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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Apr 23, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 L | I | 2 N | E | 3 A | G | 4 E | | 5 B | L | 6 A | S | 7 T | E | 8 D |
O | | O | | G | | D | | A | | G | | O | | E |
9 D | E | R | R | I | N | G | E | R | | 10 O | N | S | E | T |
G | | S | | T | | E | | T | | U | | C | | E |
11 I | C | E | M | A | N | | 12 R | E | S | T | R | A | I | N |
N | | | | T | | | | N | | I | | N | | T |
13 G | O | 14 L | D | E | N | 15 R | O | D | | | 16 S | I | R | E |
| | E | | S | | I | | E | | 17 R | | N | | |
18 D | O | N | E | | | 19 C | A | R | T | E | S | I | A | 20 N |
U | | I | | 21 S | | E | | | | A | | | | A |
22 C | O | N | T | E | M | P | T | | 23 C | R | O | 24 C | U | S |
H | | G | | P | | A | | 25 S | | M | | O | | C |
26 E | G | R | E | T | | 27 P | R | O | N | O | U | N | C | E |
S | | A | | I | | E | | M | | S | | G | | N |
28 S | I | D | E | C | A | R | | 29 E | X | T | R | A | C | T |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Family row - one cause of grayness (7) :
LINEAGE5
Stay in the sack, drunk (7) :
BLASTED9
Carmine brought back fake pistol (9) :
DERRINGER10
Attack where the movie is being made (5) :
ONSET11
Police manage to capture old deliverer (6) :
ICEMAN12
Sit down, come down, tie down (8) :
RESTRAIN13
Olympian carrying ancient red flower (9) :
GOLDENROD16
Father is one who says "aah" audibly (4) :
SIRE18
Over five hundred on Ecstasy (4) :
DONE19
Ascertain, with difficulty, like a branch of philosophy (9) :
CARTESIAN22
Disdain new part-time employee in bed (8) :
CONTEMPT23
Frog sound heard by you and me is a sign of spring (6) :
CROCUS26
Feel bad about topless wader (5) :
EGRET27
I, for one, continue on the outskirts, say (9) :
PRONOUNCE28
Red C is a mixed drink (7) :
SIDECAR29
Withdraw additional cent (7) :
EXTRACT
Down
1
Low-grade alcohol in log cabin, perhaps (7) :
LODGING2
Scandinavian right in front of plane (5) :
NORSE3
Shakes marbles around the thing (8) :
AGITATES4
Cockney's shrubbery border (4) :
EDGE5
Trade involving football player/tapster (9) :
BARTENDER6
A soldier holds out rodent (6) :
AGOUTI7
8
Relaxing of tensions made ten tense, in part (7) :
DETENTE14
Learning about the capital of Delaware - it's now St. Petersburg (9) :
LENINGRAD15
New price, one for each thin material (4,5) :
RICEPAPER17
After everything else, prepare for another battle on Love Street (8) :
REARMOST18
English title of the French board game (7) :
DUCHESS20
Developing one upset over smell (7) :
NASCENT21
Dirty comic's opening after the start of the third trimester (6) :
SEPTIC24
Mother leaving Macon, Georgia, dance (5) :
CONGA25
Total, they say, but not all (4) :
SOME
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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