Author: | Randolph Ross |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 A | 2 R | 3 T | 4 C | 5 L | 6 A | 7 S | 8 S | 9 M | 10 A | 11 R | 12 I | 13 S |
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14 R | A | I | L | E | D | A | T | 15 S | O | L | E | N | T |
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16 K | N | E | E | H | O | L | E | 17 T | I | B | I | A | E |
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18 S | I | T | A | R | 19 I | N | 20 B | A | L | A | N | C | E |
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21 N | O | R | 22 B | E | G | E | T | S | 23 F | O | P |
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24 A | 25 S | A | R | U | L | E | 26 M | O | R | N |
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27 H | 28 A | 29 M | S | T | R | I | N | G | 30 B | O | R | N | E |
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31 A | P | E | M | E | N | 32 M | I | N | C | E | S |
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33 D | P | L | U | S | 34 O | 35 D | 36 O | M | E | T | E | R | S |
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37 A | L | A | D | 38 O | N | E | T | E | R | M | ||||
39 T | E | N | 40 C | R | Y | P | T | S | 41 A | 42 G | 43 A | |||
44 A | P | I | 45 A | S | A | M | O | A | 46 W | R | A | T | 47 H |
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48 S | I | T | S | I | N | 49 S | W | 50 E | E | T | P | E | A |
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51 T | E | E | I | N | G | 52 E | A | T | F | R | E | S | H |
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53 E | S | S | A | Y | 54 D | N | A | T | E | S | T | S |
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1. Drawing room gathering : ARTCLASS 9. Yankee star who batted left and threw right : MARIS 14. Went off on : RAILEDAT 15. Channel between mainland England and the Isle of Wight, with "the" : SOLENT 16. Place to stretch one's legs : KNEEHOLE 17. Leg supports : TIBIAE 18. It has two bridges in India : SITAR 19. Homeostatic : INBALANCE 21. Head-tail connection : NOR 22. Fathers, in the Bible : BEGETS 23. Jack-a-dandy : FOP 24. More often than not : ASARULE 26. Neil Diamond's "September ___" : MORN 27. It may be pulled on a field : HAMSTRING 30. Abided : BORNE 31. Missing links, so to speak : APEMEN 32. Euphemizes : MINCES 33. Figure in the high 60s : DPLUS 34. Things rolled over by cars : ODOMETERS 37. "___ of life, an imp of fame; / Of parents good ...": "Henry V" : ALAD 38. Like many an unsuccessful politician : ONETERM 39. It's perfect : TEN 40. Secret places : CRYPTS 41. Title in Topkapi : AGA 44. Capital served by Faleolo International Airport : APIASAMOA 46. "A transient madness," per Horace : WRATH 48. Audits, with "on" : SITSIN 49. Term of endearment : SWEETPEA 51. Getting ready, with "up" : TEEING 52. Subway line : EATFRESH 53. Piece of schoolwork : ESSAY 54. See 40-Down : DNATESTS |
1. They're open on Saturdays : ARKS 2. Took to the clink : RANIN 3. Hook up with : TIETO 4. Poorly explained : CLEARASMUD 5. Specialty oven : LEHR 6. Upset : ADO 7. Real-life opera composer who's a title character in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera : SALIERI 8. Arm of the British military : STENGUN 9. Churns : MOILS 10. "Valentine's Day" co-star, 2010 : ALBA 11. Buttress : REINFORCE 12. Trapped : INACORNER 13. Slope : STEEPNESS 15. Only one bears the name of a U.S. president : STATE 20. E.U. member : BELG 22. Place for a dance : BARN 25. Images on windows of une cathédrale: Abbr. : STES 26. Area where Dalí, Monet, Picasso and van Gogh all painted : MONTMARTRE 27. Sipped : HADATASTE 28. McDonald's offerings : APPLEPIES 29. Black gemstones : MELANITES 30. Stand at a ceremony : BIER 32. Hugo's Thénardier and others: Abbr. : MMES 34. Word: Suffix : ONYM 35. Toppled : DEPOSED 36. Senator supporter : OTTAWAN 38. Rue Morgue murderer : ORANG 40. Hit TV series featuring 54-Across : CSINY 42. Goggles : GAPES 43. Mushroom grower, for short? : ATEST 45. Land shared by Iraq and Iran : ASIA 46. Tapestry thread : WEFT 47. Lots of laughs : HAHS 50. Touchdown stat : ETA |
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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