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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Jun 28, 2020 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
8-Down : Scratch the Spanish coin (6)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 69
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9 C | O | N | E | S | T | 10 O | G | A | | 11 C | O | N | I | C |
E | | I | | T | | R | | G | | I | | I | | K |
12 R | I | C | H | A | R | D | | 13 E | N | T | I | T | L | E |
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14 T | R | 15 A | C | T | | 16 R | A | 17 M | A | D | A | N | | |
E | | B | | | | L | | A | | | | C | | 18 D |
| | 19 S | P | 20 L | A | Y | E | D | | 21 C | R | E | T | E |
22 I | | O | | I | | | | E | | A | | | | S |
23 S | O | L | I | C | I | 24 T | | 25 I | M | P | A | 26 L | E | S |
L | | V | | E | | R | | R | | T | | A | | E |
27 A | L | I | E | N | | 28 A | L | A | B | A | S | T | E | R |
N | | N | | S | | C | | | | I | | H | | T |
29 D | O | G | G | E | R | E | L | | 30 U | N | L | E | S | S |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
Docent hirer saying nothing about employment (6) :
MUSEUM4
Discover clipped item describing yours truly (4,4) :
COMEUPON9
Individuals in court previously returned old wagon (9) :
CONESTOGA11
Class clown has change of heart in section of mathematics (5) :
CONIC12
"Geriatric" hardly describes Ringo as a youngster (7) :
RICHARD13
Medical specialty -- the thing the French allow (7) :
ENTITLE14
Reportedly hunted for stretch of land (5) :
TRACT16
Did the marathon, having a crazy fast time (7) :
RAMADAN19
Raced around, got into bed and spread out (7) :
SPLAYED21
Inmate escaping from specific Mediterranean location (5) :
CRETE23
Make a request like this: by the book (7) :
SOLICIT25
Spikes the author's soft drinks (7) :
IMPALES27
Piece of fiction penned by one outsider (5) :
ALIEN28
White flower in back of a laboratory (9) :
ALABASTER29
Note empty gag before long humorous verse (8) :
DOGGEREL30
Except if dark, topless (6) :
UNLESS
Down
1
Steep price to pay for spice (8) :
MACERATE2
Very pleasing, for the most part, kind of wave (5) :
SONIC3
Newcomer puts off painting (7) :
UPSTART5
No wise Native American (5) :
OSAGE6
Passionate old flame given a commendation (7) :
EXCITED7
Regret keeping 1.10 in English money (9) :
PENITENCE8
Scratch the Spanish coin (6) :
NICKEL10
15
Making allowances for a bishop working out (9) :
ABSOLVING17
Wine produced on account (7) :
MADEIRA18
Sweet things from the south under pressure (8) :
DESSERTS20
Permission to break silence (7) :
LICENSE21
Cook, for one, likely to be captured by murderer (7) :
CAPTAIN22
Key is large, also (6) :
ISLAND24
Follow start of the track event (5) :
TRACE26
It's used for turning Spanish and English articles (5) :
LATHE
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