Puzzle No. 3259

Puzzle No. 3259

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ACROSS
1 Snatch, using every element as needed in whatever way possible (5-2-5-3)
9 Indeed, riding in a subway on the West Side of Manhattan produces vision fatigue (9)
10 In Mexico, the end is otherworldly (5)
11 Remarkably, I’m a pencil dot! (7,5)
13 Mafiosi multiply the head of ten-legged creatures twentyfold (8)
14 Bush originally left part of government for a farm (5)
16 Islander’s taxi circumventing Rhode Island (5)
18 Somalian marred painting (4,4)
21 What you might hear in church: “Liver, kidneys, pancreas…” (5,7)
24 Drummer’s circles (5)
25 ___ is no amity, unfortunately! (9)
26 Director’s testament: “I am completely worn out by family” (7,8)

DOWN
1 You are reading one excerpt from Bicycle Week…(4)
2 …the excerpt initially gets you (4)
3 On the rebound, Ohio State struggling in a position of anxiety (3,4)
4 Pipe lifted under spring for someone like Picasso (8)
5 Erase outside of a bluebonnet, for instance (6)
6 Stingier imitator of a revolutionary (7)
7 Brad follows antiwar clergyman for a cigarette (6,4)
8Chant-22: experimental film starring Greta Garbo (9)
12 Native blood types in (contained by) Riga, the capital of Latvia (10)
13 Michigan gang hanging around to steal local beer (9)
15 Rejected part of satire if I’d omitted an adjective, perhaps (8)
17 Show disapproval of Violet around New Jersey rocker (3,4)
19 Mollusk:      B      (7)
20 Immobilize BMW, mostly, with string running back through it (6)
22 Barnyard sound: beginning of ominous sign (4)
23 Young man, losing face, is blue (4)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3258
ACROSS 1 2 defs. 8 [l/]S-ATCHE-L[/s] 9 A(VE)NGER 10 F AS TEN 11 T(HEIST)IC 13 CAN(DELAB + R) A (R. + baled rev.) 15 2 defs. 16 BAS[i]C anag. (&lit.) 17 UND(ERVAL)UE (Ravel anag.) 20 KINK + A + JOU[r] 21 anag. 24 [c]RO[p] + MAINE 25 hidden 26 SHORT(CHANG)E

DOWN 1 S[l]ATES 2 anag. 3 2 defs. 4 FEAT + HERBED 5 [s]IBERIA 6 anag. 7 hidden 8 2 defs. 12 RA(INFO)REST 14 anag. 18 VEN + IS ON (NEV[ada] rev.) 19 CA + SIN + O 22 “hoarse” 23 BAT + H

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