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 Fraser Simpson
NY Times, Sun, Apr 07, 2019 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
        
        
            Author:
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 67
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			| 1 B | E | 2 L | O | 3 W | A | 4 V | E | 5 R | A | 6 G | E |  |  |  | 
			| U |  | O |  | I |  | A |  | A |  | R |  | 7 S |  | 8 M | 
			| 9 S | E | N | D | F | O | R |  | 10 S | L | U | S | H | I | E | 
			| P |  | D |  | I |  | I |  | H |  | M |  | U |  | T | 
			| 11 A | V | O | W |  | 12 H | O | N | E | Y | B | U | N | C | H | 
			| S |  | N |  | 13 S |  | U |  | S |  | L |  |  |  | O | 
			| 14 S | K | E | W | E | R | S |  | 15 T | E | E | H | 16 E | E | D | 
			|  |  | Y |  | N |  |  |  |  |  | S |  | N |  |  | 
			| 17 S | M | E | T | A | N | 18 A |  | 19 S | T | A | R | T | U | 20 P | 
			| E |  |  |  | T |  | L |  | C |  | T |  | R |  | I | 
			| 21 S | C | 22 O | R | E | A | G | O | A | L |  | 23 H | Y | M | N | 
			| A |  | U |  | S |  | A |  | N |  | 24 C |  | V |  | C | 
			| 25 M | A | S | S | E | U | R |  | 26 D | A | R | K | I | S | H | 
			| E |  | T |  | A |  | V |  | A |  | O |  | S |  | M | 
			|  |  |  | 27 S | T | E | E | P | L | E | C | H | A | S | E | 
	
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            Across
            1
Not up to par, truant soldier retreats into drink (5,7) : 
BELOWAVERAGE9
Summon Spanish gent boxing outside Dusseldorf (4,3) : 
SENDFOR10
Japanese meal includes large eastern drink made with ice (7) : 
SLUSHIE11
Swear nothing's inside a car (4) : 
AVOW12
Dear Rev. Spooner's rabbit intuition (10) : 
HONEYBUNCH14
Runs through underground network carrying potassium (7) : 
SKEWERS15
Mind after football supporter giggled (3-4) : 
TEEHEED17
Some singers met an aria composer (7) : 
SMETANA19
Risky venture: art in backward places (7) : 
STARTUP21
Thrill the soccer fans: whip up cooler saga (5,1,4) : 
SCOREAGOAL23
Church song that guy heard (4) : 
HYMN25
Rubber pile heading to Europe (7) : 
MASSEUR26
Gossip about Torah repository needing better illumination (7) : 
DARKISH27
Expensive rental document covers church racing event (12) : 
STEEPLECHASE 
        
		
            Down
            1
One way to get around kiss outside spa (3,4) : 
BUSPASS2
Big Ferris wheel completed in Lyon, broken by end of June (6,3) : 
LONDONEYE3
Cafe offering short spouse first of items (4) : 
WIFI4
Virginia Republican with debts of different sorts (7) : 
VARIOUS5
Most reckless, she's taken in by double-crosser (7) : 
RASHEST6
Grouses about Albert's gum being all chewed up (8,2) : 
GRUMBLESAT7
Avoid sidetrack almost completely (4) : 
SHUN8
The changes in trendy procedure (6) : 
METHOD13
Doctor set at ease about new Washington position (6,4) : 
SENATESEAT16
Navies try forged embassy authorization (5,4) : 
ENTRYVISA17
Endlessly see identical bagel choice (6) : 
SESAME18
Camper covered in seaweed somewhere in Portugal (7) : 
ALGARVE19
Scrutinize boy turning up outrageous wrongdoing (7) : 
SCANDAL20
Chum skipping university, sitting in tree - am I just dreaming this? (5,2) : 
PINCHME22
You stopped hiding boot (4) : 
OUST24
Swamp thing, mostly nonsense (4) : 
CROC 
    
 
    
    Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle,  1 debuted here and reused later.
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