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 Emily Cox
 Henry Rathvon
 
        NY Times, Sun, Feb 17, 2013 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
        
        
            Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			 |  | 1 S  | L  | 2 O  | T  | 3 M  | A  | 4 C  | H  | 5 I  | N  | 6 E  | S  |  | 
		
			7 O  |  | T  |  | B  |  | A  |  | H  |  | N  |  | X  |  |  | 
		
			8 P  | L  | A  | I  | T  |  | 9 S  | P  | A  | C  | K  | L  | I  | N  | 10 G  | 
		
			E  |  | N  |  | U  |  | T  |  | P  |  | L  |  | S  |  | E  | 
		
			11 R  | A  | D  | I  | S  | H  | E  | S  |  | 12 T  | I  | N  | T  | I  | N  | 
		
			A  |  | I  |  | E  |  | R  |  | 13 S  |  | N  |  |  |  | E  | 
		
			14 G  | O  | N  | E  |  | 15 P  | R  | O  | P  | A  | G  | A  | 16 T  | O  | R  | 
		
			L  |  | G  |  | 17 S  |  | A  |  | A  |  | S  |  | R  |  | A  | 
		
			18 A  | P  | O  | T  | H  | E  | C  | A  | R  | Y  |  | 19 M  | A  | I  | L  | 
		
			S  |  |  |  | A  |  | E  |  | E  |  | 20 S  |  | I  |  | S  | 
		
			21 S  | E  | 22 S  | A  | M  | E  |  | 23 S  | T  | E  | P  | O  | N  | I  | T  | 
		
			E  |  | H  |  | R  |  | 24 A  |  | I  |  | A  |  | A  |  | O  | 
		
			25 S  | H  | I  | P  | O  | W  | N  | E  | R  |  | 26 R  | E  | B  | A  | R  | 
		
			 |  | V  |  | C  |  | O  |  | E  |  | T  |  | L  |  | E  | 
		
			 | 27 P  | A  | R  | K  | I  | N  | G  | S  | P  | A  | C  | E  |  |  | 
		
	
 
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            Across
            1
8
Queue for dinner item called out (5) : 
PLAIT9
Chuck has gang getting plastered (9) : 
SPACKLING11
Candidates for garnishing meals of a sun god? (8) : 
RADISHES12
Character drawn by Hergé somewhat unstintingly (6) : 
TINTIN14
Good, the first number is missing (4) : 
GONE15
18
Drug seller, a marijuana man, with auto club (10) : 
APOTHECARY19
Letters one of the guys read aloud (4) : 
MAIL21
Find out about Sam's bagel choice (6) : 
SESAME23
Rush, playing set point (4,2,2) : 
STEPONIT25
Sniper who shot dockside V.I.P. (9) : 
SHIPOWNER26
Fire barrier provides concrete support (5) : 
REBAR27
Standard ruler's unit of length for a garage spot (7,5) : 
PARKINGSPACE 
        
	 
        
		
            Down
            1
Great audience response to Stanley, a dog from Down Under (8,1) : 
STANDINGO2
Not very smart of us to be at sea (6) : 
OBTUSE3
Bigoted notion from where mother gets her local views? (6,4) : 
MASTERRACE4
Get sore guy in Britain (4) : 
CHAP5
Ideas for little Rorschach spots? (8) : 
INKLINGS6
Be wrongheaded about another gender having no leadership (5) : 
EXIST7
Visual aid for love, according to a guy's first girls (5,7) : 
OPERAGLASSES10
Salon greeter cryptically presented place to buy a range of stuff (7,5) : 
GENERALSTORE13
Health resort gets out flab around the waist (5,5) : 
SPARETIRES16
Shower taken by board that may be directed (9) : 
TRAINABLE17
Image of Erin's rhinestone? (8) : 
SHAMROCK20
Old warring faction of Greece back at talks (6) : 
SPARTA22
Knife a Hindu god called the Destroyer (5) : 
SHIVA24
A premiere of "Nutcracker" showing soon (4) : 
ANON 
        
	 
    
 
    
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