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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Jul 28, 2019 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 D | I | 2 S | H | 3 S | O | 4 A | P | | 5 S | 6 T | E | 7 I | N | 8 S |
U | | A | | T | | S | | | | U | | N | | O |
9 R | E | S | T | R | A | I | N | 10 T | | 11 R | O | T | O | R |
E | | S | | E | | S | | R | | B | | R | | O |
12 S | P | Y | C | A | M | | 13 P | A | R | A | M | O | U | R |
S | | | | M | | 14 T | | V | | N | | U | | I |
| | 15 C | H | E | W | O | V | E | R | | 16 A | B | U | T |
17 B | | A | | R | | O | | S | | 18 C | | L | | Y |
19 E | U | R | O | | 20 P | L | O | T | H | O | L | E | | |
A | | N | | 21 D | | K | | Y | | C | | | | 22 T |
23 S | N | A | K | E | O | I | L | | 24 S | K | E | 25 T | C | H |
P | | T | | S | | T | | 26 I | | P | | R | | R |
27 O | L | I | V | E | | 28 S | Y | N | D | I | C | A | T | E |
R | | O | | R | | | | C | | T | | M | | A |
29 T | E | N | D | T | O | | 30 C | H | E | S | S | S | E | T |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
Dawn or Palmolive ordered, shop said (4,4) :
DISHSOAP5
Transgresses, taking the empty beer mugs (6) :
STEINS9
Possibly handcuffs others catching train (9) :
RESTRAINT11
Chopper blade going back and forth (5) :
ROTOR12
Surveillance gizmo initially positioned in department store facing the wrong way (6) :
SPYCAM13
Dad hit forcefully by a possessive lover (8) :
PARAMOUR15
Ponder happy cry about retracted promise (4,4) :
CHEWOVER16
Touch piece of apple on the other hand (4) :
ABUT19
Neurologist holds 100 cents (4) :
EURO20
Ultimately, Orwell is kept in the loop after fixing story's flaw (4,4) :
PLOTHOLE23
Sully swallows most of transparent elixir (5,3) :
SNAKEOIL24
Outline school having kindergarten, and in French (6) :
SKETCH27
Sort of green bagel, as it happens (5) :
OLIVE28
29
Take care of Democrat inside tent with oxygen (4,2) :
TENDTO30
Kings, knights and others returned letter stored in box (5,3) :
CHESSSET
Down
1
Pressure Ukraine's leader wearing gown (6) :
DURESS2
Extremely sorry about jerk having a smart mouth (5) :
SASSY3
Crepe paper decoration ripped at the front, caught in carpet cleaner (8) :
STREAMER4
Leads in "A Study in Scarlet" with all the obvious flaws (2,2) :
ASIS6
Casual shirt and city-related headwear (6) :
TURBAN7
8
Rosy trio refurbished campus house (8) :
SORORITY10
Sham essay about avenue meeting street (8) :
TRAVESTY14
50 tenants snatched its workshops' boxes (4,4) :
TOOLKITS15
17
Savage bears mauled pro - come on, help me (2,1,5) :
BEASPORT18
Where to see pilots pick shifts in army beds (8) :
COCKPITS21
Abandon final course in speech (6) :
DESERT22
Concerned with being consumed by that menace (6) :
THREAT25
Mine carts having programming that's backed up (5) :
TRAMS26
Measure bird, not including the head (4) :
INCH
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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