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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Nov 29, 2009 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
26-Across : Vulgar scars
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 P | 2 A | 3 G | 4 O | 5 D | 6 A | 7 S | | 8 S | 9 E | 10 V | 11 E | 12 R | |
13 P | A | G | A | N | I | N | I | | 14 T | A | I | L | O | 15 R |
16 I | N | A | S | E | N | S | E | | 17 E | S | C | A | P | E |
18 E | N | T | E | R | S | | 19 V | 20 I | N | E | | 21 M | E | G |
22 R | I | I | S | | | 23 H | E | N | S | | 24 W | I | S | E |
25 C | E | N | | 26 C | 27 R | A | S | S | | 28 G | O | T | I | N |
29 E | R | E | 30 W | H | O | N | | 31 T | 32 O | R | R | E | N | T |
| | | 33 H | I | N | D | | 34 A | B | A | S | | | |
35 P | 36 E | 37 D | I | C | A | B | | 38 L | I | F | T | 39 S | 40 U | 41 P |
42 E | R | A | T | O | | 43 A | 44 G | L | E | T | | 45 O | N | A |
46 N | A | M | E | | 47 P | L | U | S | | | 48 U | M | P | S |
49 A | S | A | | 50 M | A | L | I | | 51 A | 52 E | N | E | A | S |
53 N | U | G | 54 G | E | T | | 55 T | 56 R | U | E | L | O | V | E |
57 G | R | E | A | S | E | | 58 A | I | R | L | I | N | E | R |
| 59 E | D | G | A | R | | 60 R | O | A | S | T | E | D | |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
Where worshipers, with much ado, gasp :
PAGODAS8
13
14
One who fits in the Rialto :
TAILOR16
17
18
19
21
22
I, sir, was a muckraker :
RIIS23
Making ___ meet (goal of a chicken social network) :
HENS24
25
26
28
29
31
33
34
Down with Arabians rejecting Iran: Fr. :
ABAS35
Transportation in a bad epic :
PEDICAB38
42
Orate about a figure in myth :
ERATO43
Shoelace part at Gate 50 :
AGLET45
46
It gives me an identity :
NAME47
Symbol for adding up: Sl. :
PLUS48
49
He's a peasant, at heart :
ASA50
Country a long way from Lima :
MALI51
Who did Ana see in Troy? :
AENEAS53
Small lump of egg & nut :
NUGGET55
57
Agrees it can spatter on a stove :
GREASE58
In re rail service, it's an alternative :
AIRLINER59
He makes the grade :
EDGAR60
Down
1
2
Like a stone for Anita, e.g. :
AGATINE3
What sages use for heating :
GASES4
Difference between a Barron and a baron :
ONER5
Things heard in stadiums, centrally :
DINS6
T or F, in San Jose :
ANS7
Strains to see one palindromic girl around another :
SIEVES8
They're found in machine gun nests :
STENS9
See a way to comfort :
EASE10
11
Who did Ali meet long ago? :
ELAMITE12
Manages to get one person :
ROPESIN13
15
Concerning chap who is a university V.I.P. :
REGENT20
Where stabled horses are found :
INSTALLS23
24
26
Smart, with nothing to suggest a Marx brother :
CHICO27
28
Contemporary of J. Cagney and H. Bogart :
GRAFT30
Isle of ___ (Antarctic atoll) :
WHITE32
Award for obstetrics, i.e. :
OBIE35
Where Ann & Peg met in Malaysia :
PENANG36
37
Injured as mother got older :
DAMAGED39
Unknown person on moon, see? :
SOMEONE40
How might a country road in Va. end up :
UNPAVED41
Spares a quarterback, at times :
PASSER44
What kind of string did Ira tug? :
GUITAR47
48
Until a lamp goes on, it's this :
UNLIT50
It's almost the same as a plateau :
MESA51
Austria? It's lacking atmosphere :
AURA52
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56
City that's patriotic to the core :
RIO
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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