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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Jan 14, 2007 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 66
1 A | | | | 2 N | | 3 E | X | P | 4 E | N | 5 S | E | 6 S | |
7 P | H | 8 A | L | A | N | X | | | R | | H | | E | |
A | | L | | V | | 9 O | 10 C | T | A | H | E | D | R | A |
11 C | A | L | L | I | S | T | O | | S | | A | | E | |
H | | O | | G | | 12 I | M | P | A | I | R | I | N | G |
13 E | N | T | R | A | N | C | E | | B | | E | | A | |
| | S | | B | | | T | | 14 L | 15 A | R | E | D | O |
| 16 S | | | 17 L | 18 I | G | H | T | E | R | | | E | |
19 C | H | O | 20 S | E | N | | R | | | G | | 21 M | | |
| O | | T | | F | | 22 O | 23 T | T | O | M | A | N | 24 S |
25 C | O | U | R | T | E | O | U | S | | N | | R | | P |
| T | | I | | R | | 26 G | E | T | A | F | T | E | R |
27 W | E | E | K | N | I | G | H | T | | U | | I | | U |
| R | | E | | O | | | 28 S | A | T | A | N | I | C |
| 29 S | U | R | P | R | I | S | E | | S | | | | E |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
3
Divorcés covering writer's costs (8) :
EXPENSES7
Ordered troops: "Phone Shepard by ten" (7) :
PHALANX9
11
Communication attempt is to one of Jupiter's moons (8) :
CALLISTO12
13
14
Notes a city in Texas (6) :
LAREDO17
Less onerous barbecue starter (7) :
LIGHTER19
Preferred Korea to Japan (6) :
CHOSEN22
Turks turned to Aunt Polly's nephew with answer (8) :
OTTOMANS25
Outsource shifts of a diplomatic nature (9) :
COURTEOUS26
Nag overweight president in Grand Rapids, at first (3,5) :
GETAFTER27
Early part of a board game evening (9) :
WEEKNIGHT28
Very bad butcher in a cast (7) :
SATANIC29
Unexpected gentleman is nosy, we hear (8) :
SURPRISE
Down
1
News provider hurt native American (6) :
APACHE2
Passable director Reitman's written up "G.W.T.W." star (9) :
NAVIGABLE3
Foreign name holds "dumb" guy up (6) :
EXOTIC4
Are crawfishes black, like some ballpoint pens? (8) :
ERASABLE5
Listen to more transparent person who fleeces the sheepish? (7) :
SHEARER6
Sing to withered Dane off-key (8) :
SERENADE8
Assigns everyone extra minutes to decide games (6) :
ALLOTS10
Endure space traveler, hot and heavy (4,7) :
COMETHROUGH15
Adventurers groan at us degenerates (9) :
ARGONAUTS16
Gunmen ultimately miss owls (8) :
SHOOTERS18
Conclude about Brazilian resort: "of second-rate quality" (8) :
INFERIOR20
Child's wheels taken by senior person on a picket line (7) :
STRIKER21
Comedian Steve leaving cocktail unfinished (6) :
MARTIN23
African pest jet-sets everywhere, essentially (6) :
TSETSE24
Smart-looking wood (6) :
SPRUCE
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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