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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 03, 2017 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
16-Down : Essentially, Signor Antonio is uninformed (8)
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
1 L | I | 2 O | N | 3 I | Z | 4 E | | 5 T | R | 6 U | S | 7 T | M | 8 E |
A | | A | | T | | L | | H | | B | | H | | H |
9 R | E | F | E | D | | 10 S | O | A | P | O | P | E | R | A |
A | | I | | E | | A | | I | | A | | T | | R |
11 M | I | S | S | P | E | L | T | | 12 A | T | R | I | U | M |
S | | H | | E | | V | | 13 H | | | | M | | O |
| | | | 14 N | E | A | R | E | A | 15 S | T | E | R | N |
16 I | | 17 G | | D | | D | | L | | T | | S | | Y |
18 G | R | A | S | S | H | O | P | P | E | R | | | | |
N | | L | | | | R | | W | | A | | 19 A | | 20 P |
21 O | N | L | I | 22 N | E | | 23 G | A | S | P | E | D | A | L |
R | | O | | E | | 24 M | | N | | P | | R | | A |
25 A | P | P | L | E | T | A | R | T | | 26 I | C | I | L | Y |
N | | E | | D | | A | | E | | N | | F | | E |
27 T | I | D | Y | S | U | M | | 28 D | O | G | S | T | A | R |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Glorify Eagles hit vocally (7) :
LIONIZE5
"I'm telling the truth," mutters suspect (5,2) :
TRUSTME9
Turned table and served another helping (5) :
REFED10
Each time follows accordingly - one overly dramatic episode after another (4,5) :
SOAPOPERA11
Young lady with fur said "F-I-R" instead of "F-U-R" (8) :
MISSPELT12
Room with ceiling windows is a success, barring penthouse (6) :
ATRIUM14
New England quarters back from the Fertile Crescent (4,7) :
NEAREASTERN18
Fat French person in the market for edible insect (11) :
GRASSHOPPER21
El NiƱo changed where surfers are found (6) :
ONLINE23
"Step on it!," panted Unser (3,5) :
GASPEDAL25
Small program includes pitch for fruity pastry (5,4) :
APPLETART26
Mediterranean island without its leader is in a hostile state (5) :
ICILY27
Awfully musty boxes identify large amount of money (4,3) :
TIDYSUM28
Darn! Mars or Mercury, in retrospect, is bright spot in the night sky (3,4) :
DOGSTAR
Down
1
Football team reset alarms (1,1,4) :
LARAMS2
Love a chum, for example, and like a klutz (6) :
OAFISH3
Liquid didn't seep, possibly (2,7) :
ITDEPENDS4
Country in ruins - sad all over (2,8) :
ELSALVADOR5
Southeast Asian liaison, by the sound of it (4) :
THAI6
Underwater menace swimming about (1-4) :
UBOAT7
Topics involving titanium for English paper (3,5) :
THETIMES8
Site where you can find matches and order ham on rye (8) :
EHARMONY13
The plan we'd developed for job posting (4,6) :
HELPWANTED15
Fastening accessories, bottom to top (9) :
STRAPPING16
Essentially, Signor Antonio is uninformed (8) :
IGNORANT17
Lass ran leisurely and ran quickly (8) :
GALLOPED19
Commercial break is purposeless (6) :
ADRIFT20
Musician's piano film (6) :
PLAYER22
Must have heard massages (5) :
NEEDS24
Lady looking both ways (4) :
MAAM
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.
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