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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jul 05, 2015 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
25-Down : Mark to say grace aloud (4)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 67
1 B | A | 2 N | I | 3 S | H | 4 E | D | | 5 R | 6 U | M | 7 P | U | 8 S |
E | | O | | I | | N | | 9 S | | T | | E | | T |
10 T | I | T | A | N | I | C | | 11 P | E | T | U | N | I | A |
A | | E | | E | | O | | O | | E | | M | | N |
| | | | 12 C | O | U | N | T | E | R | M | A | N | D |
13 D | | 14 A | | U | | R | | | | | | N | | P |
15 O | D | D | E | R | | 16 A | N | 17 T | I | 18 P | A | S | T | O |
U | | V | | E | | G | | R | | E | | H | | I |
19 B | R | A | S | S | I | E | R | E | | 20 R | E | I | G | N |
L | | N | | | | | | A | | I | | P | | T |
21 E | N | T | E | 22 R | P | 23 R | I | S | E | S | | | | |
T | | A | | O | | E | | U | | C | | 24 S | | 25 P |
26 I | N | G | R | A | T | E | | 27 R | O | O | S | T | E | R |
M | | E | | S | | D | | E | | P | | A | | E |
28 E | R | S | A | T | Z | | 29 G | R | E | E | N | B | A | Y |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
Outlaw is the man Edward ultimately exiled (8) :
BANISHED5
Row behind you and me (6) :
RUMPUS10
Huge jerk holding one whip (7) :
TITANIC11
Flower - favorite one in Waterloo, Iowa (7) :
PETUNIA12
Luncheonette worker finally had to cancel an order (11) :
COUNTERMAND15
Feed all but the first stranger (5) :
ODDER16
Not in favor of old egg appetizer (9) :
ANTIPASTO19
Metal that is on an item of underwear (9) :
BRASSIERE20
Come down, according to reports, to sit on the throne (5) :
REIGN21
Ventures to appear onstage before Jimmy Stewart's opening (11) :
ENTERPRISES26
Tearing apart unappreciative person (7) :
INGRATE27
List includes not one bird (7) :
ROOSTER28
Phony tears spilled at the end (6) :
ERSATZ29
Good beanery constructed where Lambeau Field is (5,3) :
GREENBAY
Down
1
2
A, B, C, D, F or G? (4) :
NOTE3
Easy jobs taking voltage from oscilloscope readings (9) :
SINECURES4
Urge beginning of experiment with wild cougar in New England (9) :
ENCOURAGE6
Complete spread, except for the top (5) :
UTTER7
Writing scathing report about unruly men on boat (10) :
PENMANSHIP8
The way to view: bear north or west (10) :
STANDPOINT9
Coming up, the best TV ad (4) :
SPOT13
Quickly have suspicions about the French-Italian medical examiner (6-4) :
DOUBLETIME14
Precepts about five worker benefits (10) :
ADVANTAGES17
Bit of talk concerning a certain Republican Club officer (9) :
TREASURER18
For each island, make out something rising in the water (9) :
PERISCOPE22
Fall apart outside, like a piece of meat (5) :
ROAST23
Musical instrument to study by ear (4) :
REED24
Try bringing back sporting equipment (4) :
STAB25
Mark to say grace aloud (4) :
PREY
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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