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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Aug 15, 2004 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
1 C | L | 2 A | T | 3 T | E | 4 R | Y | | 5 A | 6 S | W | 7 A | R | 8 M |
U | | R | | H | | O | | | | Y | | N | | E |
9 T | R | U | D | E | A | U | | 10 S | U | R | G | E | O | N |
E | | B | | S | | G | | O | | I | | C | | O |
11 S | H | A | R | P | | 12 H | O | L | L | A | N | D | E | R |
T | | | | I | | | | A | | | | O | | A |
| | 13 R | O | A | S | 14 T | E | R | | 15 C | A | T | C | H |
16 P | | E | | N | | I | | I | | R | | A | | S |
17 A | C | M | E | S | | 18 C | H | A | G | A | L | L | | |
S | | A | | | | K | | | | F | | | | 19 S |
20 S | K | I | N | 21 C | R | E | A | 22 M | | 23 T | H | 24 I | N | E |
W | | N | | O | | T | | A | | S | | D | | S |
25 O | E | D | I | P | U | S | | 26 T | O | H | E | A | R | T |
R | | E | | S | | | | C | | O | | H | | E |
27 D | A | R | I | E | N | | 28 S | H | O | W | N | O | U | T |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
Yell about milky coffee, making a lot of noise (8) :
CLATTERY5
Teeming while hot (6) :
ASWARM9
Real money announced for comic strip writer (7) :
TRUDEAU10
Boy possessing drive becomes doctor (7) :
SURGEON11
Soprano instrument is too high (5) :
SHARP12
Yell about conjunction with European (9) :
HOLLANDER13
Yell about Saint Elmo's first chicken (7) :
ROASTER15
Receive a bit of rhetoric at church (5) :
CATCH17
Iowa town houses 100, tops (5) :
ACMES18
Yell about witch painter (7) :
CHAGALL20
23
Your slight error (5) :
THINE25
Ode Pius reprinted in Greek (7) :
OEDIPUS26
Sincerely try at court, interrupting kiddie (2,5) :
TOHEART27
Rained crazily in Connecticut town (6) :
DARIEN28
Yell about private escorted to the exit (5,3) :
SHOWNOUT
Down
1
Most attractive exam for copper? (6) :
CUTEST2
A massage on a Caribbean island (5) :
ARUBA3
Actors I caught in "The Bridges" (9) :
THESPIANS4
Crude collar discussed (5) :
ROUGH6
Ray is moving Jordan's neighbor (5) :
SYRIA7
Like short stories, can lead to novel (9) :
ANECDOTAL8
Sharon and Emily returned some holiday items (8) :
MENORAHS10
Sunny spots for a sailor at sea (7) :
SOLARIA13
14
Passes alien covered with bugs (7) :
TICKETS15
Food overwhelms vessels in artsy display (5,4) :
CRAFTSHOW16
Term said to a sentry in dad's jabber? (8) :
PASSWORD19
A group of six tsetse flies (6) :
SESTET21
Police overheard in thicket (5) :
COPSE22
Lighter Wimbledon event (5) :
MATCH24
State, "I had a laugh" (5) :
IDAHO
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.
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