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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Jan 21, 2001 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
15-Down : How sniper shot dockside V.I.P. (9)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 67
1 B | A | 2 R | E | 3 F | O | 4 O | T | | 5 S | 6 O | C | 7 C | E | 8 R |
O | | W | | O | | V | | | | R | | O | | E |
9 P | E | A | G | R | E | E | N | | 10 A | L | U | M | N | A |
E | | N | | T | | R | | | | O | | I | | S |
11 E | N | D | O | W | | 12 P | O | 13 S | T | P | O | N | E | S |
P | | A | | O | | R | | E | | | | G | | I |
| | | 14 B | R | O | A | D | C | A | 15 S | T | I | N | G |
16 I | | 17 A | | T | | I | | R | | H | | N | | N |
18 M | A | S | S | H | Y | S | T | E | R | I | A | | | |
M | | T | | | | E | | T | | P | | 19 T | | 20 H |
21 A | L | E | X | 22 A | N | D | R | A | | 23 O | Z | O | N | E |
N | | R | | P | | | | G | | W | | L | | A |
24 E | M | I | G | R | E | | 25 R | E | I | N | D | E | E | R |
N | | S | | O | | | | N | | E | | D | | S |
26 T | A | K | I | N | G | | 27 S | T | A | R | T | O | U | T |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Kick around a football official with no shoes on (8) :
BAREFOOT5
Hit 'er in the ear for sport (6) :
SOCCER9
Writer holding match in shade (3,5) :
PEAGREEN10
Rewritten manual for woman graduate (6) :
ALUMNA11
Grant: "Stop, that hurts!" (5) :
ENDOW12
Tables for cereal maker with corn products (9) :
POSTPONES14
Playful song a catbird is sending over the air (12) :
BROADCASTING18
Panic as crooked lawyer interrupts Ms. Farrow (4,8) :
MASSHYSTERIA21
Brewpub offering "Kiss and Run" (a name for a lady) (9) :
ALEXANDRA23
Where Toto went with somebody for fresh air (5) :
OZONE24
Traveler changing countries before catching Russian plane (6) :
EMIGRE25
Drop honey, we hear, in Santa's drawers? (8) :
REINDEER26
Conveying thanks to the British monarch (6) :
TAKING27
Begin a journey with sailor aboard Intrepid (5,3) :
STARTOUT
Down
1
Shepherdess with a bad smell - take a look (2-4) :
BOPEEP2
First of Reds stick with a country of Africa (6) :
RWANDA3
Texas city, on embracing Republican pair (4,5) :
FORTWORTH4
Bungled Verdi operas given too much applause (11) :
OVERPRAISED6
Alternatively, cut deck (5) :
ORLOP7
Arriving from the rear, I'm caught in trick trap (6,2) :
COMINGIN8
Give a new position to idiot in monarchy (8) :
REASSIGN13
C.I.A. operative center stage in new guise (6,5) :
SECRETAGENT15
How sniper shot dockside V.I.P. (9) :
SHIPOWNER16
Somewhat slim man entertains native (8) :
IMMANENT17
Inquire about Garr's star (8) :
ASTERISK19
Hullabaloo engulfs the French "holy" city? (6) :
TOLEDO20
Newspaper baron pays attention to Time (6) :
HEARST22
Expert wearing an article donned by cooks (5) :
APRON
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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