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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Sep 05, 1999 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
14-Down : Supporting Mr. Starr in humdinger (7,3)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
1 B | A | 2 C | H | | 3 O | 4 S | C | 5 A | R | 6 W | I | 7 L | D | 8 E |
U | | O | | | | E | | N | | I | | O | | D |
9 C | E | N | T | | 10 B | A | R | T | E | N | D | I | N | G |
K | | T | | | | P | | W | | E | | S | | E |
11 L | E | A | F | 12 B | L | O | W | E | R | S | | | | |
E | | I | | R | | R | | R | | T | | 13 W | | 14 B |
15 D | E | N | T | I | S | T | | 16 P | R | E | L | A | T | E |
O | | E | | G | | | | | | W | | S | | A |
17 W | A | R | T | H | O | 18 G | | 19 S | L | A | T | H | E | R |
N | | S | | T | | R | | P | | R | | I | | I |
| | | | 20 E | V | E | R | A | N | D | A | N | O | N |
21 S | | 22 I | | N | | C | | N | | | | G | | G |
23 T | E | N | D | I | N | I | T | I | S | | 24 O | T | T | O |
U | | C | | N | | A | | E | | | | O | | U |
25 B | R | A | G | G | I | N | G | L | Y | | 26 S | N | I | T |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
Musical genius comprehended by Gorbachev (4) :
BACH3
Playwright and I scrawl ode haphazardly (5,5) :
OSCARWILDE9
Penny directed to an audience (4) :
CENT10
Homer's kid stopping work in a pub (10) :
BARTENDING11
Bee among meadow blooms and autumn lawn sights (4,7) :
LEAFBLOWERS15
Study time is the 6th of August for a doctor (7) :
DENTIST16
Clergy member and chief of police are sympathetic to each other (7) :
PRELATE17
A growth disfigured an ugly beast (7) :
WARTHOG19
Thickly cover Sam's face with shaving cream (7) :
SLATHER20
Inside veranda, nonsense shows occasionally (4,3,4) :
EVERANDANON23
Backward net and racket: it is a problem for a tennis player (10) :
TENDINITIS24
Name for an emperor wrapped in cotton (4) :
OTTO25
High-flying Nellie keeps teasing in a boastful way (10) :
BRAGGINGLY26
Stew in cans put back (4) :
SNIT
Down
1
Doe's mate was the first to have to make an effort (6,4) :
BUCKLEDOWN2
Screwball ran notices for boxes and cans (10) :
CONTAINERS4
Frolic around each coastal city (7) :
SEAPORT5
Belgian city with an irritating character (7) :
ANTWERP6
7
Lane going through cloister (4) :
LOIS8
12
Actress Annette gets proper cheering (11) :
BRIGHTENING13
President's laundry not returned (10) :
WASHINGTON14
Supporting Mr. Starr in humdinger (7,3) :
BEARINGOUT18
Hellenic grace in dancing (7) :
GRECIAN19
Dog that is left under bridge (7) :
SPANIEL21
Raised objections in the end (4) :
STUB22
Native American occupying California (4) :
INCA
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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