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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun Aug 6, 2023 Cryptic Crossword

1-Down : Cracked code: "Evaluate Ornament" (8)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
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Across
1
Modest object, English (6) : DEMURE
4
A follower without polish (8) : BLACKING
9
Herb carried on wildly (9) : CORIANDER
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It overturned the payment to the church (5) : TITHE
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Pause to offend a second time? (7) : RESPITE
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Actress Hart to perform various roles (7) : DOLORES
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Raise a glass to a holy man (5) : TOAST
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Glittery object - small, soft fish (7) : SPANGLE
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A place to sleep with Ontario neighbor and other friends (7) : COTERIE
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Audible quiet bit (5) : PIECE
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Ford model has to chill out among Cockneys (7) : MUSTANG
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One termite originally consumed transparent material (7) : ACETATE
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Seaman returning to deck (5) : TAROT
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Rains came unexpectedly for people in the United States (9) : AMERICANS
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Commander left a door unhinged somewhere in the West (8) : COLORADO
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Inclined to be conductor around New England (6) : LEANED
Down
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Cracked code: "Evaluate Ornament" (8) : DECORATE
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Spots Groucho in the audience (5) : MARKS
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One with no illusions about top celebrities (7) : REALIST
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Sensational thing that's flipped around ancient city (5) : LURID
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Kitty and Albert try to return mail-order book (7) : CATALOG
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Step in one, maybe ten? Never (9) : INTERVENE
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Slick Greek child's play (6) : GREASY
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Padre's sermon covers article of furniture (7) : DRESSER
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Lancaster ground is inherited (9) : ANCESTRAL
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Mean to have one's say on time (7) : AVERAGE
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Backward Carmine penning poem (8) : REVERSED
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Pamphlet or farm machine (7) : TRACTOR
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Particular fudge recipes (7) : PRECISE
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Quote me the wrong way - it makes me sick (6) : EMETIC
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One piano, or a thousand (5) : GRAND
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Not a loss, and not for the first time (5) : AGAIN
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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