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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Oct 04, 1998 Cryptic Crossword
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 S | A | 2 W | Y | 3 E | R | | 4 P | 5 R | E | 6 S | E | 7 N | T | 8 S |
P | | I | | N | | 9 G | | A | | P | | I | | O |
10 I | N | N | E | R | | 11 L | E | T | H | A | R | G | I | C |
N | | E | | O | | A | | S | | R | | H | | I |
12 A | N | G | E | L | E | N | O | | 13 B | E | A | T | L | E |
C | | L | | | | C | | | | R | | | | T |
14 H | E | A | R | 15 T | L | E | S | 16 S | | 17 I | M | 18 P | L | Y |
| | S | | E | | A | | T | | B | | L | | |
19 M | A | S | O | N | | 20 T | R | A | N | S | L | A | T | 21 E |
E | | | | T | | | | M | | | | N | | A |
22 A | N | 23 N | U | A | L | | 24 S | P | R | 25 I | N | T | E | R |
N | | O | | C | | 26 A | | E | | R | | L | | N |
27 D | E | V | E | L | O | P | E | D | | 28 A | B | I | D | E |
E | | E | | E | | S | | E | | Q | | F | | S |
29 R | E | L | I | S | H | E | S | | 30 D | I | V | E | S | T |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
Newswoman dated the old Republican (6) :
SAWYER4
10
Private Victor going topless (5) :
INNER11
Sleepy or Dopey minced the garlic (9) :
LETHARGIC12
A no-good English talk-show host and a resident of California (8) :
ANGELENO13
Harrison at one time defeated the French (6) :
BEATLE14
The man (Frank) without feeling (9) :
HEARTLESS17
Start off plainly intimate (5) :
IMPLY19
Guy embraces true bricklayer (5) :
MASON20
Interpret all but the fourth entry in train schedule (9) :
TRANSLATE22
Yearbook article fills void (6) :
ANNUAL24
Small computer adjunct -- one that runs fast (8) :
SPRINTER27
Around five, the star of "Gidget" ran easily and got muscular (9) :
DEVELOPED28
Stand I had found in Lincoln (5) :
ABIDE29
30
Strip joints at end of street (6) :
DIVEST
Down
1
Harry Chapin's "Green Leaves" (7) :
SPINACH2
Gain the affection of, for example, young female tumbler's kin (9) :
WINEGLASS3
Michaels goes up to register (5) :
ENROL5
Principal is coming up. Darn! (4) :
RATS6
Extra kids' item on a Chinese restaurant menu (9) :
SPARERIBS7
Approaching a third of the evening (5) :
NIGHT8
Southern metropolis hosting eastern association (7) :
SOCIETY9
Glimpse shaft inside revolver (6,2) :
GLANCEAT15
Clear up stories about cold pieces of calamari (9) :
TENTACLES16
Pets made mad, headlong rush (8) :
STAMPEDE18
19
Yours truly and that cockney woman walk aimlessly (7) :
MEANDER21
Serious attention put on cozy home (7) :
EARNEST23
Coward claiming victory is unusual (5) :
NOVEL25
Noted terrorists question one Mideasterner (5) :
IRAQI26
Basilica section partially collapsed (4) :
APSE
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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