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Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Mar 02, 2014 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
14-Down : College aide and mother peel fruit (8)
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 69
1 I | N | 2 F | O | 3 R | M | 4 A | T | 5 I | O | 6 N | | | | |
N | | B | | E | | S | | O | | E | | 7 M | | 8 C |
9 A | T | O | M | S | | 10 K | I | T | T | E | N | I | S | H |
N | | M | | E | | I | | A | | D | | N | | A |
11 G | O | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | | 12 L | E | N | I | N |
E | | | | T | | G | | | | E | | E | | T |
13 R | A | 14 T | S | | 15 C | O | R | 16 P | U | S | C | L | E | S |
| | A | | 17 I | | U | | R | | S | | L | | |
18 R | U | M | I | N | A | T | I | O | N | | 19 S | I | G | 20 H |
E | | A | | F | | | | S | | 21 S | | | | O |
22 C | I | R | C | A | | 23 M | A | T | C | H | L | 24 O | C | K |
I | | I | | N | | A | | R | | A | | B | | I |
25 P | A | N | A | T | E | L | L | A | | 26 S | U | E | D | E |
E | | D | | A | | I | | T | | T | | L | | S |
| | | | 27 S | E | C | R | E | T | A | R | I | A | T |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
9
A turkey's mites (5) :
ATOMS10
Playful friends occupied by half-hearted game (9) :
KITTENISH11
A grandmother fills sailor's wig out (2,7) :
GOBANANAS12
Famous Red Square retrospective after end of festival (5) :
LENIN13
Shoot top performer from behind (4) :
RATS15
Cop curses rudely, having left bits of blood (10) :
CORPUSCLES18
Thinking downfall bites him in the rear (10) :
RUMINATION19
Sound made by the exasperated fraternity character over the radio (4) :
SIGH22
U.S. spies keeping cola around (5) :
CIRCA23
Old gun TV lawyer's put outside church (9) :
MATCHLOCK25
Criticize a snitch with a long cigar (10) :
PANATELLA26
Kid influenced by sound (5) :
SUEDE27
Unseen rodeo rope missing the first horse (11) :
SECRETARIAT
Down
1
Earning bucks furiously (2,5) :
INANGER2
Swear Facebook stirred up mob (1-4) :
FBOMB3
Object to put in the mail again (6) :
RESENT4
Attempting to see a large organ with painful inflammation (6,3) :
ASKINGOUT5
Letters were still nothing I recalled (5) :
IOTAS6
Expendable bugs squashed at the beginning (8) :
NEEDLESS7
Singer/actress, unknown in subterranean workplace, turned sick (8) :
MINNELLI8
Gregorian songs happen to be vocalized (6) :
CHANTS14
College aide and mother peel fruit (8) :
TAMARIND16
Flat writing describes pastry rising (9) :
PROSTRATE17
Spanish princesses in unfulfilled daydream (8) :
INFANTAS18
Clumsily pierce cookbook page (6) :
RECIPE20
Hot temperature limiting 1930s migrants having the most corn (7) :
HOKIEST21
Peak speed isn't quite achieved in South America (6) :
SHASTA23
Reducing bad blood, like apple acid (5) :
MALIC24
Xenophobe likely carries daggers (5) :
OBELI
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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