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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Mar 04, 2001 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 A | S | 2 T | R | 3 O | N | 4 A | U | 5 T | | 6 A | B | 7 B | O | 8 T |
R | | E | | P | | L | | R | | L | | A | | I |
9 T | E | N | E | T | | 10 M | A | E | L | S | T | R | O | M |
I | | E | | I | | O | | A | | A | | G | | I |
11 C | O | M | P | O | U | N | D | S | | 12 T | R | E | N | D |
H | | E | | N | | D | | U | | I | | | | |
13 O | I | N | K | | | | 14 O | R | G | A | N | 15 I | S | 16 T |
K | | T | | 17 E | | 18 P | | E | | N | | M | | A |
19 E | A | S | Y | M | A | R | K | | | | 20 S | P | A | R |
| | | | I | | I | | 21 I | | 22 C | | O | | P |
23 C | L | 24 A | N | G | | 25 M | A | N | C | H | U | R | I | A |
A | | S | | R | | A | | T | | A | | T | | U |
26 D | I | S | M | A | N | T | L | E | | 27 P | E | A | R | L |
E | | E | | T | | E | | R | | E | | N | | I |
28 T | I | T | H | E | | 29 S | I | N | G | L | E | T | O | N |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Saturn, to a wandering space traveler (9) :
ASTRONAUT6
A shot to upset Big Brother? (5) :
ABBOT9
Article of faith from the East or the West (5) :
TENET10
Listen to guy play the guitar - it really sucks (9) :
MAELSTROM11
12
First pair of trainees finish course (5) :
TREND13
Sound from a pen: no writing fluid (4) :
OINK14
Player at the ballpark roasting nuts (8) :
ORGANIST19
20
23
Archaic language includes metallic sound (5) :
CLANG25
Around mid-January, chairman reorganized part of China (9) :
MANCHURIA26
27
Ring fitted with red gem (5) :
PEARL28
Note the payment to the church (5) :
TITHE29
Carol admitted something unique (9) :
SINGLETON
Down
1
I gag after painting vegetable (9) :
ARTICHOKE2
English people in pavilions and apartments (9) :
TENEMENTS3
Choice work time: 10-noon (6) :
OPTION4
Eccentric old man is some kind of nut (6) :
ALMOND5
Possibly rate certain prize (8) :
TREASURE6
A Latina's surprisingly from a region of France (8) :
ALSATIAN7
Exclude, for example, returning boat (5) :
BARGE8
Bashful, Dopey and one tagged "Contrary" (5) :
TIMID15
I'm left with insect of great significance (9) :
IMPORTANT16
Something that covers Simon inside wrecked train (9) :
TARPAULIN17
Government's leader in Arab state to leave the country (8) :
EMIGRATE18
Chatters about one thousand monkeys (8) :
PRIMATES21
Reportedly, one after the other put in a P.O.W. camp (6) :
INTERN22
Fellow atop the Spanish church (6) :
CHAPEL23
Future officer (not a gentleman) ate crudely (5) :
CADET24
Cassette containing something of value (5) :
ASSET
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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