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Doug Peterson
NY Times, Sun, Mar 26, 2006 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 67
1 T | I | 2 M | E | 3 S | S | 4 Q | U | 5 A | R | 6 E | | 7 C | O | 8 O |
I | | E | | H | | U | | R | | S | | A | | M |
9 M | I | A | M | I | | 10 I | N | C | A | P | A | B | L | E |
O | | N | | V | | N | | A | | E | | L | | L |
11 R | E | D | R | A | F | T | E | D | | 12 R | E | E | V | E |
O | | E | | | | E | | E | | A | | D | | T |
13 U | P | R | I | 14 G | H | T | | 15 S | A | N | G | | | |
S | | S | | E | | | | | | T | | 16 D | | 17 C |
| | | 18 C | R | O | 19 W | | 20 P | R | O | V | I | S | O |
21 M | | 22 A | | I | | I | | O | | | | S | | N |
23 U | L | T | R | A | | 24 C | H | I | V | 25 A | L | R | I | C |
S | | T | | T | | H | | N | | T | | A | | R |
26 S | P | E | A | R | M | I | N | T | | 27 L | I | E | G | E |
E | | S | | I | | T | | E | | A | | L | | T |
28 L | O | T | | 29 C | L | A | N | D | E | S | T | I | N | E |
© 2006, The New York Times
Across
1
7
Soft sound from a lover's stroke on the lips (3) :
COO9
Two notes about a Florida city (5) :
MIAMI10
Helpless pelican unfortunately swallows a piece of bait (9) :
INCAPABLE11
Rose Kennedy embraces British fliers selected to serve again (9) :
REDRAFTED12
Swerve around Eastern official (5) :
REEVE13
Just butcher hurt pig (7) :
UPRIGHT15
Performed in Los Angeles (4) :
SANG18
Listen to Best Actor Oscar winner boast (4) :
CROW20
Statutory condition is found in Utah city (7) :
PROVISO23
Extreme art left half of us repulsed (5) :
ULTRA24
Rival wrongly imprisoned by stylish noble (9) :
CHIVALRIC26
Herb's box containing English coin (9) :
SPEARMINT27
Lord's misstatement, for example, withdrawn (5) :
LIEGE28
One who escaped Sodom's fate (3) :
LOT29
Down
1
2
Antivenin primarily taken by those who heal snakes (8) :
MEANDERS3
Jewish school dispenses with the archaic deity (5) :
SHIVA4
Musical group left around ten, roughly (7) :
QUINTET5
A Roman Catholic drinks in galleries (7) :
ARCADES6
7
Sent a message: "Hack the Mexican up on the first of December" (6) :
CABLED8
Some letters describing breakfast dish (6) :
OMELET14
Old criteria revised following end of meeting (9) :
GERIATRIC16
British prime minister recalled one Shakespearean ruler — Caesar (8) :
DISRAELI17
19
Kansas city worked with C.I.A. (7) :
WICHITA20
Conspicuous stranger in depot (7) :
POINTED21
Greek characters sell all but one piece of seafood (6) :
MUSSEL22
Swear to piece of testimony during a trial (6) :
ATTEST25
One with a tremendous burden to shoulder finally falls short (5) :
ATLAS
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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