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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jul 06, 2014 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 E | M | 2 B | E | 3 R | | 4 T | R | 5 E | N | 6 C | H | 7 A | N | 8 T |
X | | A | | E | | H | | M | | O | | S | | A |
9 C | A | L | I | B | E | R | | 10 I | N | C | I | S | O | R |
E | | E | | U | | I | | G | | K | | U | | O |
11 L | I | F | E | S | A | V | E | R | | 12 R | E | M | I | T |
L | | U | | | | E | | A | | O | | E | | |
13 E | N | L | I | 14 S | T | | 15 S | T | R | A | N | D | E | 16 D |
N | | | | E | | 17 S | | E | | C | | | | E |
18 T | A | 19 P | E | R | I | N | G | | 20 T | H | E | 21 B | E | S |
| | A | | E | | U | | 22 H | | | | R | | P |
23 A | L | I | E | N | | 24 G | R | E | A | 25 T | D | A | N | E |
L | | N | | G | | G | | A | | U | | I | | R |
26 O | A | T | M | E | A | L | | 27 V | A | N | I | L | L | A |
O | | E | | T | | E | | E | | I | | L | | D |
28 F | O | R | B | I | D | D | E | N | | 29 C | R | E | D | O |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
Red-hot item: club attendee taking off top (5) :
EMBER4
9
Bore California left-winger after Gore leaves (7) :
CALIBER10
Something like a canine in size or sound (7) :
INCISOR11
Hero tells tales about leader of fascist state (9) :
LIFESAVER12
Send clock back (5) :
REMIT13
Sign on broken line second time (6) :
ENLIST15
Like a rope left on a desert island (8) :
STRANDED18
Band of sticky stuff getting narrower (8) :
TAPERING20
Ultimate, but not ultimate, ancient city (6) :
THEBES23
Rest caught by an outsider (5) :
ALIEN24
Boxer's kin ate garden salad (5,4) :
GREATDANE26
Nothing at breakfast, perhaps, but gruel (7) :
OATMEAL27
Plain white country home enthralls one (7) :
VANILLA28
In place of offer, study is prohibited (9) :
FORBIDDEN29
Embarrassed to be in company? Believe it (5) :
CREDO
Down
1
Former room ten redesignated A-1 (9) :
EXCELLENT2
Ominous amount of hay? (7) :
BALEFUL3
Puzzle about school vehicle (5) :
REBUS4
Nearly three out of four are successful (6) :
THRIVE5
Leave the country (Kuwait or Qatar) around the third of August (8) :
EMIGRATE6
Pest tossed rock inside carriage (9) :
COCKROACH7
A small amount Koch took for granted (7) :
ASSUMED8
Sailor returned to deck (5) :
TAROT14
16
Bad hombre (Spanish) enters, does hustle (9) :
DESPERADO17
Curled up, arms raised, gymnastic beginner went first (8) :
SNUGGLED19
Isn't interrupting a pop artist (7) :
PAINTER21
Liberal composed touchy-feely letters? (7) :
BRAILLE22
"Paradise" cast name (6) :
HEAVEN23
One stupid person comes back cool (5) :
ALOOF25
Garment a pair cut, reportedly (5) :
TUNIC
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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