JOSHUA KOSMAN AND HENRI PICCIOTTOPuzzle No. 3445
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SLEIGH~GUTTURALACROSS1 Loud birds: a tweeter and a Western cuckoo at savannah’s
edge (9,5)9 Superb location to hold a bunch of parties (4)
10 One terrible concert featuring Rossini’s overture is like
this: (7)12 and 26 Ask an individual to leave (6)
13 Shoulder positions for a dancer with fundamental
substances, including phosphorus and gold (11)
14 S is something found in a bathroom (10)
16 The avant-garde of music? That’s definitely not us (4)
20 After one-for-one trade-in—a TV receptor (4)
21 Buggy returned, carrying Washington beneath the
Delaware, say (10)23 Proper and organized, Ray originally could live with basic
medical attention (7,4)26 See 12
27 Improve the looks of Dorothy’s aunt, a little like Kristen? (9)
28 and 29 Engineer caught defaming prof with a song
popularized by artists hiding in three Across entries
(4,3,5,6)
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2 Devout soldier breaks into lousier bughouse (9)
3 It might be Holy Creator, protecting leader of Catalans
before the Spanish (8)
4 Musical component of Humanae vitae (5)
5 One living abroad close to France adopts 2 group, largely
free of guilt (9)
6 Windows hardware put up around space station to
economize (6)
7 Oddly, art designs boosted domestic consumption? (3,2)
8 Places quotes in speech (5)
11 Ill-treated vehicle impounded in narcs’ escalation (6)
15 Poultry and climbing vine in Rhode Island beginning to
interest ruler (5,4)
17 All hail strange oath involving gentle, captivating female
(4,3,2)
18 A bite of fungus containing salt (6)
19 Fermented paste conceals tiny flower (5,3)
22 Jump up and start to layer a rice dish (6)
23 Fold petition on time (5)
24 Saturate caps of inky mushrooms before using enoki (5)
25 Insect in a park disappeared (5)