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Alex Eaton-Salners
NY Times, Sun, Nov 27, 2022 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
60-Across : In a sly, inane way
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
1 P | 2 R | 3 O | 4 G | 5 R | 6 A | 7 M | 8 S | | 9 A | 10 C | 11 T | 12 S | 13 A | 14 S |
15 L | E | N | A | O | L | I | N | | 16 P | R | O | U | S | T |
17 A | P | E | R | T | U | R | E | | 18 P | E | T | S | P | A |
19 N | O | S | | 20 S | M | E | A | 21 R | E | D | | 22 H | I | T |
23 T | R | I | 24 G | | | 25 S | K | I | N | | 26 W | I | R | E |
27 S | T | E | E | 28 L | 29 E | | 30 E | N | D | | 31 A | B | E | L |
| | | 32 T | A | T | 33 E | R | S | | 34 M | I | A | T | A |
35 P | 36 I | 37 A | N | I | S | T | | 38 E | 39 X | I | T | R | O | W |
40 I | N | N | E | R | | 41 R | 42 E | S | E | T | S | | | |
43 E | T | T | A | | 44 H | A | D | | 45 S | T | O | 46 R | 47 E | 48 S |
49 C | H | E | R | | 50 O | D | I | 51 N | | | 52 N | O | V | A |
53 R | E | D | | 54 T | R | E | F | O | 55 I | 56 L | | 57 B | O | Y |
58 U | R | A | 59 N | U | S | | 60 I | N | S | A | 61 N | E | L | Y |
62 S | A | T | I | R | E | | 63 C | O | N | S | E | R | V | E |
64 T | W | E | A | K | S | | 65 E | S | T | H | E | T | E | S |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
1
9
15
16
U.S./Port./Fr. author :
PROUST17
18
Where a pampered dog eats peas :
PETSPA19
20
Like the same red mascara :
SMEARED22
Success in amphitheater :
HIT23
Math class requiring grit :
TRIG25
Tattoo inks are applied to it :
SKIN26
"___ you sending a telegram?" :
WIRE27
English writer said to plagiarize :
STEELE30
Every second Kennedy :
END31
Man back in Mobile Bay :
ABEL32
34
It may be seen in Miami at an auto show :
MIATA35
Who gives it a spin on the keyboard :
PIANIST38
Area on a plane to write X/O :
EXITROW40
Beginner finisher :
INNER41
Tennis competitor's memo opening :
RESETS43
Woman among the ticket takers :
ETTA44
45
You might buy clothing sets or other things in them :
STORES49
Singer chasing a cat on a baseball diamond :
CHER50
Indo-European deity :
ODIN52
53
54
Loftier symbol for the Girl Scouts :
TREFOIL57
One in the bloom of youth, initially :
BOY58
Are you a sun ... or a planet? :
URANUS60
62
Humor and poking fun are its goals :
SATIRE63
64
Outside of Twin Peaks :
TWEAKS65
These set high standards for art :
ESTHETES
Down
1
2
Account that a porter submits :
REPORT3
Bit of attire I see on a baby :
ONESIE4
Field leader of the funnies :
GAR5
6
Grad from Kuala Lumpur :
ALUM7
Mike ___ (comic who gets bogged down) :
MIRES8
You see rank amateur and pro athletes alike wear this :
SNEAKER9
Napped from the first to the fifth :
APPEND10
Cared not a bit for respect :
CRED11
12
Restaurant where a brush is used to clean :
SUSHIBAR13
14
21
24
26
28
Backing a Mideast currency :
LAIR29
Aliens' connections to the French :
ETS33
Notablx onlinx brokxragx :
ETRADE34
35
36
37
39
42
44
Arabs, e.g., on shores :
HORSES46
47
Revolver clipped on both ends :
EVOLVE48
Approve wise S.A.S.E. :
SAYYES51
Ce_s_r's admo_iti_n_ :
NONOS54
55
Contraction spoken in a snit :
ISNT56
59
Ms. Cin, vitamin seller :
NIA61
___-sayer (woman who keeps her maiden name) :
NEE
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