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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Aug 26, 2018 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
23-Down : Oscar winner in Christmas tree picture (6)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 R | U | 2 B | Y | | 3 A | 4 N | K | 5 L | E | 6 B | I | 7 T | E | 8 R |
O | | L | | 9 S | | I | | E | | I | | R | | I |
10 A | C | A | P | P | E | L | L | A | | 11 G | O | I | N | G |
D | | C | | L | | E | | P | | B | | A | | H |
12 I | N | K | P | A | D | | | 13 S | H | A | L | L | O | T |
E | | E | | S | | 14 I | | E | | N | | | | N |
| 15 P | Y | T | H | O | N | I | C | | 16 G | U | 17 S | T | O |
18 S | | E | | | | P | | O | | | | E | | W |
19 H | E | D | G | 20 E | | 21 R | I | N | G | 22 D | O | V | E | |
O | | | | M | | O | | D | | E | | E | | 23 S |
24 W | A | 25 L | K | I | N | G | | | 26 M | A | G | N | E | T |
S | | A | | R | | R | | 27 S | | R | | T | | R |
28 H | O | S | T | A | | 29 E | A | U | C | L | A | I | R | E |
O | | S | | T | | S | | M | | Y | | E | | E |
30 W | O | O | D | E | N | S | H | O | E | | 31 A | S | A | P |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
Buff yellow color for slippers (4) :
RUBY3
10
A cartoonist named Al Fitzgerald who sang without instruments (1,8) :
ACAPPELLA11
Set bell around one for departure (5) :
GOING12
Kidnap wrong stamp supplier (3,3) :
INKPAD13
Bulb in the kitchen corridor grabbed by drunkard (7) :
SHALLOT15
Hypnotic writhing of a snake (8) :
PYTHONIC16
Name for a gloomy guy to relish (5) :
GUSTO19
Bit of horticultural border? (5) :
HEDGE21
Toll dropped sharply for flier with a band (8) :
RINGDOVE24
Pedestrian law backed by ruler (7) :
WALKING26
Girl's face captured by Impressionist drawer (6) :
MAGNET28
Crowd a plantain lily (5) :
HOSTA29
Wood hideout, we hear, in Wisconsin city (3,6) :
EAUCLAIRE30
Clog court TV room with small chopper (6,4) :
WOODENSHOE31
Stat for a chump (4) :
ASAP
Down
1
Traveling aide or touring aide (6) :
ROADIE2
Stooge in the sack with a shiner (5-4) :
BLACKEYED4
Kind of blue, with zero energy (4) :
NILE5
Some added time altered penal codes (4,6) :
LEAPSECOND6
Gabbing loosely is the start of it all (3,4) :
BIGBANG7
Latter half of industrial test (5) :
TRIAL8
Throwing rocks without delay (5,3) :
RIGHTNOW9
Make a big impression with Spanish tie (6) :
SPLASH14
Metamorphosis of spring rose is underway (2,8) :
INPROGRESS17
Pens bracketing equal range of numbers (9) :
SEVENTIES18
Demonstrates the way Who's Who's wrong (5,3) :
SHOWSHOW20
Arab land turned me hot (7) :
EMIRATE22
Day too soon, at great cost (6) :
DEARLY23
Oscar winner in Christmas tree picture (6) :
STREEP25
Gal Gadot's penultimate weapon for Wonder Woman (5) :
LASSO27
Total ring sport (4) :
SUMO
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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