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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jul 04, 2004 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 S | T | 2 A | R | 3 B | O | 4 A | R | 5 D | | 6 A | O | 7 R | T | 8 A |
E | | S | | R | | R | | R | | M | | E | | M |
9 G | U | S | T | O | | 10 A | B | O | M | I | N | A | T | E |
R | | I | | W | | B | | P | | C | | C | | N |
11 E | S | S | E | N | T | I | A | L | | 12 A | C | H | E | D |
G | | T | | S | | A | | E | | B | | | | |
13 A | V | I | D | | | | 14 S | T | A | L | W | 15 A | R | 16 T |
T | | N | | 17 L | | 18 P | | S | | E | | L | | O |
19 E | N | G | R | A | V | E | D | | | | 20 F | A | I | R |
| | | | C | | N | | 21 T | | 22 F | | B | | M |
23 W | E | 24 A | V | E | | 25 C | H | I | N | A | W | A | R | E |
I | | P | | R | | H | | T | | M | | S | | N |
26 T | E | R | M | A | G | A | N | T | | 27 O | C | T | E | T |
C | | O | | T | | N | | L | | U | | E | | O |
28 H | I | N | G | E | | 29 T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | R |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
6
Articles about a little food vessel (5) :
AORTA9
Delight in bringing us together (5) :
GUSTO10
11
Necessary small bit of enzyme in saltine crackers (9) :
ESSENTIAL12
Longed for cooler head after article lost (5) :
ACHED13
Eager prima donna making a comeback (4) :
AVID14
Brave disguised last facial blemish (8) :
STALWART19
Solemn, in the ultimate, like stone inscriptions (8) :
ENGRAVED20
Pretty good food, we're told (4) :
FAIR23
Walk crookedly with a hangover? (5) :
WEAVE25
Church in rundown area accepts white porcelain items (9) :
CHINAWARE26
Nasty female name: Silver Bug (9) :
TERMAGANT27
Group of musicians turned to hugging and so forth (5) :
OCTET28
Something everyone has - part of a door (5) :
HINGE29
True raise enthralls certain corporate officer (9) :
TREASURER
Down
1
2
3
Britain has a pro football team (6) :
BROWNS4
Song about a bachelor's place in Asia (6) :
ARABIA5
End of sandal worn by bum sported little beads (8) :
DROPLETS6
Friendly mother flipped over independent guy (8) :
AMICABLE7
Get to give a sermon topless (5) :
REACH8
Truly poor change (5) :
AMEND15
White, like botanist's first flower (9) :
ALABASTER16
One who bothers people between two high hills (9) :
TORMENTOR17
Delicate material - tear roughly? Tear roughly! (8) :
LACERATE18
Inclination to write song (8) :
PENCHANT21
Jot name, holding end of ballpoint (6) :
TITTLE22
Note tailless rodent. Noted (6) :
FAMOUS23
Change all but the first character in "Macbeth" (5) :
WITCH24
In favor of wearing one garment (5) :
APRON
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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