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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun Sep 1, 2024 Cryptic Crossword
11-Down : Unrestrained, like a sycophant with no leader (6)
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 S | E | 2 A | S | 3 E | R | 4 P | E | 5 N | T | | 6 P | 7 R | E | 8 P |
A | | U | | N | | A | | U | | | | A | | O |
9 C | U | P | P | A | | 10 S | H | I | L | 11 L | I | N | G | S |
R | | A | | M | | T | | S | | A | | F | | S |
12 E | V | I | L | E | Y | E | | 13 A | D | V | E | R | S | E |
D | | R | | L | | | | N | | I | | E | | |
14 C | A | S | H | | 15 B | 16 L | A | C | K | S | H | E | E | 17 P |
O | | | | 18 R | | I | | E | | H | | | | A |
19 W | H | 20 I | T | E | N | O | I | S | E | | 21 S | 22 P | A | N |
| | W | | V | | N | | | | 23 S | | A | | H |
24 P | R | O | T | E | S | T | | 25 S | O | M | A | L | I | A |
E | | J | | R | | A | | A | | A | | O | | N |
26 S | P | I | D | E | R | M | A | N | | 27 C | H | O | R | D |
T | | M | | | | E | | T | | K | | K | | L |
28 O | R | A | L | | 29 D | R | E | A | M | S | T | A | T | E |
© 2024, The New York Times
Across
1
Parents see strange mythical beast (3,7) :
SEASERPENT6
Get ready to remand an offender (4) :
PREP9
Copper knocked back shrimp cocktail, say, and a bit of tea (5) :
CUPPA10
Con man to sign off for some English money (9) :
SHILLINGS12
Hex returned in person, I hear (4,3) :
EVILEYE13
Hostile words in a jingle? (7) :
ADVERSE14
Country singer dressed in black and green (4) :
CASH15
Spooner's censorship of O'Neal, an outcast (5,5) :
BLACKSHEEP19
Hot wienies cooked in a relaxing aura (5,5) :
WHITENOISE21
Time period for backrests? (4) :
SPAN24
Demonstrate in favor of makeup, e.g. (7) :
PROTEST25
Thus, a country in West Africa annexes a country in East Africa (7) :
SOMALIA26
Superhero's personal take about skin layer (6-3) :
SPIDERMAN27
Group of notes heard in "Like a Baked Apple" (5) :
CHORD28
Fabulist's message starting off by word of mouth (4) :
ORAL29
REM data set manipulated when REM occurs (5,5) :
DREAMSTATE
Down
1
Untouchable raced around inside boat (6,3) :
SACREDCOW2
Nannies' gold pants and socks (2,5) :
AUPAIRS3
Some paint in the name list (6) :
ENAMEL4
Reportedly measured off processed tomatoes (5) :
PASTE5
7
Drunk near ref went wild (3,4) :
RANFREE8
In large part, own western group (5) :
POSSE11
Unrestrained, like a sycophant with no leader (6) :
LAVISH16
Less cool about turning into a circus performer (4,5) :
LIONTAMER17
Pipe player to manage part of Florida (9) :
PANHANDLE18
Think the world of a Revolutionary patriot (6) :
REVERE20
In rebellion, Iowa captures Bowie at the Alamo, a famous battle site (3,4) :
IWOJIMA22
Dad to appear with a clumsy oaf (7) :
PALOOKA23
Kisses a sweet Kellogg's cereal (6) :
SMACKS24
Sauce from grape-stomping (5) :
PESTO25
Mall temp is worker found in South America (5) :
SANTA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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