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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 27, 2020 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
1 H | O | 2 L | M | 3 E | S | | 4 M | 5 E | N | 6 T | A | 7 L | L | 8 Y |
E | | I | | A | | | | X | | A | | E | | E |
9 R | E | T | I | R | E | | 10 P | E | R | S | O | N | A | L |
E | | T | | L | | | | C | | K | | O | | L |
11 T | W | O | B | Y | F | 12 O | U | R | | 13 F | A | R | G | O |
I | | R | | | | C | | A | | O | | E | | W |
14 C | H | A | I | 15 N | L | E | T | T | E | R | | | | |
S | | L | | I | | A | | I | | C | | 16 P | | 17 C |
| | | | 18 C | I | N | C | O | D | E | M | A | Y | O |
19 C | | 20 J | | K | | L | | N | | | | S | | W |
21 H | O | U | S | E | | 22 I | N | S | P | 23 E | C | T | O | R |
I | | N | | L | | N | | | | T | | O | | I |
24 C | H | E | R | O | K | E | E | | 25 T | H | I | R | S | T |
H | | A | | U | | R | | | | E | | A | | E |
26 I | G | U | E | S | S | S | O | | 27 D | R | I | L | L | S |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
Detective, first of many, in areas where something is missing (6) :
HOLMES4
Big boys keep score without needing to write anything down (8) :
MENTALLY9
Call it a day to do a bike repair job? (6) :
RETIRE10
Solar pen developed for private use (8) :
PERSONAL11
Some lumber to buy for sounding (3-2-4) :
TWOBYFOUR13
Travel east of remote Dakotan locale (5) :
FARGO14
Shady moneymaking means playing the clarinet (5,6) :
CHAINLETTER18
21
Doctor on TV show not starting or finishing operation (5) :
HOUSE22
Case worker changed one script (9) :
INSPECTOR24
Romantic hero keeps concealing Jeep model (8) :
CHEROKEE25
Craving new T-shirt (6) :
THIRST26
Issues go astray, probably (1,5,2) :
IGUESSSO27
Not doing well in doctors' practices (6) :
DRILLS
Down
1
Iconoclasts present odd mannerisms (8) :
HERETICS2
Tortilla cooked by a shore (8) :
LITTORAL3
Primitive, sort of like a British nobleman? (5) :
EARLY5
Business bigwig shares unprintable oaths (11) :
EXECRATIONS6
Group of experts in doubt ask for certainty (4,5) :
TASKFORCE7
Former TV host regarding poetry's "radiant maiden" (6) :
LENORE8
Let people know about a hurt chicken (6) :
YELLOW12
15
Yuletide saint heard of a metal (9) :
NICKELOUS16
Describing the countryside by speaking (8) :
PASTORAL17
Is one of the authors of "Ceremonies for Barn Animals"? (2-6) :
COWRITES19
The Windy City - repeatedly arty and pretentious (6) :
CHICHI20
Where some Alaskans are saying Hera's Roman name (6) :
JUNEAU23
Emergency room stocking the old anesthetic (5) :
ETHER
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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