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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, Apr 19, 1998 Cryptic Crossword

18-Down : Sweet product's strange sources (7)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 63
1
A
M
2
I
S
3
T
A
4
D
5
G
O
6
B
L
7
I
N
8
D
S
N
E
A
U
U
S
O
9
P
A
R
E
N
T
H
E
T
I
C
A
L
L
Y
I
E
O
L
T
H
E
E
10
R
I
V
E
R
S
I
D
E
11
A
N
T
O
N
I
E
A
R
R
N
12
N
A
R
R
13
O
W
S
14
S
H
E
A
15
T
H
E
S
V
S
O
16
T
H
E
S
E
U
17
S
18
S
E
T
T
L
E
19
R
H
R
H
U
E
E
20
O
R
21
B
I
T
22
E
C
C
E
23
N
T
R
I
C
U
I
U
L
R
E
A
A
24
G
E
N
E
R
A
L
H
O
S
P
I
T
A
L
H
G
N
E
S
A
E
L
25
T
R
O
T
S
K
Y
26
E
N
L
I
S
T
S
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
Spielberg film with a message about vision that's unclear (7) : AMISTAD
5
Lose sight of Halloween creature with Dracula's head (2,5) : GOBLIND
9
Play the clarinet badly, as in an interlude? (15) : PARENTHETICALLY
10
Bank stirred Verdi's ire (9) : RIVERSIDE
11
Chekhov makes an appearance in Milan tonight (5) : ANTON
12
Moves quickly after start of Nike contracts (7) : NARROWS
14
She keeps warm with cover (7) : SHEATHE
16
Hero of legend in the southeastern United States (7) : THESEUS
18
New resident's dog swallowing head of lettuce (7) : SETTLER
20
Circle, or fragment (5) : ORBIT
22
Somewhat odd, Eric eats bit of copper penny (9) : ECCENTRIC
24
TV show with doctors operating as hell breaks loose (7,8) : GENERALHOSPITAL
25
Russian revolutionary runs Kentucky (7) : TROTSKY
26
Volunteers tossed tinsel on top of spruce (7) : ENLISTS
Down
1
Endlessly striving for headache relief (7) : ASPIRIN
2
Regarding poetry written from right to left (2,7) : INREVERSE
3
Barbershop singer Bill heard (5) : TENOR
4
Cruise had raised flowers (7) : DAHLIAS
5
"Squalid conditions," Gore at first says (7) : GUTTERS
6
A butcher's out of control in a city of Europe (9) : BUCHAREST
7
Little bit of land is rented (5) : ISLET
8
Female leader finished with Japanese money (7) : DOYENNE
13
Spills open coffee containers (9) : OVERTURNS
15
Bears in Mobile or Seattle (9) : TOLERATES
16
Brainwork, however, on the front of Time (7) : THOUGHT
17
English poet is cautious penning Spanish and French articles (7) : SHELLEY
18
Sweet product's strange sources (7) : SUCROSE
19
Musical note "C" -- everyone's summons to come back (7) : RECALLS
21
Box to be sold with game (5) : BINGO
23
Land plane roughly (5) : NEPAL
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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