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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Oct 20, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

35-Across : Many a bend you will find in this river

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
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They secure a hundred light fixtures : CLAMPS
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Ladies with crazy mornings : MADAMS
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Push a P.E. class to get fit : SHAPEUP
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A lot seem to be eaten at brunch : OMELETS
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What a ranter may do to a story : NARRATE
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Main doc going place to place : NOMADIC
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The heavenly Hunter O'Ryan, say : ORION
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Puts a tax agency on TV : AIRS
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Na, ne, ___, nu : NINO
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Pearl Buck heroine in Poland : OLAN
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18 on the periodic table: Abbr. : ARNO
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Chic finish : AGO
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Cher's introducer : PIT
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Sticks iron into skin : KNIFES
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__ __airw__ll __art : STEP
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Andy's one equivocal reply : YESANDNO
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Enemies of Hearst : HATERS
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Cy on the tennis court : BORG
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Heard a call for a taxi : HALE
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Many a bend you will find in this river : DANUBE
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Grieved over 500 late men : LAMENTED
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To encourage some illegal gambling is to ___ ___ : ABET
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... however, T doesn't give a hoot : SCARES
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Backstreet girl : EVA
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Cher's introducer : MOO
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Every other of the Pleiades : LIDS
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Speaker who caused a stir : TRIS
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English composer in earnest : ARNE
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Sign of a hot temper : OATH
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Poplar/chestnut cross : LARCH
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They help start so many motors : STATORS
55
Hole in one museum transparency : ACETATE
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Leeks and teas in vessels for tea : KETTLES
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Things at scene of bridge games : TENACES
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What it could be to add lye : DEADLY
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Mideast body of water with sides switched : SEARED
Down
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Name for a 52-Across, that is : CHARLIE
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Cowboys throw them at liars : LARIATS
3
Pan or other kitchen item : APRON
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Like guys without a heart : MEAN
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Erect tepee around you : PUT
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Making stabs in grapes : SPEARING
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He's president no more : MONROE
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Boy in a tam-o'-shanter : AMOS
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Politico who's not one of dese : DEM
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Cousin of Lana : ALAN
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I teamed up to be a go-between : MEDIATE
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Drink to enjoy while resting : STINGER
13
Cartoon dog and pony (so?) : SNOOPY
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Reporters' favorite things at ice cream shops : SCOOPS
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Foreign (but not Ger.) news : INFO
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Snared Segovia : ANDRES
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Hob ___ (nail protuberance) : KNOB
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Mashes humiliations : SHAMES
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Clears up : STEN
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Not an if or an and : ABUT
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What got Elsa drunk : ALES
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Who had trash removed from the building site : HARDHATS
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Item dat covers da face : DAMASK
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A debtor scrubbed : ABORTED
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A teen? No! : NEONATE
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___ person (French milkman) : LAIT
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Area around the front, side, rear, etc. of a home : TERRACE
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D.C. evite tossed out : EVICTED
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Features of t-r-a-c-k m-e-e-t-s : DASHES
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What follows category X : CLASSY
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"Goodbye, R!" : TATAR
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Girl who's a sweet talker at heart : ETTA
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City of Russian lore : OREL
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Woman who's less fat : LENA
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N__ __onger use__ : OLD
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March 4th : CEE
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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