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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jul 22, 2012 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
18-Down : Extends a contract and steps down (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 H | E | 2 N | N | 3 A | | 4 P | O | 5 S | T | 6 H | A | 7 S | T | 8 E |
E | | E | | D | | L | | Y | | O | | H | | L |
9 I | D | O | L | A | T | E | R | S | | 10 S | H | I | N | E |
N | | N | | M | | A | | T | | E | | N | | M |
11 O | M | A | H | A | | 12 S | K | E | D | A | D | D | L | E |
U | | T | | R | | A | | M | | | | I | | N |
13 S | P | E | A | K | I | N | G | | 14 G | 15 A | D | G | E | T |
| | | | I | | T | | 16 Q | | V | | | | |
17 A | R | 18 R | A | N | T | | 19 S | U | P | E | R | 20 E | G | 21 O |
C | | E | | | | 22 S | | A | | R | | D | | F |
23 R | E | S | P | 24 E | C | T | E | D | | 25 A | C | U | F | F |
O | | I | | X | | R | | R | | G | | C | | B |
26 B | E | G | E | T | | 27 I | N | A | N | I | M | A | T | E |
A | | N | | R | | D | | N | | N | | T | | A |
28 T | E | S | T | A | M | E | N | T | | 29 G | R | E | A | T |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
The wife of William S. returned dye (5) :
HENNA4
9
More than one admirer is describing party afterward (9) :
IDOLATERS10
Polish woman eating at home (5) :
SHINE11
Midwestern city mantra, I see (5) :
OMAHA12
Kay and Ed, in rider's seat, take off (9) :
SKEDADDLE13
Communication is finally reaching a maximum (8) :
SPEAKING14
Go from place to place to obtain device (6) :
GADGET17
Complete arrest order - except for the beginning (6) :
ARRANT19
Freudian concept: have a meal before work (8) :
SUPEREGO23
Venerable Communist accepts alien carrying blueprint detail (9) :
RESPECTED25
Number one hit for country singer (5) :
ACUFF26
Father, for one, in action at the track (5) :
BEGET27
Still crazy about one small rug (9) :
INANIMATE28
Will try army member holding me (9) :
TESTAMENT29
Excellent place for a fire, they say (5) :
GREAT
Down
1
Wicked man in love with you and me (7) :
HEINOUS2
Gas consumed very young person (7) :
NEONATE3
4
Nice farmer owns piece of land (8) :
PLEASANT5
Came upon Seymour's revolutionary method (6) :
SYSTEM6
Socks a follower of Daniel (5) :
HOSEA7
Lush indignantly hosts lavish party (7) :
SHINDIG8
Vocally, Fitzgerald signified gold or platinum (7) :
ELEMENT15
16
Team, losing opener, rushed to unfinished 25% (8) :
QUADRANT17
Bill (Willy in the movie) flipped circus performer (7) :
ACROBAT18
Extends a contract and steps down (7) :
RESIGNS20
Train ticket in possession of Cummings (7) :
EDUCATE21
Eccentric frequently embracing French actress Lillie (7) :
OFFBEAT22
First person leaving to take a seat, take a cab and walk (6) :
STRIDE24
More old paintings turned up (5) :
EXTRA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.
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