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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Cryptic Crossword by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon / Edited by Will Shortz
Across — 1. Minor scrape with some redeploying combatants (6, 5), MARINE CORPS; 7. Commercial’s beginning after detective movie (3), PIC; 9. Fussily adorn border between two pages (5), PRIMP; 10. Jogger grabbing a rest (9), REMAINDER; 11. Dee and I even now concentrate (7), DISTILL; 12. Young lady I sign for NASA project (7), GALILEO; 13. John Lennon’s first two discs (3), LOO; 14. Providers of some wood dinner dishes for the Swedish Nightingale? (6, 5), LINDEN TREES; 16. It wets pale, or splatters? (5, 6), WATERPISTOL; 19. Odd characters presented by prose writer (3), POE; 20. Polish image for a point of no return (7), RUBICON; 22. Seen from the side, Pacino in his more advanced period? (7), LATERAL; 23. Someone who can’t stay out of the conversation but can go downhill fast (9), BUTTINSKI; 25. Time deny oneself love deliberately (5), LENTO; 27. Desire money (3), YEN; 28. Only form of sustenance to eat in the evening between fish and wine (4, 7), SOLE SUPPORT.
Across rationale — 1. Anagram of minor scrape; 7. PI (private investigator) and C(ommericial); 9. P(RIM)P; 10. REM(A)INDERl 11. D+I+STILL; 12. GAL+I+LEO; l 3.L(ennon)+O+O; 14. LIND ENTREES/LINDEN TREES; 16. Anagram of it wets pal or; 19. PrOsE (odd characters); 20. RUB+ICO; 22. LATER+AL; 23. BUT+TIN+SKI; 25. LENT+O; 27. Double definition; 28. SOLE+SUP+PORT.
Down — 1. Mother ship’s ultimate guide on a trek (3), MAP; 2. Busted in a stupor with water pipe (9), RAIN SPOUT; 3. Mixed up Latin in a wedding (7), NUPTIAL; 4. Guy from a Frankish line trolling Christmas songs with John in Scotland (11), SKILLET; 7. Diamonds in ring for the foot (5), PEDAL; 8. Eastern bloc developed a form of metal (6, ), CARBON STEEL, 11. Sensible bachelor enters stall for Eastern seaboard feature (8, 3), DELAWARE BAY; 12. Peasant girl wandering where buffalo roamed (5, 6), GREAT PLAINS; 15. Language spanning empires, per Antony (9), ESPERANTO; 17. Transported skier around northern Colorado mountains (7), ROCKIES; 18. Spell it wrong, creating spill (3, 4), LET SLIP; 21. Prohibition about to stick (5), BATON; 24. Answer is what we all circle (3), SOL; 26. Bagel next to muffin material (3), OAT.
Down rationale — 1. MA+shiP; 2. Anagram of in a stupor; 3. Anagram of up Latin; 4. CAROLING and IAN; 5. R and AM; 6. S(KILL)ET; 7. PE(D)AL; 8. Anagram (Eastern bloc); 11. DEL(AWARE plus B)AY; 12. Anagram of peasant girl; 15. empirES PER ANTOny; 17. Anagram of skier and Co; 18. Anagram of Spell it; BA(TO)N; 24. Double definition SOL(ution) and SOL for sun; 26. O (“bagel”) with AT (‘next to”).
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