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Stella Zawistowski
NY Times, Sun, Aug 08, 2021 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
20-Down : Hit bottom of bridge heading to Kansas? (5)
Author:
Stella Zawistowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 A | C | 2 C | O | 3 S | T | | 4 S | 5 T | U | 6 R | G | 7 E | O | 8 N |
T | | A | | C | | | | R | | A | | R | | E |
9 A | D | M | I | R | E | 10 D | | 11 A | R | T | S | O | N | G |
R | | E | | E | | E | | F | | S | | T | | O |
12 I | N | R | E | A | L | L | I | F | E | | 13 D | I | E | T |
| | O | | M | | V | | I | | 14 D | | C | | I |
15 R | A | N | G | E | | 16 E | N | C | H | I | L | A | D | A |
E | | | | D | | | | | | L | | | | T |
17 L | A | 18 M | B | A | S | 19 T | E | 20 S | | 21 E | R | 22 N | I | E |
U | | A | | T | | H | | P | | T | | O | | |
23 C | A | S | H | | 24 B | I | P | A | R | T | I | S | A | 25 N |
T | | S | | 26 L | | N | | N | | A | | T | | A |
27 A | L | A | B | A | M | A | | 28 K | I | N | D | R | E | D |
N | | G | | S | | I | | | | T | | I | | I |
29 T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | | 30 D | E | A | L | E | R |
© 2021, The New York Times
Across
1
Confront air-conditioning expense (6) :
ACCOST4
Doctor taking time to fish (8) :
STURGEON9
Well-respected naval commander ditches Al for Ed (7) :
ADMIRED11
A strong, fresh musical performance (3,4) :
ARTSONG12
13
Losing effort in a legislature? (4) :
DIET15
Take the top off fruit assortment (5) :
RANGE16
China deal wrecked the whole thing? (9) :
ENCHILADA17
Harshly criticizes innocent one at the time of setback (9) :
LAMBASTES21
Muppet embraced by younger niece (5) :
ERNIE23
Dictator's hiding place for money (4) :
CASH24
PiƱata ribs broken on both sides? (10) :
BIPARTISAN27
A dog and a mother in a Southern state (7) :
ALABAMA28
Class embarrassed family (7) :
KINDRED29
Reuse art mobile to make something precious (8) :
TREASURE30
Leader reordered from merchant (6) :
DEALER
Down
1
Middle Easterner doesn't start video game system (5) :
ATARI2
Director James arrived alongside director Howard (7) :
CAMERON3
Sat around, badly defeated and berated (8,2) :
SCREAMEDAT5
If craft is developed, what might make jam? (7) :
TRAFFIC6
"Darn! Sun is coming up" (4) :
RATS7
Perot: "I can suppress pornography" (7) :
EROTICA8
Maneuver around knotted tie on gate (9) :
NEGOTIATE10
Handel, Verdi accommodating research (5) :
DELVE14
Lover of the arts titled neat bust (10) :
DILETTANTE15
Feeling hesitant, cutler chopped up morsel for a toad (9) :
RELUCTANT18
Knead lump a long time (7) :
MASSAGE19
Iran hit, blasted into nonexistence (4,3) :
THINAIR20
Hit bottom of bridge heading to Kansas? (5) :
SPANK22
Nothing about broken sort to help in breathing (7) :
NOSTRIL25
Bottom of swirling drain (5) :
NADIR26
First in line behind girl (4) :
LASS
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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