CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Italian city ramble through a

labyrinth? (4) 3 A bookish sort, Margaret re

turned Robin’s love (10) 9 Fix a musical’s opening and

finale (5) 11 Idiocy about masculine teachings of Joseph Smith (9) 12 A permanent blemish covered

by Mom’s makeup (7) 13 Hate what’s in salt, but not salt

(5) 15 Spread of the sea including

needlefish (9) 17 Pound down a Florida town (5) 19 What people call each other in

Vietnamese (5) 21 Amulets for Latin mass redis

tributed (9) 23 Primate right behind large Aus

sie bird (5) 24 Backing up, unfortunately

bump into dessert wine (7) 26 Friendly radical in the middle of

fair (9) 27 Name of a girl in Sondheim’s

last song (5) 28 Something fruity: playing har

monicas (10) 29 Wise guy endlessly did laps in a pool (4)

DOWN

1 Guys in back get tangled up in

treaty violation (10) 2 Alert moms stirred up turbu

lence (9) 4 Odd couple starting ballroom

dance (5) 5 Like some statuary stone, spoil

with added aluminum (9) 6 Lover, on the other hand, in a fog (7) 7 I had one mantra syllable, in a manner of speaking (5) 8 Sub captain’s sign turned

around (4) 10 Little drink before a play (5) 14 Needless scare ruined a safer mall (5,5) 16 Bury me with a pair of sheets in lace together (9) 18 Film star and soldier who’s gone a long way to fight (3,6) 20 Monkeys without clothing I note (7) 22 Medical fluid for emergency room, in addition (5) 23 Less convincing version of “The Sea” in Quebec (5) 24 Month with an inhabitant of Yucatan (5) 25 Short rascal’s hoax (4)