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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Sep 30, 2001 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 61
1 J | E | 2 D | I | 3 M | A | 4 S | T | 5 E | R | | 6 S | 7 C | O | 8 T |
E | | A | | A | | T | | L | | 9 R | | A | | H |
10 T | A | R | A | N | T | U | L | A | | 11 E | R | R | O | R |
T | | E | | D | | N | | S | | A | | G | | U |
12 I | N | D | I | A | N | | 13 S | T | U | D | I | O | U | S |
E | | | | R | | 14 D | | I | | T | | H | | T |
15 S | W | 16 A | M | I | | 17 I | N | C | A | H | O | O | T | S |
| | N | | N | | S | | I | | E | | L | | |
18 S | A | I | L | O | R | H | A | T | | 19 R | O | D | I | 20 N |
T | | M | | R | | O | | Y | | I | | | | E |
21 P | T | O | M | A | I | N | E | | 22 P | O | O | 23 D | L | E |
E | | S | | N | | E | | 24 K | | T | | R | | D |
25 T | H | I | N | G | | 26 S | U | N | T | A | N | O | I | L |
E | | T | | E | | T | | E | | C | | N | | E |
27 R | A | Y | S | | 28 E | Y | E | W | I | T | N | E | S | S |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Court figure keeps turning in Yoda, e.g. (4,6) :
JEDIMASTER6
Edinburgher heading for single bed (4) :
SCOT10
Shot at natural enemy of the arachnophobe (9) :
TARANTULA11
Without starting, fear mistake (5) :
ERROR12
Native Mexican's day in hotel (6) :
INDIAN13
Scholarly, well-bred male at accounts receivable (8) :
STUDIOUS15
Mouths back at one teacher (5) :
SWAMI17
Native Peruvian jeers part of a conspiracy (2,7) :
INCAHOOTS18
Tailor has whipped up clothing item for mariner (6,3) :
SAILORHAT19
Stick with fashionable sculptor (5) :
RODIN21
Kind of poison turkey fed to Revolutionary patriot (8) :
PTOMAINE22
Overdose taken by Eastern European dog (6) :
POODLE25
Flimsy $1,000 item (5) :
THING26
Pale beachgoers use this rebuilt salon unit (6,3) :
SUNTANOIL27
Jack discussed beams (4) :
RAYS28
Viewer sees tin buggy wrapped around churchyard tree (10) :
EYEWITNESS
Down
1
747 connects places along the ocean (7) :
JETTIES2
Challenged squid are defensive, somewhat (5) :
DARED3
4
Raised weirdo's floor (4) :
STUN5
It's a pub brew hoisted over urban resilience (10) :
ELASTICITY7
Car and motorcycle flipped over old storage area (5,4) :
CARGOHOLD8
Drives through streets (7) :
THRUSTS9
14
It's not right serving an individual something dirty (10) :
DISHONESTY16
Hate a one-month stay in New York (9) :
ANIMOSITY18
Gatekeeper bombed pretest (2,5) :
STPETER20
Mostly unnecessary sewing items (7) :
NEEDLES23
Honeybee finished collecting last of nectar (5) :
DRONE24
Recognized novel at reading (4) :
KNEW
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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