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Alan Arbesfeld
NY Times, Sun, Jul 10, 2022 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
29-Across : Transports kisses to the ear (5)
Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 61
1 A | D | 2 A | P | 3 T | | 4 C | R | 5 O | S | 6 S | O | 7 V | E | 8 R |
T | | M | | O | | O | | N | | C | | I | | E |
9 H | O | B | O | K | E | N | | 10 G | A | R | B | L | E | D |
E | | U | | E | | F | | O | | A | | L | | H |
11 A | L | L | Y | | 12 F | I | N | A | L | P | H | A | S | E |
R | | A | | 13 R | | N | | L | | H | | | | A |
14 T | E | N | D | E | R | E | D | | 15 N | E | E | 16 D | E | D |
| | C | | A | | D | | 17 D | | A | | R | | |
18 S | T | E | A | D | Y | | 19 T | E | M | P | L | A | T | 20 E |
T | | | | M | | 21 V | | A | | S | | G | | X |
22 A | N | 23 G | R | Y | B | I | R | D | S | | 24 T | R | A | P |
P | | R | | L | | A | | S | | 25 S | | A | | R |
26 L | E | A | K | I | N | G | | 27 P | A | N | A | C | H | E |
E | | Y | | P | | R | | O | | U | | E | | S |
28 R | E | S | I | S | T | A | N | T | | 29 B | U | S | E | S |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
1
Commercial suitable to make a screenplay from (5) :
ADAPT4
9
Jersey city egg producer describing strange book (7) :
HOBOKEN10
Took charge after clothing got messed up (7) :
GARBLED11
The whole gym, pal (4) :
ALLY12
Top dogs caught in very nice ending (5,5) :
FINALPHASE14
Offered a kind of talk about topless sex (8) :
TENDERED15
Massaged, we heard, for a nice way to feel (6) :
NEEDED18
Devoted sweetheart (6) :
STEADY19
22
Junk yard brings something to play on a computer (5,5) :
ANGRYBIRDS24
Role reversal is a ploy (4) :
TRAP26
Head of the meadow telling secrets (7) :
LEAKING27
Harsh criticism hurt style (7) :
PANACHE28
Natter loosely about sib putting up a fight (9) :
RESISTANT29
Transports kisses to the ear (5) :
BUSES
Down
1
Basically top-shelf article skill (2,5) :
ATHEART2
Mac unable to be fashioned into mobile aid (9) :
AMBULANCE3
Don't begin to incite a hit (4) :
TOKE4
Jailbird punished and restrained (8) :
CONFINED5
Like the best shots taken in Congo already (2,4) :
ONGOAL6
Losing roll, he is taken by suckers for dumps (10) :
SCRAPHEAPS7
House where bad guy drops in (5) :
VILLA8
Prince Harry, for one, had deer running amok (7) :
REDHEAD13
Dispel army haphazardly for old sound bite (4,2,4) :
READMYLIPS16
Shift car's "D" gear for driving events (4,5) :
DRAGRACES17
Notices in a station where you can't find a bar (4,4) :
DEADSPOT18
Mixing plaster is a way to make an attachment (7) :
STAPLER20
Sex pressure grips state (7) :
EXPRESS21
Drip returns to Indian city for drug (6) :
VIAGRA23
Germany is oddly possessive of some rebel soldiers (5) :
GRAYS25
Rolls back a cold shoulder (4) :
SNUB
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