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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

NY Times, Sun, Oct 05, 2008 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

13-Across : Fliers truly full of endless anger (6)

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
Pepper, for example, is ground, not minced (9) : CONDIMENT
6
Stop holding large comforter (5) : QUILT
9
Conservative person's got to return a wagon (9) : CONESTOGA
10
Moonshiner tries to keep still (5) : INERT
11
Go to bed and get sleepy again? (6) : RETIRE
12
Fit to make ex-G.I. suffer (8) : DOVETAIL
13
Fliers truly full of endless anger (6) : AIRMEN
15
A pair of scissors cut off rose (8) : ASCENDED
19
The man's independent, brown, kind of square, reluctant to act (8) : HESITANT
20
Pack animal with place of refuge (6) : BURROW
21
Note unopened barrier around excavation (8) : EMINENCE
23
Nothing for each fastener (6) : ZIPPER
26
Time to pull apart swing (5) : TREND
27
Appealing grenadine concoction (9) : ENDEARING
28
Passage I'll read aloud (5) : AISLE
29
Good fellow taking walk inside rocket-launching area (9) : SPACEPORT
Down
1
Pest tossed rock into train (9) : COCKROACH
2
Group of nine — no, ten — returns (5) : NONET
3
Rebellious elected officials calling for immediate attention (9) : INSURGENT
4
School letter turned up (4) : ETON
5
Kid about Hawaiian singer and college restaurant (8) : TEAHOUSE
6
Get all but the first two sheets of paper (5) : QUIRE
7
I loudly vilify person from Reykjavik (9) : ICELANDER
8
Utter "child" to the Italian (5) : TOTAL
14
River horse's relative gets back rough quality (9) : RASPINESS
16
Explain cryptic clue one time (9) : ELUCIDATE
17
Dean, at first, throwing out Frank (9) : DOWNRIGHT
18
Football players receiving new pants (8) : KNICKERS
21
Next rack holds special edition (5) : EXTRA
22
Keep on losing right to clothe (5) : ENDUE
24
First-rate Victorian operator (5) : PRIMO
25
Thought I would point to scarlet letter (4) : IDEA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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