGERS23
For a warning device, company must acquire genuine article (4,5) :
FIREALARM26
Jog carrying horseshoe and fish (5) :
TROUT27
City in Belgium with an annoying character (7) :
ANTWERP28
Yuletide drink containing fine goose egg (7) :
NOTHING29
John M. Weaver's frame (4) :
LOOM30
Shakespeare's penning a term for grinders (5,5) :
WATERMILLS
Down
1
Box in seance moved (6) :
ENCASE2
Regarding story with a moral that can be fixed (9) :
REPARABLE3
Interrupting emcee, I raise (5) :
HOIST4
Speaking roughly, I bad-mouth a European (9) :
ICELANDER5
Swamp critter spat audibly (5) :
GATOR7
Desert, for example, in western half of Nevada (5) :
NEGEV8
Kid landed on fork, whole (8) :
TOTALITY11
Tell a story a ranter distorted (7) :
NARRATE15
Sheep attendant in storm (7) :
RAMPAGE16
Myself, the one appointed Native American (9) :
MENOMINEE18
Copper's to phone about a janitor's service (9) :
CUSTODIAL19
Nautical bar that could make raft fail badly (8) :
TAFFRAIL22
Saint gets advanced in increments (6) :
STAGES24
Odds, for example, of roast bison, oddly (5) :
RATIO25
Greek's first peak — you've got to be kidding (5) :
ALPHA26
Carry male emblem (5) :
TOTEM
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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