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 Emily Cox
 
 Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Oct 02, 2011 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
        11-Down : Passageway to the arm of redesigned nuclear plant (6,6)
        
            Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			| 1 R | A | 2 G | A |  | 3 R | 4 E | A | 5 R | W | 6 I | N | 7 D | O | 8 W | 
			| E |  | E |  |  |  | L |  | O |  | N |  | A |  | A | 
			| 9 S | O | R | E |  | 10 B | A | R | B | E | C | U | I | N | G | 
			| T |  | M |  | 11 C |  | N |  | E |  | A |  | S |  | E | 
			| 12 P | H | I | L | A | N | D | E | R | I | N | G |  |  |  | 
			| E |  | N |  | R |  |  |  | T |  | D |  | 13 T |  | 14 T | 
			| 15 R | E | A | P | P | E | 16 A | R | S |  | 17 E | P | O | C | H | 
			| I |  | T |  | A |  | S |  | O |  | S |  | U |  | R | 
			| 18 O | N | E | A | L |  | 19 S | I | N | E | C | U | R | V | E | 
			| D |  | S |  | T |  | I |  |  |  | E |  | N |  | E | 
			|  |  |  | 20 Q | U | E | S | T | 21 I | O | N | M | A | R | K | 
			| 22 H |  | 23 O |  | N |  | T |  | D |  | T |  | M |  | I | 
			| 24 O | F | T | E | N | T | I | M | E | S |  | 25 F | E | R | N | 
			| S |  | O |  | E |  | N |  | A |  |  |  | N |  | G | 
			| 26 T | H | E | O | L | O | G | I | S | T |  | 27 O | T | I | S | 
	
© 2011, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
            Across
            1
Piece by Joplin and a piece by Shankar (4) : 
RAGA3
Opening in a building both narrow and wide, strangely (4,6) : 
REARWINDOW9
Angry fly is heard (4) : 
SORE10
Behind tavern, be giving the signal by grilling (10) : 
BARBECUING12
Philip & Erin Green carrying on a flirtation (10) : 
PHILANDERING15
Harvest with juicy fruit is seen again (9) : 
REAPPEARS17
He holds a cop back for a long time (5) : 
EPOCH18
A single American League big guy in the N.B.A. (5) : 
ONEAL19
Vee occupies an easy job, making a graph line (4,5) : 
SINECURVE20
24
25
Leafy plant right inside swamp (4) : 
FERN26
Student of the Bible both loose and tight, strangely (10) : 
THEOLOGIST27
Old Testament is uplifting fellow? (4) : 
OTIS 
        
		
            Down
            1
Chance to relax is reported mistakenly (4,6) : 
RESTPERIOD2
Begins developing Teutonic octets in a vocal setting (10) : 
GERMINATES4
Excellent country for antelope (5) : 
ELAND5
Davies who wrote "Torn Robes" novel (9) : 
ROBERTSON6
7
Where a speaker may stand amid Florida islands (4) : 
DAIS8
Payment for labor in the second Bush era (4) : 
WAGE11
Passageway to the arm of redesigned nuclear plant (6,6) : 
CARPALTUNNEL13
What to call us amid explosive series of contests (10) : 
TOURNAMENT14
1999 George Clooney movie with things full of bad odor (5,5) : 
THREEKINGS16
Helping family member caught in a con (9) : 
ASSISTING21
Sadie changed lightbulbs? (5) : 
IDEAS22
Army master of ceremonies (4) : 
HOST23
Indian digit under zero (4) : 
OTOE 
    
 
    
    Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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