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Daniel Raymon
Daniel Raymon

NY Times, Sun Nov 23, 2025 Cryptic Crossword

17-Down : Sondheim composed "Indulgence" (8)

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
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Across
1
Football player has Southern wit (7) : PUNSTER
5
Football player's fishing gear (7) : TACKLES
9
Disunite and unite fragments (5) : UNTIE
10
One demonstrating for trial participant (9) : PROTESTER
11
Nonsense is more obvious, a little bit (10) : BALDERDASH
12
Police officer seizes right farm product (4) : CROP
14
Cause an annulment and make another ring? (6) : REPEAL
16
One sister and one child, together (2,6) : INUNISON
18
Surprisingly, R. and T. are related (8) : NARRATED
19
Mimic average nonsense (6) : PARROT
22
Instrument for 5, 10, 50 (4) : VIOL
23
Second person in the Bible found in passage where judgments are made (10) : COURTHOUSE
26
Expressing regret for broken alignment (9) : LAMENTING
27
Fix operating room's austerity (5) : RIGOR
28
GIF, for example, from close friend during morning hours (7) : ACRONYM
29
Mad about insult for ones with nothing to hide? (7) : NUDISTS
Down
1
Move clumsily, following piano and piper? (7) : PLUMBER
2
Blatantly holds up present at birth (5) : NATAL
3
There is a time to blossom for erstwhile prime minister (7,3) : THERESAMAY
4
Rough waters for urban music labels (6) : RAPIDS
5
Grand handouts redistributed (8) : THOUSAND
6
Pop icon's reported percentage (4) : CHER
7
Retailers designed loafer in the morning (4,5) : LATERISER
8
Attach zero pieces from below (5,2) : STRAPON
13
Gleaned epithet for sunburnt Scandinavian woman? (10) : INGATHERED
15
In accordance with previous actor (9) : PERFORMER
17
Sondheim composed "Indulgence" (8) : HEDONISM
18
Big star procures extension for short book (7) : NOVELLA
20
True centers for liberal pursuits (3,4) : THEARTS
21
Run for a long time for mythical creature (6) : DRAGON
24
Desires rush head to toe (5) : URGES
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One operating in the near future (4) : ANON
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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