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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Jan 28, 2018 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
8-Down : Polish person with a strong desire? (6)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
1 C | O | 2 M | E | 3 D | Y | | 4 S | 5 P | I | 6 T | C | 7 U | R | 8 L |
U | | I | | E | | | | E | | A | | N | | U |
9 R | U | S | T | L | E | | 10 P | R | O | P | H | E | T | S |
R | | S | | H | | 11 S | | P | | D | | A | | T |
12 A | T | O | M | I | C | A | G | E | | 13 A | I | S | L | E |
N | | U | | | | I | | T | | N | | Y | | R |
14 T | H | R | O | 15 W | I | N | G | R | I | C | E | | | |
S | | I | | H | | T | | A | | E | | 16 I | | 17 D |
| | | 18 C | O | M | P | U | T | E | R | U | S | E | R |
19 D | | 20 E | | S | | A | | I | | | | O | | A |
21 E | G | R | E | T | | 22 T | E | N | O | 23 R | C | L | E | F |
T | | O | | H | | R | | G | | I | | A | | T |
24 O | N | T | H | E | A | I | R | | 25 M | A | I | T | A | I |
U | | I | | R | | C | | | | T | | E | | N |
26 R | E | C | H | E | C | K | S | | 27 L | A | P | D | O | G |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
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F.B.I. director fired by Trump circumvents low-grade farce (6) :
COMEDY4
Spiral lock culprits damaged (4,4) :
SPITCURL9
Whisper the name of Bertrand audibly (6) :
RUSTLE10
Pronounced gains for people in the forecasting business (8) :
PROPHETS12
A male cat I keep in a kennel these days (6,3) :
ATOMICAGE13
Supermarket section is flanked by beer (5) :
AISLE14
Celebrating a wedding three times, embracing crew (8,4) :
THROWINGRICE18
Supreme Court agitated someone on a Mac (8,4) :
COMPUTERUSER21
Feel sorry about all but the first wading bird (5) :
EGRET22
Reflect on newfangled staff symbol (5,4) :
TENORCLEF24
Novel antihero making waves? (2,3,3) :
ONTHEAIR25
In a manner of speaking, my Thai cocktail (3,3) :
MAITAI26
To arrive at X in an oral presentation, goes over the figures again (8) :
RECHECKS27
George Burns role: buddy returning cuddly pooch (3,3) :
LAPDOG
Down
1
2
State what we'd do if we lost a vowel? (8) :
MISSOURI3
Home to millions in Citadel Hill (5) :
DELHI5
6
Hoofer pranced at burlesque (3,6) :
TAPDANCER7
Use any plastic on edge (6) :
UNEASY8
Polish person with a strong desire? (6) :
LUSTER11
March honoree isn't involved in spring prank (5,7) :
SAINTPATRICK15
Response to a knock on the door of the shower, perhaps? (4,5) :
WHOSTHERE16
Alone, I had sandwiches very tardy (8) :
ISOLATED17
Work using a compass in Land's End water sport (8) :
DRAFTING19
Might it be routed differently? (6) :
DETOUR20
Blue hospital room concerned with issues of the ear (6) :
EROTIC23
Western prop carried by Maria Tallchief (5) :
RIATA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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