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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Aug 23, 2020 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
12-Across : "Accelerator," said Pacino breathlessly (3,5)
Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
1 B | A | 2 D | W | 3 E | A | 4 T | H | 5 E | R | | 6 S | 7 C | A | 8 T |
O | | E | | I | | H | | S | | | | H | | I |
9 D | W | E | L | L | | 10 R | E | A | L | 11 T | H | I | N | G |
E | | P | | E | | E | | U | | O | | N | | H |
12 G | A | S | P | E | D | A | L | | 13 I | M | P | A | R | T |
A | | L | | N | | T | | 14 B | | T | | | | E |
15 S | T | E | M | | 16 A | E | R | O | S | O | L | 17 C | A | N |
| | E | | 18 C | | N | | I | | M | | A | | |
19 I | M | P | R | O | P | E | R | L | Y | | 20 O | M | E | 21 N |
N | | | | P | | D | | E | | 22 A | | E | | A |
23 P | O | 24 L | Y | P | S | | 25 P | R | O | V | E | R | B | S |
O | | O | | E | | 26 T | | R | | A | | A | | A |
27 W | A | T | E | R | P | O | L | O | | 28 T | A | M | I | L |
E | | U | | | | O | | O | | A | | E | | L |
29 R | O | S | E | | 30 P | L | U | M | B | R | A | N | D | Y |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
Adverse conditions spoiled wheat bread (3,7) :
BADWEATHER6
"Beat It" Ella style (4) :
SCAT9
Live down by a hole in the ground (5) :
DWELL10
12
"Accelerator," said Pacino breathlessly (3,5) :
GASPEDAL13
Tell what devilish rascals paint? (6) :
IMPART15
Check New York team returned (4) :
STEM16
Vessel under pressure tossed on Coral Sea (7,3) :
AEROSOLCAN19
Wrongly suggest lassoing lassoer (10) :
IMPROPERLY20
Sign submarine captain turned around (4) :
OMEN23
Slippery, sloppy sea creatures (6) :
POLYPS25
"Nova" network obtaining pirate saws (8) :
PROVERBS27
28
Sri Lankan male in shadow (5) :
TAMIL29
30
Outright lecherous offering from a bartender (4,6) :
PLUMBRANDY
Down
1
Point to Georgia's wine stores (7) :
BODEGAS2
The reverse of zest and haste: time out? (4,5) :
DEEPSLEEP3
Girl's name I list vocally (6) :
EILEEN4
5
"Hairy man" found in thesaurus (4) :
ESAU7
Pull up a set of porcelain dishes (5) :
CHINA8
"Turn clockwise," giant said (7) :
TIGHTEN11
Repeated turkey drumstick target? (3-3) :
TOMTOM14
Tanker docked in cleaner hot spot (6,4) :
BOILERROOM17
Film crew arrived with noodle soup (9) :
CAMERAMEN18
19
Ruling bananas ripe now (2,5) :
INPOWER21
Sodium rush through one's schnoz (7) :
NASALLY22
A Virginia sailor James Cameron hit (6) :
AVATAR24
Share American yoga position (5) :
LOTUS26
Excessively large hammer, e.g. (4) :
TOOL
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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