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Sam Ezersky
NY Times, Sun, Nov 29, 2020 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
28-Across : drapehS tuanortsA
Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31
1 T | 2 R | 3 A | 4 C | 5 T | 6 O | 7 R | 8 S | | | 9 R | 10 A | 11 N | 12 C | 13 H |
14 H | I | B | E | R | N | A | T | 15 E | | 16 E | B | O | L | A |
17 E | D | U | C | A | T | I | O | N | | 18 L | A | T | E | N |
19 G | E | N | E | | 20 O | S | P | R | 21 E | Y | | 22 H | A | D |
23 O | R | C | | 24 S | P | I | G | O | T | | 25 F | I | R | S |
26 P | S | H | 27 A | W | | 28 N | A | L | A | | 29 O | N | C | E |
| | 30 O | N | O | | 31 S | P | L | I | 32 T | A | G | U | T |
| 33 A | F | O | O | 34 T | | | | 35 L | I | M | I | T | |
36 A | L | B | I | N | O | 37 R | 38 A | 39 T | | 40 N | U | N | | |
41 L | O | A | N | | 42 R | E | N | E | | 43 E | P | C | 44 O | 45 T |
46 C | E | L | T | | 47 S | H | I | R | 48 T | S | | 49 O | R | B |
50 O | V | O | | 51 M | I | A | S | M | A | | 52 A | M | M | O |
53 V | E | N | 54 M | O | | 55 N | E | I | L | 56 S | I | M | O | N |
57 E | R | E | C | T | | 58 G | E | T | I | T | D | O | N | E |
59 S | A | Y | A | H | | | 60 D | E | A | D | E | N | D | S |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
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9
Dressing in a Lutheran church :
RANCH14
Bears breathe in when they do this :
HIBERNATE16
Virus in th_ _i_ _ _b :
EBOLA17
Cabinet department that's cautioned :
EDUCATION18
What it will do in N.Y.C. at 1 a.m. (and in L.A., 10 p.m.) :
LATEN19
20
Bird who's preying in camouflage :
OSPREY22
Kind of dock at sea :
HAD23
Torch-bearing creature :
ORC24
Source of water to pigs :
SPIGOT25
26
Exclamation of contempt from a playwright, say :
PSHAW28
29
30
31
33
Underway, but mostly too far back :
AFOOT35
Borderline 51:1,001 model :
LIMIT36
Lab animal with a tail, born with white fur :
ALBINORAT40
Sister expressing nothing :
NUN41
42
43
Place in Florida to see poet :
EPCOT46
One from the far end of Cornwall, etc. :
CELT47
49
Part of "Forbidden Planet" :
ORB50
51
Unpleasant atmosphere for Sam-I-Am :
MIASMA52
They're used for shots at MoMA :
AMMO53
App used to pay 'n' move money :
VENMO55
Playwright mentioned in some online I.M.s :
NEILSIMON57
Standing up on Crete :
ERECT58
59
Begin to sneeze ("choo!") :
SAYAH60
Saddened things that go nowhere :
DEADENDS
Down
1
Its symbol is an elephant, not a pet hog :
THEGOP2
3
4
Woman to include on an email, say :
CECE5
Illustration that turned up :
TRA6
Where you go after finishing volumes N and O :
ONTOP7
Flag ___ (Iwo Jima happenin's) :
RAISINS8
9
Tell another falsehood at a hearing :
RELY10
11
12
13
[Two pair, straight, flush ...] :
HANDSET15
Register after getting a C- from Cornell :
ENROLL21
24
React when you're now so smitten :
SWOON25
27
Get into an oil ritual :
ANOINT32
Things set in a fork :
TINES33
Herbalist's supply for a love area :
ALOEVERA34
Trios of body parts :
TORSI36
37
Nag her to fix the painting :
REHANG38
This is a need in making black jelly beans :
ANISEED39
44
Actress Julia on dorm TVs :
ORMOND45
48
"I, ___" (memoir set in Roma) :
TALIA51
Thoft thtuff on the thide of thtumpth :
MOTH52
Staffer who's back in the media :
AIDE54
56
Abbr. in a first draft :
STD
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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