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Daniel Raymon
Daniel Raymon

NY Times, Sun, May 03, 2020 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

8-Down : Listening, notice raspy upright swimmer (3,5)

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 65
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© 2020, The New York Times
Across
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New York neighborhood lacking large ladies' room? (5) : HAREM
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Connected living spaces, which people found in stirs (3,6) : ROWHOUSES
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Cause of yawns from messy bedroom (7) : BOREDOM
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Rotates misshapen stone used as a key (7) : ROSETTA
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Old means of communication is great help, surprisingly (9) : TELEGRAPH
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Flying solo with European capital (4) : OSLO
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Like some editors' notes about prize for far-out subject? (12) : ASTROPHYSICS
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First in line of succession broadcast a mother or father over the sound waves (4,8) : HEIRAPPARENT
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Topless holy person isn't informal? (4) : AINT
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Operation: attempt hiding in my view or field of vision? (9) : OPTOMETRY
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Orange loungewear camouflages poet (7) : ANGELOU
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Sales pitch involving one dog (7) : SPANIEL
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Kid, that woman's musical talent is back (2,3,4) : TOTHEREAR
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Like some waves from eccentric icons (5) : SONIC
Down
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Reaction to jokes, shticks and routines (6) : HABITS
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Dorm supervisor in front of bank hardly ever (6) : RARELY
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African nation angered by a Tesla alternative (10) : MADAGASCAR
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Dance for some Bacardi -- a couple of Bacardis (5) : RUMBA
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Or whisper Reformed prayer (9) : WORSHIPER
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First off, heat oven (4) : OAST
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Seal sits on the rocks or leaves the pier (4,4) : SETSSAIL
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Listening, notice raspy upright swimmer (3,5) : SEAHORSE
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The slightest amount holds back my dissent, in even the slightest way (2,3,5) : BYANYMEANS
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Have children arrange procedure (9) : REPRODUCE
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Farmworker eats hot poultry (8) : PHEASANT
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Terribly dim thing! (8) : MIDNIGHT
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Character on Twitter demolished Giants (2,4) : ATSIGN
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During emergency, cliché is repeated over and over (6) : CYCLIC
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Weird stare is a shocking thing (5) : TASER
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Magazine that can be read backward or forward (4) : ELLE
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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