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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Jun 09, 2002 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
| | 1 I | S | 2 R | A | 3 E | L | 4 P | U | 5 T | N | 6 A | M | |
7 E | | N | | A | | W | | O | | W | | N | | |
8 N | I | G | H | T | I | E | | 9 S | L | E | I | G | H | 10 T |
C | | R | | I | | S | | S | | L | | E | | H |
11 A | R | A | G | O | N | | 12 P | E | R | V | E | R | S | E |
P | | I | | N | | 13 A | | S | | E | | E | | R |
14 S | U | N | D | A | Y | B | E | S | T | | 15 I | D | L | E |
U | | | | L | | S | | I | | 16 A | | | | A |
17 L | E | 18 F | T | | 19 S | T | A | N | D | S | T | 20 I | L | L |
A | | U | | 21 N | | I | | G | | T | | M | | T |
22 T | A | N | G | O | I | N | G | | 23 O | O | M | P | A | H |
E | | F | | D | | E | | 24 A | | N | | O | | I |
25 D | R | A | G | O | O | N | | 26 C | R | I | M | S | O | N |
| | I | | F | | C | | E | | S | | E | | G |
| 27 A | R | I | F | L | E | I | S | C | H | E | R | | |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
Revolutionary War general reconstructed planetariums (6,6) :
ISRAELPUTNAM8
Sleepwear near neckwear (7) :
NIGHTIE9
In conversation, minor deception (7) :
SLEIGHT11
A scurrilous publication covering part of Spain (6) :
ARAGON12
Each work of Pound is willfully bad (8) :
PERVERSE14
Fine attire for Betsy and us tailored (6,4) :
SUNDAYBEST15
For an audience, pop star is not working (4) :
IDLE17
Remaining sinister (4) :
LEFT19
Stanley Dill goes around street with a traffic problem (10) :
STANDSTILL22
Lie in the sun before going dancing (8) :
TANGOING23
Sex appeal about a tuba's sound (6) :
OOMPAH25
Doctor followed by a roughneck soldier (7) :
DRAGOON26
Jailbird keeps lips red (7) :
CRIMSON27
Down
1
Dye in the fiber ran in G.I. maneuvers (7) :
INGRAIN2
Take Gore in small doses? That's sane (8) :
RATIONAL3
For audit, employ some sheep (4) :
EWES4
Having Wild West groups make music (10) :
POSSESSING5
Two elves, both short, with the usual number of doughnuts (6) :
TWELVE6
"American Gigolo" star is inside and mad (7) :
ANGERED7
10
Yonder parliament of Iceland is genuine article (3,4,5) :
THEREALTHING13
Teens in cab exercising self-control (10) :
ABSTINENCE16
Surprise: author Morrison's sitting in tree (8) :
ASTONISH18
Carnival, not just after failing (7) :
FUNFAIR20
Buttinsky's broken promise (7) :
IMPOSER21
Bum fond of nap (3,3) :
NODOFF24
Holes in one part of peace symbol (4) :
ACES
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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