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Daniel Raymon
Daniel Raymon

NY Times, Sun Oct 29, 2023 Puns and Anagrams

36-Across : Justifications for timers

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
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H
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I
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L
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L
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I
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E
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R
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O
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R
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A
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N
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G
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E
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S
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O
N
E
A
C
R
E
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N
O
S
I
E
S
T
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R
U
T
G
E
R
S
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P
O
I
N
T
T
O
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I
T
S
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T
E
E
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S
O
F
F
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S
A
N
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Z
E
E
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S
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D
R
E
S
S
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F
A
T
E
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O
R
A
L
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B
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V
E
T
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B
O
N
E
R
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N
O
T
A
R
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I
E
S
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F
A
R
A
D
S
34
V
A
N
D
A
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L
I
S
M
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M
37
E
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R
I
T
S
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W
A
R
R
A
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N
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T
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S
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A
M
I
S
S
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S
I
R
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A
T
A
R
I
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R
A
S
H
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D
I
N
G
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S
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S
I
A
M
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A
N
O
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C
O
N
G
E
A
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L
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V
I
M
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C
A
T
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C
H
O
N
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S
C
A
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L
E
N
E
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A
N
T
O
I
N
E
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S
H
O
O
T
E
R
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S
T
O
O
P
E
D
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E
A
S
T
E
R
S
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
Less level, an an ill heir : HILLIER
8
No spreads for fruit : ORANGES
15
Amount of land for Reno ace : ONEACRE
16
Most likely to spy on sites : NOSIEST
17
T__ __ly ou__standin__ univ__ __ __ity : RUTGERS
18
Indicate it on top : POINTTO
19
Elf's introduction : ITS
20
Irri a es : TEESOFF
22
__p__ __ish title : SAN
23
Heartless Zeta-Jones : ZEES
25
Attire for Dr. Seuss' first character : DRESS
26
E fasted while ... : FATE
27
Brand in a moral bind : ORALB
29
Fact-check a war hero : VET
30
Borne blunder : BONER
31
Any zodiac sign but the first : NOTARIES
33
Distant spots for electrical units : FARADS
34
5 + a 50 = 1,000 : VANDALISM
36
Justifications for timers : MERITS
39
Justifications for battle cries : WARRANTS
43
A girl who's wrong : AMISS
44
Big ___ (seven-foot knight) : SIR
45
Tiara for a gaming pioneer : ATARI
46
Hotheaded reaction to some allergies : RASH
47
Sounds at end of recordings : DINGS
49
Where Anna aims to teach the king's children : SIAM
50
Third letter in Portuguese for "year" : ANO
51
Set long ace : CONGEAL
53
Inverse of 1,004 : VIM
54
Get the idea for co. chant : CATCHON
56
Reach the top of any kind of triangle : SCALENE
58
Frenchman in a note : ANTOINE
59
Someone using these cameras or those guns : SHOOTER
60
Lowered oneself to dopes : STOOPED
61
Teresa's favorite holidays : EASTERS
Down
1
The lady kept ___ the line where the earth and sky meet : HORIZON
2
Routine being developed : INUTERO
3
Words before a meal in Seattle : LETSEAT
4
Four qts. up : LAG
5
Cite rapper-turned-actor : ICET
6
Goof__d o__ blunde__ __ __ : ERRED
7
Continued playing after a let : RESERVED
8
Acting as a sentry with no stop : ONPOST
9
Covers for so many homes : ROOFS
10
Seeming like A is F : ASIF
11
She wrote diaries forward and backward : NIN
12
Tests well as agent : GETSANA
13
Given an inheritance, 'e said : ESTATED
14
Rests on potheads : STONERS
21
Notices an airplane part going up and down : SEESAWING
24
Somewhat like Czechs or Poles : SLAVISH
26
Arrangements for yoga equipment : FORMATS
28
Miscreant's German sausages : BRATS
30
City of Arabs : BASRA
32
Connect__o__ __ : INS
33
___ coat (Christmas decorations) : FIR
35
"S" : LARGESSE
36
Mascara rattlers : MARACAS
37
Coming from a mean ant : EMANANT
38
Italian dish to stir with love : RISOTTO
40
Reversed alien water : NAIVETE
41
Terrain for a gym employee : TRAINER
42
Is immersed partly at low heat : SIMMERS
44
A menace, in retrospect : SINNED
47
Act I: "Lorna ___" : DOONE
48
Nickname for Alexander that has a C in the middle : SACHA
51
See cool computer component : CHIP
52
Asian country where French is also spoken : LAOS
55
Sweet-talk a top exec : COO
57
Biblical man's fortune : LOT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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