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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun Sep 28, 2025 Cryptic Crossword
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 T | H | 2 R | E | 3 A | D | 4 S | | 5 F | I | 6 S | C | 7 H | E | 8 R |
A | | E | | L | | A | | A | | A | | E | | E |
9 B | A | L | L | O | O | N | | 10 L | A | P | L | A | N | D |
A | | I | | N | | T | | S | | S | | D | | A |
11 S | T | E | V | E | D | O | R | E | | 12 U | P | P | E | R |
C | | V | | | | | | G | | C | | I | | M |
13 O | P | E | N | 14 S | U | 15 P | T | O | | 16 K | I | N | K | Y |
| | | | C | | I | | D | | E | | | | |
17 B | A | 18 R | E | R | | 19 E | A | S | T | R | I | 20 V | E | 21 R |
E | | I | | A | | D | | | | | | E | | E |
22 A | S | S | E | T | | 23 P | O | 24 S | T | 25 C | A | R | D | S |
R | | O | | C | | I | | O | | L | | A | | I |
26 C | A | T | C | H | U | P | | 27 C | H | A | I | N | E | D |
U | | T | | E | | E | | K | | R | | D | | U |
28 B | R | O | W | S | E | R | | 29 S | P | O | K | A | N | E |
© 2025, The New York Times
Across
1
Trashed foolish forum topics (7) :
THREADS5
Chess great's crack to the audience (7) :
FISCHER9
Blessing encompasses everyone in hot-air conveyance (7) :
BALLOON10
Young fellow holds map of Arctic region (7) :
LAPLAND11
Jobs at Apple in the heart of Bend, Oregon: load and unload freight (9) :
STEVEDORE12
Inventor of a plastic food container scrubbing head with part of a set of dentures (5) :
UPPER13
Confides in orchestra leader composing pop tunes (5,2,2) :
OPENSUPTO16
Deviant, like the band that recorded "Lola"? (5) :
KINKY17
Outspoken bondholder is not as well stocked (5) :
BARER19
Musical talent takes work. The U.N. overlooks this (4,5) :
EASTRIVER22
It's a good thing hound lost its head (5) :
ASSET23
Some mail from humorists at a New York paper? (9) :
POSTCARDS26
Get the latest news on sauce in a broadcast (5,2) :
CATCHUP27
Shackled wild echidna (7) :
CHAINED28
One who's just looking for an argument held by Serb revolutionary (7) :
BROWSER29
Gave a lecture about an Expo city of the '70s (7) :
SPOKANE
Down
1
Check a short Glaswegian for hot stuff (7) :
TABASCO2
Traveler to Canterbury carries lithium for free (7) :
RELIEVE3
There's no beginning or end to nonsense while in solitary (5) :
ALONE4
Unpleasant odor envelops Spanish holy man (5) :
SANTO5
Subjects of idol worship: dogs? (5,4) :
FALSEGODS6
7
A bowler's pocket contains this master access code (7) :
HEADPIN8
Two kinds of ants in an old Soviet force (3,4) :
REDARMY14
15
Pizza delivery ripped off by storied exterminator (4,5) :
PIEDPIPER17
Smokey was one of two Windy City pros (4,3) :
BEARCUB18
Knight turned up with palindromic German for an Italian dish (7) :
RISOTTO20
Porch is kept inside forever and always (7) :
VERANDA21
Stay in possession of uranium remnant (7) :
RESIDUE24
Wallops with hose (5) :
SOCKS25
Smoke rising in Electoral College (5) :
CLARO
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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