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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
15-Down : Revised citadel's language (7)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
1 E | N | 2 T | R | 3 A | N | 4 C | E | | 5 A | 6 T | T | 7 A | R | 8 S |
N | | R | | T | | R | | | | A | | N | | I |
9 T | H | E | A | T | R | E | | 10 S | U | S | T | A | I | N |
R | | A | | E | | A | | P | | K | | C | | G |
11 A | U | T | O | N | O | M | O | U | S | | 12 D | O | E | S |
P | | S | | D | | | | T | | 13 E | | N | | I |
| | | 14 G | A | R | 15 D | E | N | O | F | E | D | E | N |
16 T | | 17 I | | N | | I | | I | | F | | A | | G |
18 S | A | F | E | C | R | A | C | K | E | R | S | | | |
U | | F | | E | | L | | | | O | | 19 G | | 20 H |
21 N | A | I | L | | 22 S | E | R | 23 P | E | N | T | I | N | E |
A | | N | | 24 O | | C | | O | | T | | V | | A |
25 M | E | E | R | K | A | T | | 26 W | E | E | K | E | N | D |
I | | S | | R | | | | E | | R | | I | | E |
27 S | A | S | H | A | Y | | 28 C | R | A | Y | O | N | E | D |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
1
5
9
10
Bear is dirty after capturing us (7) :
SUSTAIN11
Sovereign (gold) also incorporates French name and American (10) :
AUTONOMOUS12
14
Single creep left iron cave, in the first place (6,2,4) :
GARDENOFEDEN18
Endless feast disturbed by screwy burglars (12) :
SAFECRACKERS21
Nothing restricts a claw (4) :
NAIL22
25
Mongoose agitated meek rat (7) :
MEERKAT26
Dope gains understanding with time off from work, usually (7) :
WEEKEND27
Walk ostentatiously, for instance, around a tree (6) :
SASHAY28
Down
1
Catch spouse before final from Down Under? (6) :
ENTRAP2
3
People present at prom taking ten (10) :
ATTENDANCE4
6
Assignment: teacher's first question (4) :
TASK7
A Canon ad designed for a wrapper? (8) :
ANACONDA8
Prison, amid uprisings, ingathered (4,4) :
SINGSING10
Satellite from southern place over northern relative (7) :
SPUTNIK13
15
Revised citadel's language (7) :
DIALECT16
Cap is worn by star for big waves (8) :
TSUNAMIS17
Plaintiff in essence conceals uncertainty (8) :
IFFINESS19
Surrender soldier on vessel carrying blood (4,2) :
GIVEIN20
Bound notice inside notice (6) :
HEADED23
Might have debts in Puerto Rico (5) :
POWER24
Vegetable and egg on capsized boat (4) :
OKRA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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