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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Sep 17, 2000 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
9-Down : About one thousand five hundred sheets of paper (4)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 A | L | 2 C | O | 3 V | E | | 4 E | 5 S | T | 6 I | M | 7 A | T | 8 E |
L | | H | | I | | 9 R | | E | | N | | N | | A |
10 T | R | A | P | E | Z | E | | 11 V | I | C | I | O | U | S |
E | | S | | T | | A | | E | | A | | T | | E |
12 R | E | S | E | N | T | M | E | N | T | | 13 C | H | A | D |
N | | I | | A | | | | T | | 14 A | | E | | |
15 A | S | S | U | M | E | 16 S | | 17 E | N | D | O | R | S | 18 E |
T | | | | E | | I | | E | | D | | | | X |
19 E | X | 20 P | O | S | E | D | | 21 N | A | R | R | 22 A | T | E |
| | R | | E | | E | | | | E | | N | | R |
23 C | H | O | W | | 24 U | L | T | 25 R | A | S | O | N | I | C |
A | | V | | 26 W | | I | | I | | S | | E | | I |
27 C | E | I | L | I | N | G | | 28 O | P | I | A | T | E | S |
H | | S | | N | | H | | T | | N | | T | | E |
29 E | L | O | N | G | A | T | E | | 30 A | G | R | E | E | D |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
Vocal rendition: end of "White Room" (6) :
ALCOVE4
Guess I'm dividing property (8) :
ESTIMATE10
Catch Roz at last in Cummings, a bar for swingers (7) :
TRAPEZE11
Spiteful Tim leaving sufferer with debts (7) :
VICIOUS12
Irritation drove yours truly to break lease (10) :
RESENTMENT13
Head of Cambodia duped African nation (4) :
CHAD15
Takes on entire amount amid choppy seas (7) :
ASSUMES17
Approve of last part (all but the opening) of "Equus" (7) :
ENDORSE19
Former wife modeled naked (7) :
EXPOSED21
Eastern seaman hurried to the west to tell a story (7) :
NARRATE23
24
High-frequency insulator diffused cold (10) :
ULTRASONIC27
28
29
Extend North Carolina college entrance (8) :
ELONGATE30
A deadly sin? Yes (6) :
AGREED
Down
1
Substitute to change neat arrangement (9) :
ALTERNATE2
Mechanic has sister holding part of an automobile (7) :
CHASSIS3
Strange name: Stevie Le Duc Tho, e.g. (10) :
VIETNAMESE5
Girl's magazine spotted covering something newsworthy (9) :
SEVENTEEN6
Old Indian in California (4) :
INCA7
One more alien on Earth (7) :
ANOTHER8
Stopped going topless, relaxed (5) :
EASED9
About one thousand five hundred sheets of paper (4) :
REAM14
16
Incidental information is brought up to provide amusement (9) :
SIDELIGHT18
Used tax dollars primarily outside of emergency room (9) :
EXERCISED20
Front of villa is in surprisingly poor condition (7) :
PROVISO22
Mouseketeer bet about ten, raised (7) :
ANNETTE23
Conceal constant pain (5) :
CACHE25
One involved in craggy rock-climbing melee (4) :
RIOT26
Elmer Fudd's engagement present: a piece of chicken (4) :
WING
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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