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Emily Cox
Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
Henry Rathvon

NY Times, Sun, May 20, 2018 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

12-Across : Soccer's Maradona quit match (5)

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 28, Blocks: 65
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S
T
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R
U
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M
P
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E
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5
A
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N
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L
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C
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V
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Y
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W
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T
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P
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D
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G
O
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H
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C
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L
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N
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D
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C
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E
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D
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H
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S
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N
C
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D
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C
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T
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N
B
S
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B
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K
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P
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A
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M
E
C
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A
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T
R
O
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F
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M
U
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N
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R
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S
K
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G
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C
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© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
President caught in place with a woman of disrepute (8) : STRUMPET
5
A rigid back on a boat (6) : ASTERN
9
Group of witches shot in Lady Godiva's town (8) : COVENTRY
10
Later, returned for a Chinese dumpling (6) : WONTON
12
Soccer's Maradona quit match (5) : DIEGO
13
Bunny's relative quiet at hearing top secret? (9) : HAIRPIECE
14
Wrong second credit was unsettling (12) : DISCONCERTED
18
Brilliant old Peruvian way down (12) : INCANDESCENT
21
One-celled animals in a pair came swimming (9) : PARAMECIA
23
Figure of speech in poet's last line (5) : TROPE
24
Almost quarter of noon: too soon (6) : NEARLY
25
Look quickly around Taj Mahal's site for a shadowy picture (8) : SKIAGRAM
26
Worked as a sailor, rough in speech (6) : CREWED
27
Mixed-up ethicist with the most maddening urges (8) : ITCHIEST
Down
1
Withdraw from stutterer's germ? (6) : SECEDE
2
Gunned two formations of geese in marsh grass (6) : REVVED
3
Asian rudely mooning Al (9) : MONGOLIAN
4
Study of our planet nice teachers arranged (5,7) : EARTHSCIENCE
6
Boat's small, circular path (5) : SLOOP
7
Plea for chow down in vestibule (8) : ENTREATY
8
Wii maker is mean in refusal (8) : NINTENDO
11
Cabinet picks trashed domestic carrier? (6,6) : PICNICBASKET
15
Physicist confused merchants (5,4) : ERNSTMACH
16
The guy's unreasoning fear of Latin America (8) : HISPANIC
17
Gangster is neckwear expert (8) : SCARFACE
19
Role for Matt Damon carried on the radio (6) : BOURNE
20
Frog on TV troubled Mr. Kite (6) : KERMIT
22
Fight with Maine general at Appomattox (5) : MELEE
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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