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Joel Fagliano
Joel Fagliano

NY Times, Sun Apr 12, 2026 Puns and Anagrams

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 27
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Across
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Hotel by the North Sea : SHERATON
9
Super-enthusiastic ... and very funny, in retrospect : RAHRAH
15
Any song by the Cars : AUTOTUNE
16
Benefits a ski town's : AVAILS
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Small bit of blood - tell PETA : PLATELET
18
Gaye born Mar. 5 in Washington, D.C. : MARVIN
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__ __per __ie__tenant of sci-fi : SULU
20
Steals parts of heels : LIFTS
22
Men in chess : HES
23
Make fun of, as a lendee : NEEDLE
25
____ before the horse (menu at an equine restaurant) : CARTE
27
General feelings about Sodom : MOODS
30
Basketball shoe on a plane to the Mideast : AIRJORDAN
32
Like text messages after someone panics : INCAPS
34
Marvel mutants : XMEN
35
Not the main recipient of an email to an athletic grp. : ACC
36
__hows th__ __xit__, literally : SEESOUT
38
Embedded, as the toniest diamonds : SETINTO
40
Can't end : ATA
41
Kind of estate for an earl : REAL
43
"Bitter Feeling" published by Colorado Republican : RANCOR
44
Not a great place to go if you want to lose pounds, tho : DONUTSHOP
47
French river back in the Resistance : ISERE
48
Apt place in a crossword for the clue "Churchill ____" : DOWNS
49
Connected to the internet : ONLINE
51
Damage before Apr. : MAR
52
Started to ban, e.g. : BEGAN
53
In a bind, they say : TIDE
57
Must veto? Ha! : HAVETO
59
Like neither gnat nor mouse : ENORMOUS
61
Garment I see on tot : ONESIE
62
California county resembling East Oman : SANMATEO
63
Why store seafood? : OYSTER
64
French for "very not S" : TRESPASS
Down
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They pass for fools : SAPS
2
How to stream a show on the outskirts of Honolulu : HULU
3
Up late : ETAL
4
Things seen on Capitol tours and visits to Rome : ROTUNDAS
5
Sicks + too : ATE
6
Veil material, let me tell you : TULLE
7
New York tribe I had no idea about : ONEIDA
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Streaming service with most of next film : NETFLIX
9
Animals on Mars : RAMS
10
Woman who appears identical in a mirror : AVA
11
Very funny ... and super-enthusiastic, in retrospect : HARHAR
12
Traditional Irish show with Rev. Dan Rice : RIVERDANCE
13
Amy Adams, Alan Alda or Aziz Ansari : ALISTACTOR
14
C__annel buyer__ patro__ize : HSN
21
Words for Mrs., et al. : TERMS
24
Equestrian and endurance running : ESPORTS
25
Hold? I cannot! : CONTAIN
26
Audience's request : ENCORE
27
Calculate 1,001 as 500 + 500, say : MISADD
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3 daiquiris plus 4 gimlets = 8 drinks in all, maybe : ONETOOMANY
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They fill a sea cave now : OCEANWAVES
31
Boo Jeter heartlessly : JEER
33
Takes Grafton and Bird to court : SUES
37
Hate nothing about this lake : TAHOE
39
Zoomed-in look at timespan : INSETMAP
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Like "Gone With the Wind," among all Best Picture winners : LONGEST
45
State of being awake : UNREST
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Like the flat surface on which we ran lap : PLANAR
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Combined, as 9 + 0 : INONE
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Afrikaner in a robe : BOER
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It's one tiny amount, initially : IOTA
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Honey ____ (what the beekeeping society collects) : DUES
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Those pesos ... 80% of them : ESOS
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Per head : HOO
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Odd parts of toilet : TIE
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Sections in reform school: Abbr. : RMS
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.

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