Sunday, October 2, 2011
Cryptic Crossword by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
Across — 1. Piece by Joplin and a piece by Shankar (4), RAGA; 3. Opening in a building both narrow and wide, strangely (4, 6), REAR WINDOW; 9. Angry fly is heard (4), SORE; 10. Behind tavern, be giving the signal by grilling (10), BARBECUING; 12. Philip & Erin Green carrying on a flirtation (10), PHILANDERING; 15. Harvest with juicy fruit is seen again (9), REAPPEARS; 17. He holds a cop back for a long time (5), EPOCH; 18. A single American League big guy in the N.B.A. (5), ONEAL; 19. Vee occupies an easy job, making a graph line (4, 5), SINE CURVE; 20. Square knot I’m unknotting …? (8,4), QUESTION MARK; 24. Frequently relating to X x (10), OFTENTIMES; 25. Leafy plant right inside swamp (4), FERN; 26. Student of the Bible both loose and tight, strangely (10), THEOLOGIST; 27. Old Testament is uplifting fellow? (4), OTIS.
Down — 1. Chance to relax is reported mistakenly (4, 6), REST PERIOD; 2. Begins developing Teutonic octets in a vocal setting (10), GERMINATES; 4. Excellent country for antelope (5), ELAND; 5. Davies who wrote “Torn Robes” novel (9), ROBERTSON; 6. Brilliant Peruvian ancestry? (12), INCADESCENT; 7. Where a speaker may stand amid Florida islands (4), DAIS; 8. Payment for labor in the second Bush era (4), WAGE; 11. Passageway to the arm of redesigned nuclear plant (6, 6), CARPAL TUNNEL; 13. What to call us amid explosive series of contests (10), TOURNAMENT; 14. 1999 George Clooney movie with things full of bad odor (5, 5), THREE KINGS; 16. Helping family member caught in a con (9), ASSISTING; 21. Sadie changed light bulbs? (5), IDEAS; 22. Army master of ceremonies (4), HOST; 23. Indian digit under zero (4), OTOE.
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