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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 69
1 B | E | 2 A | R | 3 S | T | 4 E | A | 5 R | N | 6 S | | | | |
E | | S | | H | | L | | O | | M | | 7 I | | 8 I |
9 D | I | T | T | O | | 10 D | E | T | R | A | I | N | E | D |
L | | H | | O | | E | | T | | R | | S | | L |
11 A | B | E | T | T | E | R | | 12 E | N | T | I | T | L | E |
M | | C | | O | | | | R | | | | A | | S |
13 P | A | R | Q | U | E | 14 T | E | D | | 15 M | A | N | E | T |
| | O | | T | | A | | A | | O | | T | | |
16 P | A | W | N | S | | 17 C | A | M | E | R | A | M | E | 18 N |
I | | F | | | | O | | | | T | | E | | O |
19 P | I | L | A | 20 T | E | S | | 21 A | M | A | S | S | E | D |
P | | I | | H | | H | | T | | L | | S | | O |
22 I | N | E | A | R | N | E | S | T | | 23 S | N | A | F | U |
N | | S | | E | | L | | I | | I | | G | | B |
| | | | 24 W | E | L | L | C | O | N | T | E | N | T |
© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
Former brokerage firm reportedly exposed rear ends (4,7) :
BEARSTEARNS9
Mark held it together somewhat (5) :
DITTO10
Stopped outside Denver's terminal and got off the choo-choo (9) :
DETRAINED11
12
I let ten changes qualify (7) :
ENTITLE13
For the audience, stadium assistant made a patterned floor (9) :
PARQUETED15
Painter of Earthling and Martian (5) :
MANET16
Hocks part of a chess set (5) :
PAWNS17
Movie crew showed up with Asian noodles (9) :
CAMERAMEN19
Pontius's fitness routine (7) :
PILATES21
Put together a pole on a ship in the sound (7) :
AMASSED22
23
A big mess as fun gets out of hand (5) :
SNAFU24
Down
1
Asylum with piano and reading light (7) :
BEDLAMP2
3
Shouts about very regressive gunfights (9) :
SHOOTOUTS4
Bush is held in cruel derision (5) :
ELDER5
European city's skunk blocker (9) :
ROTTERDAM6
Elegant and stylish streetcars making a comeback (5) :
SMART7
8
Liberal inside that is working the least (6) :
IDLEST14
Crisp tortilla the locals cooked (4,5) :
TACOSHELL15
Heinous act — sadly, it's normal (6,3) :
MORTALSIN16
Dot, Peg and a Broadway musical (6) :
PIPPIN18
Obviously bound to burst (2,5) :
NODOUBT20
Tossed over, from what we hear (5) :
THREW21
Room next to jerk (5) :
ATTIC
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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