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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Sep 22, 2019 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 J | U | 2 N | K | | 3 S | 4 T | E | 5 P | M | 6 O | T | 7 H | E | 8 R |
U | | I | | | | O | | A | | V | | E | | U |
9 S | A | G | E | | 10 F | O | U | R | Q | U | A | R | T | S |
T | | H | | 11 S | | T | | T | | L | | A | | E |
12 I | N | T | O | U | C | H | | 13 H | E | A | R | | | |
N | | H | | M | | | | E | | T | | 14 R | | 15 W |
16 R | E | E | D | O | R | 17 G | A | N | | 18 E | L | A | T | E |
O | | R | | | | Y | | O | | | | Z | | I |
19 S | L | O | O | 20 P | | 21 R | U | N | S | 22 A | L | O | N | G |
E | | N | | A | | A | | | | P | | R | | H |
| | | 23 S | N | I | T | | 24 S | H | E | R | B | E | T |
25 W | | 26 O | | G | | I | | E | | X | | A | | I |
27 A | F | T | E | R | H | O | U | R | S | | 28 A | C | H | E |
S | | I | | A | | N | | V | | | | K | | S |
29 P | O | S | T | M | A | S | T | E | R | | 30 P | S | A | T |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
3
Hot tempers disturbed a parental figure (10) :
STEPMOTHER9
Wise guy's school years (4) :
SAGE10
12
Communicating with chin out, oddly (2,5) :
INTOUCH13
Listen to some of the argument (4) :
HEAR16
Keyboard that's a mix of red & orange (4,5) :
REEDORGAN18
The Spanish had a meal cheer (5) :
ELATE19
Sailboat's southern circuit (5) :
SLOOP21
Leaves part of a ladder outside hairdresser's shop (4,5) :
RUNSALONG23
Stew in returnable cans (4) :
SNIT24
Seasoning in place of dessert (7) :
SHERBET27
28
Pine for a Marxist revolutionary (4) :
ACHE29
30
First of pupils convened for H.S. exam (4) :
PSAT
Down
1
Golfer, recently arrived, advanced in the rankings (6,4) :
JUSTINROSE2
Water bird near the friend of Harry Potter (5,5) :
NIGHTHERON4
Beep horn at the front end of a bridge? (5) :
TOOTH5
Leave chicken atop temple in Athens (9) :
PARTHENON6
Make eggs to value freshly (7) :
OVULATE7
Queen of the gods with her first letter (4) :
HERA8
Advertiser's ultimate purpose: scam (4) :
RUSE11
Total zero in Japanese wrestling (4) :
SUMO14
Oven shelves holding the Greek hogs (10) :
RAZORBACKS15
Dianne in film about octet of greatest importance (10) :
WEIGHTIEST17
Signatory misspelled "convolutions" (9) :
GYRATIONS20
Smart stuff, writing with all 26 letters of the alphabet (7) :
PANGRAM22
Primate standing beside unknown peak (4) :
APEX24
Deliver free verse (5) :
SERVE25
Perpetrator of a sting used to be chief of police (4) :
WASP26
Milo's movie partner in hypnotism (4) :
OTIS
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.
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