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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Jul 17, 2005  CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

22-Down : Saint gets advanced in increments (6)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
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© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Listener objects about Liberal people vis-à-vis aliens (10) : EARTHLINGS
6
Stew cans put back (4) : SNIT
9
Turn over information of use to a milliner? (7) : CAPSIZE
10
Running into drunk this evening (7) : TONIGHT
12
Swivel canvases around for nursery rhyme character (5) : SPRAT
13
Delta's concern with a N.Y.C. subway tangle (3,6) : AIRTRAVEL
14
New arrangement of bedroom is dullsville (7) : BOREDOM
17
Oakland ballplayers bunk in town where horses race (5) : ASCOT
20
First-string players were fed in the morning (1-4) : ATEAM
21
Red riles up Texas ball club (7) : RANGERS
23
For a warning device, company must acquire genuine article (4,5) : FIREALARM
26
Jog carrying horseshoe and fish (5) : TROUT
27
City in Belgium with an annoying character (7) : ANTWERP
28
Yuletide drink containing fine goose egg (7) : NOTHING
29
John M. Weaver's frame (4) : LOOM
30
Shakespeare's penning a term for grinders (5,5) : WATERMILLS
Down
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Box in seance moved (6) : ENCASE
2
Regarding story with a moral that can be fixed (9) : REPARABLE
3
Interrupting emcee, I raise (5) : HOIST
4
Speaking roughly, I bad-mouth a European (9) : ICELANDER
5
Swamp critter spat audibly (5) : GATOR
7
Desert, for example, in western half of Nevada (5) : NEGEV
8
Kid landed on fork, whole (8) : TOTALITY
11
Tell a story a ranter distorted (7) : NARRATE
15
Sheep attendant in storm (7) : RAMPAGE
16
Myself, the one appointed Native American (9) : MENOMINEE
18
Copper's to phone about a janitor's service (9) : CUSTODIAL
19
Nautical bar that could make raft fail badly (8) : TAFFRAIL
22
Saint gets advanced in increments (6) : STAGES
24
Odds, for example, of roast bison, oddly (5) : RATIO
25
Greek's first peak — you've got to be kidding (5) : ALPHA
26
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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