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Erik Agard
NY Times, Sun, Nov 18, 2018 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
50-Across : Dubs ones as friends
Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27
1 C | 2 O | 3 V | 4 E | 5 R | 6 A | 7 L | 8 L | | 9 L | 10 A | 11 T | 12 T | 13 E | 14 S |
15 A | C | A | D | E | M | I | A | | 16 A | M | O | U | N | T |
17 S | T | R | I | D | I | N | G | | 18 P | I | E | R | R | E |
19 S | A | N | T | O | | 20 G | O | 21 F | E | R | | 22 M | O | T |
23 A | V | I | S | | 24 S | E | O | U | L | | 25 R | O | U | T |
26 T | I | S | | 27 B | U | R | N | T | | 28 Q | U | I | T | E |
29 T | A | H | 30 I | T | I | | 31 S | O | 32 C | A | L | L | E | D |
| | | 33 S | E | N | 34 D | | 35 N | O | T | E | | | |
36 P | 37 A | 38 S | S | A | G | E | 39 S | | 40 T | A | R | 41 M | 42 A | 43 C |
44 O | D | I | U | M | | 45 C | O | 46 D | E | R | | 47 O | U | T |
48 D | O | T | E | | 49 M | A | L | E | S | | 50 B | U | D | S |
51 C | P | U | | 52 P | I | L | A | F | | 53 I | O | N | I | C |
54 A | T | A | 55 R | I | S | | 56 C | A | 57 R | L | O | T | T | A |
58 S | E | T | U | P | S | | 59 E | M | I | S | S | I | O | N |
60 T | E | E | N | S | Y | | 61 D | E | B | A | T | E | R | S |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
9
Latest Starbucks creations :
LATTES15
16
17
It grinds while moving briskly :
STRIDING18
State capital with a dumpier rec center :
PIERRE19
Holy man's stagnation? Not even! :
SANTO20
Forge a role for an assistant :
GOFER22
Just a ___ (very short speaking allowance in France) :
MOT23
Company paid with Visa :
AVIS24
___ food (kimchi and such) :
SEOUL25
26
27
Suffering the brunt of fire damage :
BURNT28
Like quipped cream and quedding gowns :
QUITE29
Eyes that island in Polynesia :
TAHITI31
Cold ales, as they're sometimes known :
SOCALLED33
Ends email instruction :
SEND35
36
Go through parts of the history book :
PASSAGES40
Landing place on a car mat :
TARMAC44
45
Décor program designer :
CODER47
48
49
50
Dubs ones as friends :
BUDS51
__om__uter g__ts: Abbr. :
CPU52
Dish a Middle Easterner might do a flip for :
PILAF53
Having artificial body parts except for the head :
IONIC54
Game consoles that can make one a star :
ATARIS56
Good name for an owner of an auto dealership :
CARLOTTA58
Arrangements that use STP :
SETUPS59
60
Reminiscent of adolescents :
TEENSY61
De people putting worms on de hooks :
DEBATERS
Down
1
Sat in a cast for an artist :
CASSATT2
Shakespearean woman in act IV -- a zero :
OCTAVIA3
4
5
Memo heading about a shindig :
REDO6
A foreign friend I am :
AMI7
Remain in Berlin, Germany :
LINGER8
9
F__ __ __, __ssentia__ly :
LAPEL10
Leader in steam irons :
AMIR11
October 3rd, 4th and 6th :
TOE12
Confusion about a mil. tour :
TURMOIL13
On the way to being a true one :
ENROUTE14
21
It's fun to sleep on :
FUTON24
Taking action against guns, I suppose :
SUING25
Measure of a king :
RULER27
Bulls, Bears or Bobcats :
BTEAM28
Q&A on a sailor's home :
QATAR30
"A common nickname for Suzanne ___" :
ISSUE32
En__l__sures wi__h pig__on__ :
COTES34
36
Stop a C.D. to listen to this :
PODCAST37
38
39
41
42
One keeping track of tour aid :
AUDITOR43
46
Falsely call me deaf, maybe :
DEFAME49
50
52
"... nu, xi, omicron and ___: I'll save the last eight for my next letter" :
PIPS53
Lisa's German friend :
ILSA55
When spelled out loud, question at the start of a poker game :
RUN57
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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