Saturday, July 13, 2019

Saturday, July 13, 2019 — Cox & Rathvon (Preliminary Post)

Introduction

Here is today's puzzle from Cox & Rathvon. I will return later with the solution.

I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the puzzle.

Signing off for the moment — Falcon
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9 comments:

  1. Chris CudmoreJuly 13, 2019 at 9:47 AM

    Straightforward puzzle today. A couple of AHA! Moments, particularly in 5d and 25a. Was lead down the garden path for a while with 24a, but soon got it figured out.

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  2. PeterJuly 13, 2019 at 9:50 AM

    Good morning,

    Pleasant puzzle from C & R today. Too bad they couldn't get 'new' into 27a for another west coast town. I don't think the answer to 3 down means misgivings. Have a good weekend!

    Peter

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  3. HenryJuly 13, 2019 at 10:46 AM

    Good morning to all the deep thinkers today! My printer refused to be recognized, so I did the puzzle in photoshop which takes a lot longer printing in all the text. Argh!
    I didn't think 24a was a good definition for scrupulous, but it fits the wordplay. 3d though was ok for me for the definition. Worked my way across the top and down the right side to end up in the lower left hand corner with 22a the last in. Interesting cryptic definition for 22d that I got just as I was writing this sentence.

    Falcon - are you still on vacation? If so, I can post the solution in a day or so.
    Henry

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  4. Sydney PrestonJuly 13, 2019 at 11:13 AM

    Being from this area of B.C., I knew the answer, but like the postings above, still could not understand what "scrupulous" or "judge" had to do with it. Breezed through it today.

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    1. HenryJuly 13, 2019 at 8:43 PM

      Sydney - the judge's conclusion is the last letter in judge.

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    2. Richard HoshinoJuly 14, 2019 at 10:56 PM

      Like Sydney, I am from the same "Howe Sound Town", which made 24a quite fun.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 13, 2019 at 11:19 AM

    Hello Falcon and fellow puzzlers,

    I didn't get too many of the answers on first read-through but was able to chip away and solve without any assistance. Guess it was the west coast's turn this week ;)

    Upper right gave me the most trouble. My favourite was 15d.

    Thank you for posting Falcon. Have a nice weekend all.

    Cheers,
    MG

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  6. CarolaJuly 13, 2019 at 8:57 PM

    Hello Falcon and all,

    After an unpromising go at the Acrosses, I was able to get some solid footing in the Downs and was on my way. As usual, it took me too long to see one of the anagrams (1d). I liked 6d.

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  7. HenryJuly 15, 2019 at 11:39 PM

    Here is the solution to this week's puzzle.

    ACROSS
    1a UNSCRAMBLED*
    9a LE CARRE (John Le Carre Spy Novelist)
    10a MILD|RED
    11a VAN|CO(U)VER
    12a SAT(I)E (Erik Satie French Composer)
    13a T(IE P)*INS
    14a ENCHANT*
    17a DO|SAGES
    20a PLACE|BO
    22a STUNT (double definition - as a verb)
    24a SQU(E)AMISH
    25a RI(COT)TA (Rita Hayworth)
    26a ME|THANE
    27a WESTMINSTER*

    DOWN
    1d UPROOTING*
    2d S|HEAVES
    3d RE|MORSE (the Morse Code)
    4d MILES (Miles Davis musician; SMILES with the first letter removed)
    5d LORETTA* (Loretta Lynn, role for Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter)
    6d DO(D)GE
    7d EL(E|V)ATED
    8d _S_CONCE_ (Hidden)
    15d CHAR(AC)TER
    16d TROPHIES*
    18d SOUR|CES (Ces is these in French)
    19d S(US)TAIN
    20d PLUM|MET
    21d EPICAL*
    22d STRAW< (Cryptic definition of a straw)
    23d TOTE|M

    Have fun on vacation, Falcon, and hope you didn't get too much rain.

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