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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Aug. 10, 1997
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
1 S | A | 2 F | I | 3 R | E | | 4 S | 5 C | E | 6 P | T | 7 E | R | 8 S |
E | | R | | U | | | | O | | A | | R | | T |
9 N | E | A | R | L | Y | | 10 E | S | T | R | A | N | G | E |
T | | G | | E | | | | T | | T | | E | | V |
11 E | S | M | E | R | A | 12 L | D | A | | 13 H | A | S | T | E |
N | | E | | | | I | | R | | E | | T | | N |
14 C | O | N | A | 15 N | O | B | R | I | E | N | | | | |
E | | T | | O | | E | | C | | O | | 16 M | | 17 S |
| | | | 18 B | A | R | G | A | I | N | S | A | L | E |
19 K | | 20 B | | R | | T | | N | | | | C | | R |
21 N | O | R | M | A | | 22 A | U | S | T | 23 R | A | L | I | A |
I | | O | | I | | R | | | | I | | A | | G |
24 G | I | G | A | N | T | I | C | | 25 O | N | E | I | L | L |
H | | U | | E | | A | | | | G | | N | | I |
26 T | H | E | B | R | O | N | X | | 27 C | O | M | E | T | O |
© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
Times columnist and principal of school smoking? (6) :
SAFIRE4
Tailor respects symbols of authority (8) :
SCEPTERS9
Almost a quarter of nine: too soon to get up? (6) :
NEARLY10
Forest ranger keeps distance (8) :
ESTRANGE11
De la Mare's dancing gypsy girl (9) :
ESMERALDA13
Rush owns a pair of televisions (5) :
HASTE14
TV host and Sting soon eating cheese (5,6) :
CONANOBRIEN18
Tavern acquires malt attraction for consumers (7,4) :
BARGAINSALE21
Girl's name is average one (5) :
NORMA22
Island country of Europe with alumninum buried in it (9) :
AUSTRALIA24
Big job making music funny (8) :
GIGANTIC25
Playwright leading cardinal with evil (6) :
ONEILL26
Trouble spot for Israelis in Texas city borough (3,5) :
THEBRONX27
Before the first of October, reindeer in Santa's team wake up (4,2) :
COMETO
Down
1
Something that always begins with a capital punishment (8) :
SENTENCE2
Splinter group on campus infiltrated by Feds (8) :
FRAGMENT3
Governor's drafting helper (5) :
RULER5
One of two top actors is ourside prison with some Spanish speakers (5,6) :
COSTARICANS6
Leave barnyard bird atop Greek building (9) :
PARTHENON7
Hemingway is not kidding around in conversation (6) :
ERNEST8
Spielberg in street uniform (6) :
STEVEN12
Tuneful Ibert aria now involves a freedom lover (11) :
LIBERTARIAN15
Cuckoo near robin -- that's something easy to understand (2-7) :
NOBRAINER16
Oscar-winning actress rested in club (8) :
MACLAINE17
Al Gore is drunk in a Muslim harem (8) :
SERAGLIO19
Pronounced period of gloom for Galahad (6) :
KNIGHT20
Oxford accent of an Irishman (6) :
BROGUE23
Call "Operator" for a pal of John and Paul (5) :
RINGO
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.
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