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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Nov 09, 2014 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 S | O | 2 L | V | 3 E | | 4 I | N | 5 T | E | 6 R | S | 7 E | C | 8 T |
O | | E | | X | | B | | O | | A | | V | | A |
9 M | O | O | R | A | G | E | | 10 R | E | D | R | E | S | S |
E | | T | | M | | R | | M | | I | | N | | T |
11 T | R | A | N | S | P | I | R | E | | 12 A | S | I | D | E |
I | | R | | | | A | | N | | T | | N | | |
13 M | A | D | C | 14 A | P | | 15 S | T | R | I | N | G | E | 16 D |
E | | | | N | | 17 A | | S | | O | | | | I |
18 S | P | 19 O | R | T | I | N | G | | 20 G | N | E | 21 I | S | S |
| | P | | I | | A | | 22 P | | | | N | | A |
23 E | Q | U | I | P | | 24 C | A | R | R | 25 O | T | T | O | P |
X | | L | | A | | O | | I | | D | | E | | P |
26 T | R | E | A | S | O | N | | 27 E | N | D | O | R | S | E |
R | | N | | T | | D | | S | | E | | I | | A |
28 A | S | T | R | O | N | A | U | T | | 29 R | U | M | O | R |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
Only about five do the puzzle (5) :
SOLVE4
9
Low anger where boats are docked (7) :
MOORAGE10
Decorate again? Correct (7) :
REDRESS11
12
One team in reserve (5) :
ASIDE13
Crazy plot involving a follower of Washington (6) :
MADCAP15
Southern rocker Nugent owns piece of jewelry resembling a guitar (8) :
STRINGED18
Do a song about London or Liverpool fair (8) :
SPORTING20
Hearing pleasant rock (6) :
GNEISS23
Provide online witticism? (5) :
EQUIP24
Complain about decay to redhead (9) :
CARROTTOP26
True motive for crime (7) :
TREASON27
Vouch for last Cockney nag (7) :
ENDORSE28
Saturn, to a wandering space traveler (9) :
ASTRONAUT29
Bit of gossip boardinghouse resident heard (5) :
RUMOR
Down
1
Occasionally note New York pro backing big rig (9) :
SOMETIMES2
Accidentally tear old dance costume (7) :
LEOTARD3
Cut up manuscript, tests (5) :
EXAMS4
Asian region, not South European peninsula (6) :
IBERIA5
Disturbs fellows caught by wrongful acts (8) :
TORMENTS6
Dole retains one government lawyer over a cause of illness (9) :
RADIATION7
Getting the lumps out late in the day (7) :
EVENING8
Partly cut a steak, take a bite (5) :
TASTE14
One piece of advice about Italian food (9) :
ANTIPASTO16
Say bad things about a soft piece of fruit and go away (9) :
DISAPPEAR17
A guy locked up inside, and a snake (8) :
ANACONDA19
Rich Love turned up 40 days before Easter (7) :
OPULENT21
22
Father sticks a nose in on time (6) :
PRIEST23
Additional paintings by Matisse finally mounted (5) :
EXTRA25
Stranger rejected Communist party (5) :
ODDER
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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