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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun Aug 6, 2023 Cryptic Crossword
2-Down : Spots Groucho in the audience (5)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 D | E | 2 M | U | 3 R | E | | 4 B | 5 L | A | 6 C | K | 7 I | N | 8 G |
E | | A | | E | | | | U | | A | | N | | R |
9 C | O | R | I | A | N | 10 D | E | R | | 11 T | I | T | H | E |
O | | K | | L | | R | | I | | A | | E | | A |
12 R | E | S | P | I | T | E | | 13 D | O | L | O | R | E | S |
A | | | | S | | S | | | | O | | V | | Y |
14 T | O | 15 A | S | T | | 16 S | P | 17 A | N | G | L | E | | |
E | | N | | | | E | | V | | | | N | | 18 R |
| | 19 C | O | 20 T | E | R | I | E | | 21 P | I | E | C | E |
22 E | | E | | R | | | | R | | R | | | | V |
23 M | U | S | T | A | N | 24 G | | 25 A | C | E | T | 26 A | T | E |
E | | T | | C | | R | | G | | C | | G | | R |
27 T | A | R | O | T | | 28 A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | S |
I | | A | | O | | N | | | | S | | I | | E |
29 C | O | L | O | R | A | D | O | | 30 L | E | A | N | E | D |
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
Modest object, English (6) :
DEMURE4
A follower without polish (8) :
BLACKING9
11
It overturned the payment to the church (5) :
TITHE12
Pause to offend a second time? (7) :
RESPITE13
Actress Hart to perform various roles (7) :
DOLORES14
Raise a glass to a holy man (5) :
TOAST16
Glittery object - small, soft fish (7) :
SPANGLE19
A place to sleep with Ontario neighbor and other friends (7) :
COTERIE21
Audible quiet bit (5) :
PIECE23
Ford model has to chill out among Cockneys (7) :
MUSTANG25
One termite originally consumed transparent material (7) :
ACETATE27
Seaman returning to deck (5) :
TAROT28
Rains came unexpectedly for people in the United States (9) :
AMERICANS29
Commander left a door unhinged somewhere in the West (8) :
COLORADO30
Inclined to be conductor around New England (6) :
LEANED
Down
1
Cracked code: "Evaluate Ornament" (8) :
DECORATE2
Spots Groucho in the audience (5) :
MARKS3
One with no illusions about top celebrities (7) :
REALIST5
Sensational thing that's flipped around ancient city (5) :
LURID6
Kitty and Albert try to return mail-order book (7) :
CATALOG7
Step in one, maybe ten? Never (9) :
INTERVENE8
Slick Greek child's play (6) :
GREASY10
Padre's sermon covers article of furniture (7) :
DRESSER15
Lancaster ground is inherited (9) :
ANCESTRAL17
Mean to have one's say on time (7) :
AVERAGE18
Backward Carmine penning poem (8) :
REVERSED20
Pamphlet or farm machine (7) :
TRACTOR21
Particular fudge recipes (7) :
PRECISE22
Quote me the wrong way - it makes me sick (6) :
EMETIC24
One piano, or a thousand (5) :
GRAND26
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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