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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun Apr 13, 2025 Cryptic Crossword

18-Across : Smooch in front of the best place to catch a ride (3,4)

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2025, The New York Times
Across
1
Fruit, a kind of cherry, in a certain trade (8) : PLUMBING
5
Notorious gangster to limit what I might be (6) : CAPONE
10
Drink with seasoning announced at the start of a golf round (3,4) : TEETIME
11
Leader of North Vietnam, rogue state, in a precarious spot (3,4) : HOTSEAT
12
Instrument's back in a groove, in large part (5) : ORGAN
13
Tape calls illegally in a baseball league's cellar (4,5) : LASTPLACE
14
Makes further changes to clarinets and such around it (7) : REEDITS
16
Reportedly walk away from pie or cake (7) : DESSERT
18
Smooch in front of the best place to catch a ride (3,4) : BUSSTOP
20
Rock band in a comic strip (7) : BLONDIE
22
Place to exercise and get rid of some unwanted fat (5,4) : SPARETIRE
24
Kid is free from anxiety, but not at first (5) : TEASE
25
Lactose-free, like many models (2,5) : TOSCALE
26
Part of the Arctic Ocean in revised eco-file (3,4) : ICEFLOE
27
In retrospect, rat removal encompasses this Mafia code (6) : OMERTA
28
32 men in a big box, holding a compass heading (5,3) : CHESSSET
Down
1
Torpedo demolished dog's entree (3,4) : PETDOOR
2
Supernerds' Greek salad seen in topless televisions (9) : UBERGEEKS
3
Composer Eno's a smart fellow reversing A.I. (5) : BRIAN
4
Mostly superfluous, tattooists' tools (7) : NEEDLES
6
Not a fan of endless macaroni and egg in a first course (9) : ANTIPASTO
7
Spear carriers are seen here in proper attire (5) : OPERA
8
Beg for last third of broken dog biscuit, say (7) : ENTREAT
9
Went after virgin in speech (6) : CHASED
15
Pantheist cracked up long ago (2,3,4) : INTHEPAST
17
Gives the authority to accommodate Dream Team leaders in living room furniture (3,6) : ENDTABLES
18
Binary, and sounding deep-voiced as well (4,3) : BASETWO
19
Reason to have a parade with small groups of big cats (6) : PRIDES
20
Bad mark in Belgian, after failing grade changed to a B (7) : BLEMISH
21
Challenge for Hillary: "First lady, keep quiet!" (7) : EVEREST
23
A cruise destination's seating option (5) : AISLE
24
Suffer from anxiety, losing at first a bit of hair (5) : TRESS
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle.

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