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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jan 17, 2016 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 H | A | 2 S | T | 3 E | | 4 C | A | 5 R | P | 6 E | N | 7 T | E | 8 R |
I | | C | | L | | A | | E | | N | | E | | A |
9 T | W | A | D | D | L | E | | 10 S | A | T | A | N | I | C |
R | | T | | E | | S | | O | | I | | A | | E |
11 E | N | T | E | R | T | A | I | N | | 12 T | U | B | E | R |
C | | E | | | | R | | A | | L | | L | | |
13 O | G | R | E | 14 S | S | | 15 S | T | R | I | D | E | N | 16 T |
R | | | | T | | 17 E | | E | | N | | | | R |
18 D | E | 19 C | R | E | A | S | E | | 20 A | G | E | 21 N | D | A |
| | O | | A | | C | | 22 A | | | | E | | V |
23 T | I | R | E | D | | 24 A | G | G | R | 25 E | G | A | T | E |
O | | O | | F | | P | | H | | A | | R | | R |
26 S | U | L | T | A | N | A | | 27 A | C | T | R | E | S | S |
C | | L | | S | | D | | S | | E | | S | | E |
28 A | P | A | R | T | M | E | N | T | | 29 N | O | T | E | S |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
After the start, pure speed (5) :
HASTE4
President embracing writer - he put the cabinet together (9) :
CARPENTER9
Bull tries at first to walk like a duck (7) :
TWADDLE10
Really bad cast in a revival (7) :
SATANIC11
Break into "Ain't Misbehavin'" to please the audience (9) :
ENTERTAIN12
Potato time over in Germany (5) :
TUBER13
Somewhat progressive woman of legend (6) :
OGRESS15
Grating bit of Stilton with big fork (8) :
STRIDENT18
20
A long time and different things to do (6) :
AGENDA23
Run-down, like an automobile? (5) :
TIRED24
Louganis going through marble collection (9) :
AGGREGATE26
Turkish woman, army officer in hazy sauna (7) :
SULTANA27
Current "Hair" cast member (7) :
ACTRESS28
Worker about to leave me flat (9) :
APARTMENT29
Observes attack from the east (5) :
NOTES
Down
1
Hollywood's premier director spinning top-10 tune (3,6) :
HITRECORD2
Broadcast "The Jazz Singer"? (7) :
SCATTER3
One generally respected tree (5) :
ELDER4
Reportedly, one who takes part in "Antony and Cleopatra" (6) :
CAESAR5
6
7
Directions inside piece of furniture on solid ground (7) :
TENABLE8
Track competitor runs around one (5) :
RACER14
Firm in purpose and strangely sated, refuse to eat (9) :
STEADFAST16
Goes over review of paintings and poems (9) :
TRAVERSES17
Lark in flight grasping plug (8) :
ESCAPADE19
Part of a flower and egg roll consumed by tailless feline (7) :
COROLLA21
Next piece of corn found in Robin's home (7) :
NEAREST22
Appearing in drag, has townspeople in shock (6) :
AGHAST23
Scotto scarcely comprehends Puccini work (5) :
TOSCA25
Had dinner where Wellington went to school, you say? (5) :
EATEN
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