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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Aug 23, 1998 Cryptic Crossword
5-Down : Most passionate actor rides the Central (9)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
1 C | L | 2 I | N | 3 T | E | 4 A | S | 5 T | W | 6 O | O | 7 D | | |
A | | S | | H | | L | | O | | O | | A | | 8 G |
9 R | U | S | S | E | L | L | | 10 R | A | M | B | L | E | R |
D | | U | | O | | O | | R | | P | | L | | E |
11 I | T | E | M | S | | 12 W | E | I | G | H | T | I | N | G |
N | | | | C | | | | D | | | | A | | O |
13 A | S | 14 T | R | A | D | 15 D | L | E | | 16 F | I | N | E | R |
L | | R | | R | | E | | S | | A | | C | | I |
17 N | A | I | L | S | | 18 B | A | T | H | S | H | E | B | A |
U | | L | | | | U | | | | T | | | | N |
19 M | A | L | E | 20 M | U | T | E | 21 S | | 22 P | A | 23 N | I | C |
B | | I | | O | | A | | H | | I | | I | | H |
24 E | R | O | S | I | O | N | | 25 E | S | T | O | N | I | A |
R | | N | | R | | T | | A | | C | | J | | N |
| | 26 S | T | A | T | E | O | F | T | H | E | A | R | T |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
9
Audibly whisper a man's name (7) :
RUSSELL10
Rover is right in front of stroller (7) :
RAMBLER11
Articles Times misprinted (5) :
ITEMS12
Fly around 8:00, getting loaded? (9) :
WEIGHTING13
Later, Dad's drunkenly sitting like a cowboy on a horse (9) :
ASTRADDLE16
Better penalty meter? (5) :
FINER17
Navy's leader does poorly with studs (5) :
NAILS18
She gets into tub with a couple of bachelors and David's wife (9) :
BATHSHEBA19
Some barkers, or guys who don't say anything? (9) :
MALEMUTES22
Article I put in "Politically Correct" produces widespread alarm (5) :
PANIC24
Wearing nothing in Love-in (7) :
EROSION25
Republic in SEATO bombed (7) :
ESTONIA26
Down
1
2
Offspring lives to litigate (5) :
ISSUE3
Hollywood awards ceremony chose star wrongly (3,6) :
THEOSCARS4
Permit everything that's painful (5) :
ALLOW5
Most passionate actor rides the Central (9) :
TORRIDEST6
Speedometer reading of a car at rest? Zip (5) :
OOMPH7
Trifling Democrat's first association (9) :
DALLIANCE8
14
Bird call is absorbing on lots (9) :
TRILLIONS15
Society girl in Italian hot spot piped up (9) :
DEBUTANTE16
Kind of softball stuck firmly on tarry goo (4-5) :
FASTPITCH20
Name for a nomadic Maori (5) :
MOIRA21
On Friday, Big Apple ball park makes a bundle (5) :
SHEAF23
Some assassin in Japan! (5) :
NINJA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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