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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Aug 13, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

21-Down : Straight dealing (but not straight) (7)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
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Across
1
From east to west, Mediterranean island's black (5) : SABLE
4
Splendid end of summer in San Diego going awry (9) : GRANDIOSE
9
List includes a chicken (7) : ROASTER
10
Visitors left French article in more than one automobile (7) : CALLERS
11
Sea creature devours alien ticketer (5,4) : METERMAID
12
One judge is hot (5) : IRATE
13
Liberal creep initially read account book (6) : LEDGER
15
He's a kind, oddly antisocial person (8) : SKINHEAD
18
Reportedly leaves pie and ice cream (8) : DESSERTS
20
Meal about over (6) : REPAST
23
Anticipate a Mass being said (5) : AWAIT
24
Cautioned about what's going on in school (9) : EDUCATION
26
Tiresome Theodore promises to pay (7) : TEDIOUS
27
Ranted wildly about Good Friday TV program (7) : DRAGNET
28
One who struggles with Italian money (9) : CONTENDER
29
The Spanish and the German church official (5) : ELDER
Down
1
Mixed-up Southern Conservative talked pointlessly (9) : SCRAMBLED
2
Darn bishop went on and on (7) : BLASTED
3
Go in the middle, not the front (5) : ENTER
4
Bug an inhabitant of Potsdam (6) : GERMAN
5
Franz Ferdinand, for one, cooked chard, peeled salad veggies (8) : ARCHDUKE
6
Trifling, fourth-rate treaty (9) : DALLIANCE
7
Poet arranged to take time to work (7) : OPERATE
8
Make certain, losing right to follow (5) : ENSUE
14
Choose Stewart English to be conductor (9) : ELECTRODE
16
Turning over rubbish, one observed part of a bomb (9) : DETONATOR
17
Emphasized the return of 18-Across (8) : STRESSED
19
"Honest and intelligent" describes understudy (5-2) : STANDIN
21
Straight dealing (but not straight) (7) : ALIGNED
22
Essentially misunderstands part (6) : SUNDER
23
Not in favor of college prank (5) : ANTIC
25
Words of wisdom, time and time again (5) : ADAGE
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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