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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 16, 2018 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1-Across : Playwright mom was introduced to (5)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 67
1 M | A | 2 M | E | 3 T | | 4 I | N | 5 C | O | 6 G | N | 7 I | T | 8 O |
I | | A | | A | | L | | O | | E | | M | | B |
9 N | O | V | E | L | T | I | E | S | | 10 T | Y | P | O | S |
I | | E | | L | | A | | T | | A | | A | | E |
11 S | T | R | A | Y | E | D | | 12 U | N | L | O | C | K | S |
T | | I | | | | | | M | | E | | T | | S |
13 R | I | C | E | 14 P | U | 15 D | D | I | N | G | | | | |
Y | | K | | R | | E | | E | | U | | 16 O | | 17 G |
| | | | 18 I | N | T | E | R | S | P | E | R | S | E |
19 S | | 20 S | | N | | E | | | | | | A | | N |
21 Q | U | A | R | T | E | R | | 22 J | A | 23 I | A | L | A | I |
U | | R | | I | | G | | O | | K | | E | | U |
24 E | A | T | I | N | | 25 E | Q | U | I | N | O | X | E | S |
A | | R | | G | | N | | S | | O | | A | | E |
26 K | E | E | P | S | A | T | I | T | | 27 W | O | M | B | S |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
Playwright mom was introduced to (5) :
MAMET4
Unidentified gin & tonic concoction with egg in it (9) :
INCOGNITO9
10
Pretty postcard features spelling mistakes (5) :
TYPOS11
Susan from TV, film, theater, etc., left and took a different path (7) :
STRAYED12
Opens new sunblock, removing bottle's cap (7) :
UNLOCKS13
Translated crude pidgin for "dessert" (4,7) :
RICEPUDDING18
Varied enterprises to scatter here and there (11) :
INTERSPERSE21
Fourth incomplete question about Garfunkel (7) :
QUARTER22
Heard greeting a misrepresentation of sport (3,4) :
JAIALAI24
Have a home-cooked meal simmering, after cutting off edges (3,2) :
EATIN25
Draft animal among other draft animals two days each year (9) :
EQUINOXES26
Stays the course, returning little bird and venomous snake (yikes!) (5,2,2) :
KEEPSATIT27
Marsupials missing at production sites (5) :
WOMBS
Down
1
2
Nonconformist state maintained by Jagger (8) :
MAVERICK3
Count's cross friend (5) :
TALLY4
In retrospect, Surrealist takes to heart one ancient Greek work (5) :
ILIAD5
Tom Cruise arranged for theater job (9) :
COSTUMIER6
Raising little dog, send $1,000 and receive some support (3,1,3,2) :
GETALEGUP7
Influence prankster and make a scene (6) :
IMPACT8
Horrible bosses constantly worry (6) :
OBSESS14
Editions running beginning to end (9) :
PRINTINGS15
Scare off man who is refined and cleaner (9) :
DETERGENT16
Test in front of a panel or "Jeopardy!" clue giver, live (4,4) :
ORALEXAM17
Classes including individual with brains (8) :
GENIUSES19
Tumultuous quakes making a high-pitched sound (6) :
SQUEAK20
Arrest unhinged philosopher (6) :
SARTRE22
Knight's battle is only about love (5) :
JOUST23
"They already told me," recalled expert on iodine (1,4) :
IKNOW
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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