CRYP tIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Try to lose weight quickly (4) 3 U.S. president doing pounds and pounds of laundry? (10) 9 Roll containing a chicken to cook (7) 11 Enraged—awfully enraged (7) 12 One accommodated by inn keeper’s lift (5) 13 Stuck tally around this spot (7) 15 Idle gab excited an unimpressed response (3,4) 16 Actress Richardson has a tan ruined (7) 18 Homer or Marge’s boy taking in brats (7) 21 Nothing left of budget for speech (7) 23 Georgia gets furious in parking spots (7) 25 Flag entirely camouflages spy (5) 27 At Bath, I arranged for natural living space (7) 28 Astronomer’s girl, one with summer zodiac sign (7) 29 Laundry soaps discourage guys (10) 30 Positive votes—or one positive vote (4)

DOWN

1 Army post outside of Thebes is most advantageous (3,3,4) 2 Saving article in season (7) 4 Feel sick about Irma’s mode of delivery (7) 5 Not believing that guy with a following (7) 6 African country’s troubled reign (5) 7 Gets weary about commercial’s wild speeches (7) 8 Apprentice painter’s subject in shifting dune (4) 10 People who make lace rags (7) 14 Flowers land among automobiles (10) 17 Hardship for Virginia in hiking route (7) 19 Mixed bag item in storage unit (7) 20 Lingerie near neckwear (7) 21 Playing hit song without rehearsal (2,5) 22 I had excellent friend, in theory (7) 24 Bunk or something turning (5) 26 Fall off small building (4)