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        NY Times, Sun, Feb 03, 2002  CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
        19-Down : Poet Maya cut out after God's messenger (7)
        
            Author:
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			1 V  | A  | 2 M  | P  |  | 3 O  | 4 F  | F  | 5 T  | H  | 6 E  | W  | 7 A  | L  | 8 L  | 
		
			I  |  | A  |  |  |  | E  |  | O  |  | P  |  | L  |  | O  | 
		
			9 O  | V  | E  | R  | 10 S  | E  | E  |  | 11 R  | A  | I  | S  | I  | N  | G  | 
		
			L  |  | S  |  | E  |  | L  |  | C  |  | G  |  | M  |  | O  | 
		
			12 I  | N  | T  | E  | R  | N  | S  |  | 13 H  | O  | R  | D  | E  |  |  | 
		
			N  |  | R  |  | I  |  | U  |  |  |  | A  |  | N  |  | 14 A  | 
		
			15 C  | H  | I  | E  | F  |  | 16 P  | E  | 17 D  | O  | M  | E  | T  | E  | R  | 
		
			A  |  |  |  |  |  | T  |  | E  |  |  |  |  |  | A  | 
		
			18 S  | L  | 19 A  | C  | 20 K  | S  | O  | F  | F  |  | 21 S  | C  | 22 R  | U  | B  | 
		
			E  |  | N  |  | O  |  |  |  | L  |  | C  |  | I  |  | H  | 
		
			 |  | 23 G  | L  | O  | S  | 24 S  |  | 25 A  | M  | R  | A  | D  | I  | O  | 
		
			26 E  |  | E  |  | L  |  | E  |  | T  |  | A  |  | D  |  | R  | 
		
			27 M  | A  | L  | L  | A  | R  | D  |  | 28 I  | M  | P  | A  | L  | A  | S  | 
		
			I  |  | O  |  | I  |  | E  |  | O  |  |  |  | E  |  | E  | 
		
			29 T  | H  | U  | N  | D  | E  | R  | I  | N  | G  |  | 30 A  | S  | P  | S  | 
		
	
 
            © 2002, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
            Across
            1
Sexy woman to improvise (4) : 
VAMP3
Eccentric cooked hot waffle with piece of lemon (3,3,4) : 
OFFTHEWALL9
Inspect poetry written in Old English (7) : 
OVERSEE11
Growing fruit that's dried by end of evening (7) : 
RAISING12
Trainees amid seabirds (7) : 
INTERNS13
Reportedly save a crowd (5) : 
HORDE15
Head cook swallows iodine (5) : 
CHIEF16
Jennings holds head runner's measuring device (9) : 
PEDOMETER18
Doesn't work in one's skivvies? (6,3) : 
SLACKSOFF21
Thoroughly clean low bushes (5) : 
SCRUB23
Polish translation (5) : 
GLOSS25
Broadcasting medium savaged diorama (2,5) : 
AMRADIO27
Mother left with fat duck (7) : 
MALLARD28
Little brat leading dear African antelopes (7) : 
IMPALAS29
Noisy swamp creature keeps beneath the surface (10) : 
THUNDERING30
Snakes like empty promises (4) : 
ASPS 
        
	 
        
		
            Down
            1
Six cheer about Peruvian's box of string? (6,4) : 
VIOLINCASE2
Orchestra conductors tire Sam out (7) : 
MAESTRI4
Is capable of arranging fuel stop around end of voyage (5,2,2) : 
FEELSUPTO5
Senator Chiles offers a light (5) : 
TORCH6
Saying English slob is on strike (7) : 
EPIGRAM7
Kitchen invader eats green food (7) : 
ALIMENT8
Corporate symbol goalie found in bathroom (4) : 
LOGO10
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17
Pitching tail end of economic downturn (9) : 
DEFLATION19
Poet Maya cut out after God's messenger (7) : 
ANGELOU20
"Knockout" operator put down a mixed drink? (4-3) : 
KOOLAID21
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24
Prophet holds down meal at Passover (5) : 
SEDER26
Send Warner's partner up (4) : 
EMIT 
        
	 
    
 
    
    Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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