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Trip Payne
NY Times, Sun, Oct 13, 2002 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 G | O | 2 T | H | 3 R | O | 4 U | G | 5 H | | 6 S | Y | 7 R | I | 8 A |
A | | R | | A | | P | | O | | L | | A | | L |
9 T | R | I | V | I | A | L | | 10 O | L | Y | M | P | I | A |
E | | F | | S | | I | | T | | E | | H | | N |
11 D | E | L | V | E | | 12 F | L | O | U | R | S | A | C | K |
| | E | | C | | T | | W | | | | E | | E |
13 R | A | S | C | A | L | S | | 14 L | O | 15 C | A | L | L | Y |
E | | | | I | | | | | | R | | | | E |
16 A | P | 17 P | E | N | D | 18 S | | 19 N | E | E | D | 20 L | E | S |
N | | E | | | | A | | I | | E | | O | | |
21 I | N | T | E | 22 R | A | L | I | A | | 23 P | E | S | O | 24 S |
M | | S | | E | | I | | G | | I | | E | | A |
25 A | T | H | L | E | T | E | | 26 A | M | N | E | S | T | Y |
T | | O | | D | | N | | R | | T | | I | | S |
27 E | X | P | O | S | | 28 T | E | A | F | O | R | T | W | O |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
Carefully examine two barbarians (2,7) :
GOTHROUGH6
Recalled spacious southern country (5) :
SYRIA9
Insignificant lab container with three parts? (7) :
TRIVIAL10
Li Po may corrupt city near the Pacific (7) :
OLYMPIA11
Investigate victory secured by strike-out (5) :
DELVE12
Press agent describes this group's meal container (5,4) :
FLOURSACK13
Mischief-makers head away from Pentagon officials around California (7) :
RASCALS14
"The Thin Man" actress wraps up visit in this area (7) :
LOCALLY16
Snaps on snapped snaps (7) :
APPENDS19
Largely superfluous vaccination devices (7) :
NEEDLES21
Intern detailed articles about Long Island, among others (5,4) :
INTERALIA23
Posse ordered change in Mexico (5) :
PESOS25
First one let in the jock (7) :
ATHLETE26
Ms. Vanderbilt accepting brood's pardon (7) :
AMNESTY27
Long story about 10 ballplayers (5) :
EXPOS28
Partially write a Fort Worth song (3,3,3) :
TEAFORTWO
Down
1
Rod and Edward like some apartment complexes (5) :
GATED2
Head of thieves ransacks baubles (7) :
TRIFLES3
Carry on fruit without pilot looking up (5,4) :
RAISECAIN4
Glorifies fashion plus fit (7) :
UPLIFTS5
Loud bird is overly upset, breaking into prolonged cry (4,3) :
HOOTOWL6
Comparatively crafty senior maintains chemical solution (5) :
SLYER7
Rachel's sister at average retrospective for painter (7) :
RAPHAEL8
Conservative radio host initially attracted spare notices (4,5) :
ALANKEYES13
Deteriorating man-eater I bring back to life (9) :
REANIMATE15
Alberta native and horse slowly enter (5,4) :
CREEPINTO17
Place to see a puppy walk up and jump down (3,4) :
PETSHOP18
Prominent street is home to stranger (7) :
SALIENT19
Half of army once more returns and falls (7) :
NIAGARA20
Sot lies in a whirlpool and gets mad (5,2) :
LOSESIT22
State reviews some plants (5) :
REEDS24
South American health clubs love authority (3-2) :
SAYSO
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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