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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun Aug 30, 2026 Cryptic Crossword

17-Across : Turn and head off for one vegetable (7)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2026, The New York Times
Across
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Tale about start of Russian conflict (8) : FRICTION
5
Emulates zombies or boxers? (6) : UNDIES
10
Yanks one guy's intake of wild rice (9) : AMERICANS
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President (not Republican) to do party work (5) : CATER
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Come to kid Mr. Gore (5) : TOTAL
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Spy ring, according to Lloyd Webber musical retrospective (9) : OPERATIVE
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I invested in houses and land - it's all true (7) : REALITY
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Turn and head off for one vegetable (7) : SPINACH
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President opposed to importing excess fibers (7) : CLINTON
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Stop back in, but never perform (7) : PREVENT
22
Chief of police organized Montreal police officers (9) : PATROLMEN
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In the morning, much of Switzerland's capital is a yellowish orange (5) : AMBER
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Note not just any shaping tool (5) : LATHE
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Exaggerate past condition (9) : OVERSTATE
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Pay for yellow compact (6) : TREATY
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Superstar also hugged by porter's kin (8) : STANDOUT
Down
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Smoother compliment (7) : FLATTER
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Still one rent asunder (5) : INERT
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In short, it's going to be a woven fabric (5) : TWILL
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Alternatively, a Conservative speaker's skill (7) : ORATORY
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Fruit crate: nine bananas (9) : NECTARINE
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Involved in endless attempts to capture Kitty (9) : INTRICATE
8
Raucous sound from Canadian native in school (7) : SCREECH
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Judge Jenny? (6) : ASSESS
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Ancient Greek rite - a lost translation (9) : ARISTOTLE
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Fashionable, tender, disheartened, obvious, shy person (9) : INTROVERT
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Plane figure and trig function divided by about 3.1416 - look! (7) : COPILOT
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Hunter College building in back (6) : NIMROD
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Sharp guy given to wordplay? (7) : PUNGENT
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Pain some doctor mentioned (7) : TORMENT
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Clergyman has no head for a crime (5) : ARSON
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Hooray! Atlanta player not recording last out at first (5) : BRAVO
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle.

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