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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Jun 25, 2000 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
1 S | A | 2 L | L | 3 O | W | | 4 T | 5 R | U | 6 F | F | 7 A | U | 8 T |
E | | A | | N | | | | E | | R | | D | | I |
9 A | U | G | U | S | T | 10 A | | 11 A | D | A | M | A | N | T |
L | | N | | E | | M | | L | | N | | G | | A |
12 A | L | I | S | T | A | I | R | M | A | C | L | E | A | N |
N | | A | | | | A | | | | H | | | | I |
13 T | O | P | I | 14 C | | 15 B | A | 16 L | L | I | S | 17 T | I | C |
| | P | | A | | L | | E | | S | | E | | |
18 I | N | E | A | R | N | E | S | T | | 19 E | A | R | L | 20 Y |
N | | | | P | | | | T | | | | R | | A |
21 C | A | 22 B | L | E | T | 23 E | L | E | V | 24 I | S | I | O | N |
U | | O | | N | | T | | R | | S | | F | | K |
25 B | E | W | I | T | C | H | | 26 S | A | L | T | I | N | E |
U | | E | | R | | A | | | | A | | E | | E |
27 S | T | R | A | Y | I | N | G | | 28 S | M | A | R | T | S |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
Pig pens completely sick-looking (6) :
SALLOW4
French film director's constant enemy, according to word of mouth (8) :
TRUFFAUT9
Gold rush west of a city in Maine (7) :
AUGUSTA11
Galahad: a man that's somewhat hard to convince (7) :
ADAMANT12
13
Subject to film (5) :
TOPIC15
Crazy Lucy on TV lives with jerk (9) :
BALLISTIC18
I approach lair with serious purpose (2,7) :
INEARNEST19
Ahead of schedule, like a British nobleman? (5) :
EARLY21
25
Charm of insect that we hear (7) :
BEWITCH26
Cracker container involved in transaction (7) :
SALTINE27
Stingray swimming off course (8) :
STRAYING28
Intelligence is painful (6) :
SMARTS
Down
1
Marine mammal and land crawler getting closer? (7) :
SEALANT2
3
Start of old Nova series explores time's origins (5) :
ONSET5
Sphere's actual mass (5) :
REALM6
Antoine's country keeps his team in a sports league (9) :
FRANCHISE7
Saw Advertising Age (5) :
ADAGE8
Some thought it a nice big ship (7) :
TITANIC10
Having a pleasant disposition -- can I do it? (7) :
AMIABLE14
Tote bags confined in building with wood (9) :
CARPENTRY16
Those who permit book learning (7) :
LETTERS17
Dog houses provided something scary (9) :
TERRIFIER18
Nightmare in public transportation, with copper aboard (7) :
INCUBUS20
New York ballplayers look for no upset (7) :
YANKEES22
Rustic spot for someone acknowledging applause (5) :
BOWER23
Irrationally hate Nixon's first name (5) :
ETHAN24
I harshly criticize religion (5) :
ISLAM
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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