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Andrew Ries
Andrew Ries

NY Times, Sun, Jan 13, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

54-Across : Standard in utero procedure

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
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A Searle brand that nobody doesn't like : SARALEE
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Holy person with prayer closings : STAMENS
15
One with nearly all of Meg Ryan's pictures : IMAGERY
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"Gramps bye-bye, and now ___, too!" : NONAGON
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You would never, e.g., exact this after forgiving someone : REVENGE
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Result to emerge when sides are switched : OUTCOME
19
Boy who begins citing : ELI
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Ones who treat an O.C.D. sort : DOCTORS
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I'm a girl : MIA
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Numbers of German refusals heard : NINES
25
Ship joints : HIPS
26
"___ you" (words of appreciation from an army officer) : TANK
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Nonex ro negyxo : SAGA
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One-woman army : MARY
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Female heading back in renewable energy : RENEE
30
Place in Mother Earth : THERE
32
More like the Loire, I would say, after a spill : OILIER
33
A sluggard's antic commencement group : GRADUATINGCLASS
37
Give a tickler in "Mr. Ed" : REMIND
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Governs lines : RULES
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Always the character before you : EVERT
40
O__d st__ __i__s : LORE
41
The top students got all A's ___ in Celestial Objects : ORBS
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What follows 10 + 10 : NEXT
46
Thin trace : HINT
47
Stern comics canine : SNERT
48
Middle of March : ARC
49
Weighty costume in "Faust" and "It" : FATSUIT
51
Kind of wing : VIE
52
Broadcaster's mistake regarding D.E.A. raid : DEADAIR
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Standard in utero procedure : ROUTINE
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True one on the way : ENROUTE
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Customer who's asked "Are you dense?!" : ENDUSER
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French patron of dissent : STDENIS
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Why Ed's bad on couches : DAYBEDS
Down
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Partner of Madame Ens : SIRENS
2
Who might fix an A-1 meal : AMELIA
3
Tolled a bell around six : RAVING
4
Alternative to an Amana : AGE
5
What makes Eve level : LENDS
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"Coming up - Shrek!" : ERGO
7
See, they are letters to test your vision : EYECHART
8
Poking around spoon and fork : SNOOPY
9
Sightseeing trips to a French city : TOURS
10
Some insects - gnats, mostly : ANTS
11
Start for Adam on the highway : MAC
12
O, an "I" game! : EGOMANIA
13
"Haven't you ___ TV?," bragged Mr. Backward : NOMINEES
14
Any askers for shoes? : SNEAKERS
21
Items in trunk interiors : TIREIRONS
24
I ratted and am humiliated : EATDIRT
26
Who had apple shot off head, in legend : TELLSON
28
Drink made from honey : MEAD
29
University food staple : RICE
31
Peck's co-star in "The Typists" : HUNT
32
Look 'round leg : OGLE
33
What might Sarge end up throwing? : GRENADES
34
Arty veneer that's respectful of God : REVERENT
35
Way to pay for a Mexico/California road : AMEXCARD
36
Encouraged U-turn on red : NURTURED
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Tilers' measures in Britain : LITRES
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Change, as one verse : REVISE
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Rib end soaked in saltwater : BRINED
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__ __amp__d__ __ __ : STEERS
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Land that's the opposite of "lovey" : HAITI
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Dusty library : STUDY
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A fun spirit : FAUN
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Island inside national borders : IONA
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Drove oddly : DOE
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But in retrospect ... : TUB
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.

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