This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Sam Ezersky
Sam Ezersky

NY Times, Sun, Nov 29, 2020 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

9-Across : Dressing in a Lutheran church

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
1
Tim Robbins and Tony Randall : TRACTORS
9
Dressing in a Lutheran church : RANCH
14
Bears breathe in when they do this : HIBERNATE
16
Virus in th_ _i_ _ _b : EBOLA
17
Cabinet department that's cautioned : EDUCATION
18
What it will do in N.Y.C. at 1 a.m. (and in L.A., 10 p.m.) : LATEN
19
Man leading rally : GENE
20
Bird who's preying in camouflage : OSPREY
22
Kind of dock at sea : HAD
23
Torch-bearing creature : ORC
24
Source of water to pigs : SPIGOT
25
Failing tax org. : FIRS
26
Exclamation of contempt from a playwright, say : PSHAW
28
drapehS tuanortsA : NALA
29
Cone, formerly : ONCE
30
Singer's "Yikes!" : ONO
31
Really laugh about past guilt : SPLITAGUT
33
Underway, but mostly too far back : AFOOT
35
Borderline 51:1,001 model : LIMIT
36
Lab animal with a tail, born with white fur : ALBINORAT
40
Sister expressing nothing : NUN
41
F123ti4g a ___ : LOAN
42
Fellow behind sty : RENE
43
Place in Florida to see poet : EPCOT
46
One from the far end of Cornwall, etc. : CELT
47
Trish's garments : SHIRTS
49
Part of "Forbidden Planet" : ORB
50
Egghead : OVO
51
Unpleasant atmosphere for Sam-I-Am : MIASMA
52
They're used for shots at MoMA : AMMO
53
App used to pay 'n' move money : VENMO
55
Playwright mentioned in some online I.M.s : NEILSIMON
57
Standing up on Crete : ERECT
58
Order teen to dig : GETITDONE
59
Begin to sneeze ("choo!") : SAYAH
60
Saddened things that go nowhere : DEADENDS
Down
1
Its symbol is an elephant, not a pet hog : THEGOP
2
Side RR passengers : RIDERS
3
BALBALBAL Y : ABUNCHOFBALONEY
4
Woman to include on an email, say : CECE
5
Illustration that turned up : TRA
6
Where you go after finishing volumes N and O : ONTOP
7
Flag ___ (Iwo Jima happenin's) : RAISINS
8
Prevent a clothing chain : STOPGAP
9
Tell another falsehood at a hearing : RELY
10
Lone start : ABA
11
What Canada and Grenada both have in the end : NOTHINGINCOMMON
12
Unambiguous, as a cruel act : CLEARCUT
13
[Two pair, straight, flush ...] : HANDSET
15
Register after getting a C- from Cornell : ENROLL
21
-e : ETAIL
24
React when you're now so smitten : SWOON
25
Come out ahead : FOAMUP
27
Get into an oil ritual : ANOINT
32
Things set in a fork : TINES
33
Herbalist's supply for a love area : ALOEVERA
34
Trios of body parts : TORSI
36
Alabama coastal spots : ALCOVES
37
Nag her to fix the painting : REHANG
38
This is a need in making black jelly beans : ANISEED
39
Pest emitter : TERMITE
44
Actress Julia on dorm TVs : ORMOND
45
Tibia and trapezium : TBONES
48
"I, ___" (memoir set in Roma) : TALIA
51
Thoft thtuff on the thide of thtumpth : MOTH
52
Staffer who's back in the media : AIDE
54
Mochas, oddly : MCA
56
Abbr. in a first draft : STD
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
35 ms