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 Emily Cox
 
 Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Apr 19, 1998  Cryptic Crossword
        
        
            Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 63
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			| 1 A | M | 2 I | S | 3 T | A | 4 D |  | 5 G | O | 6 B | L | 7 I | N | 8 D | 
			| S |  | N |  | E |  | A |  | U |  | U |  | S |  | O | 
			| 9 P | A | R | E | N | T | H | E | T | I | C | A | L | L | Y | 
			| I |  | E |  | O |  | L |  | T |  | H |  | E |  | E | 
			| 10 R | I | V | E | R | S | I | D | E |  | 11 A | N | T | O | N | 
			| I |  | E |  |  |  | A |  | R |  | R |  |  |  | N | 
			| 12 N | A | R | R | 13 O | W | S |  | 14 S | H | E | A | 15 T | H | E | 
			|  |  | S |  | V |  |  |  |  |  | S |  | O |  |  | 
			| 16 T | H | E | S | E | U | 17 S |  | 18 S | E | T | T | L | E | 19 R | 
			| H |  |  |  | R |  | H |  | U |  |  |  | E |  | E | 
			| 20 O | R | 21 B | I | T |  | 22 E | C | C | E | 23 N | T | R | I | C | 
			| U |  | I |  | U |  | L |  | R |  | E |  | A |  | A | 
			| 24 G | E | N | E | R | A | L | H | O | S | P | I | T | A | L | 
			| H |  | G |  | N |  | E |  | S |  | A |  | E |  | L | 
			| 25 T | R | O | T | S | K | Y |  | 26 E | N | L | I | S | T | S | 
	
© 1998, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
            Across
            1
Spielberg film with a message about vision that's unclear (7) : 
AMISTAD5
Lose sight of Halloween creature with Dracula's head (2,5) : 
GOBLIND9
10
11
Chekhov makes an appearance in Milan tonight (5) : 
ANTON12
Moves quickly after start of Nike contracts (7) : 
NARROWS14
She keeps warm with cover (7) : 
SHEATHE16
Hero of legend in the southeastern United States (7) : 
THESEUS18
New resident's dog swallowing head of lettuce (7) : 
SETTLER20
Circle, or fragment (5) : 
ORBIT22
Somewhat odd, Eric eats bit of copper penny (9) : 
ECCENTRIC24
TV show with doctors operating as hell breaks loose (7,8) : 
GENERALHOSPITAL25
Russian revolutionary runs Kentucky (7) : 
TROTSKY26
Volunteers tossed tinsel on top of spruce (7) : 
ENLISTS 
        
		
            Down
            1
Endlessly striving for headache relief (7) : 
ASPIRIN2
Regarding poetry written from right to left (2,7) : 
INREVERSE3
Barbershop singer Bill heard (5) : 
TENOR4
Cruise had raised flowers (7) : 
DAHLIAS5
"Squalid conditions," Gore at first says (7) : 
GUTTERS6
A butcher's out of control in a city of Europe (9) : 
BUCHAREST7
Little bit of land is rented (5) : 
ISLET8
Female leader finished with Japanese money (7) : 
DOYENNE13
Spills open coffee containers (9) : 
OVERTURNS15
16
Brainwork, however, on the front of Time (7) : 
THOUGHT17
English poet is cautious penning Spanish and French articles (7) : 
SHELLEY18
Sweet product's strange sources (7) : 
SUCROSE19
Musical note "C" -- everyone's summons to come back (7) : 
RECALLS21
Box to be sold with game (5) : 
BINGO23
Land plane roughly (5) : 
NEPAL 
    
 
    
    Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle,  5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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