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

NY Times, Sun, Nov 05, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

40-Across : Gapes at Senate workers

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33
1
T
2
E
3
R
4
E
5
S
6
A
7
C
8
O
9
L
10
L
11
A
12
B
13
S
14
O
C
E
L
O
T
15
S
16
A
N
Y
I
D
E
A
17
P
O
L
L
U
T
E
18
T
U
E
S
D
A
Y
19
C
H
I
20
P
I
X
21
I
E
S
22
T
I
P
S
23
H
O
S
24
T
25
C
C
S
26
T
E
N
A
M
27
E
T
H
E
28
R
29
H
I
30
T
31
S
I
N
G
L
E
32
F
E
E
L
S
33
A
S
W
A
N
34
L
S
E
V
35
E
N
36
I
M
G
37
A
38
M
39
E
40
P
A
G
41
E
S
42
O
R
A
L
43
B
44
P
45
I
46
N
47
T
E
R
E
S
T
48
D
I
N
E
R
49
A
N
T
E
D
50
P
S
51
A
52
D
I
C
E
53
S
H
U
N
54
D
55
O
N
O
R
56
S
57
P
T
A
58
T
A
P
E
59
S
O
N
60
F
E
E
61
D
E
R
S
62
A
L
L
T
I
M
E
63
F
A
C
E
D
I
T
64
S
E
E
S
R
E
D
65
S
T
O
I
C
S
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Mother who observed Easter : TERESA
7
Superior of Maj. Test Sites : COLLABS
14
Coolest animals at the zoo : OCELOTS
16
"N-E-I-D ... uh - say, do you know?" : ANYIDEA
17
Bad thing a pol let you do : POLLUTE
18
2/2/22 : TUESDAY
19
___ Rho (Egyptian fraternity) : CHI
20
Pi + 11 + EEE : PIXIES
22
"Don't spit in public" and others : TIPS
23
W_ _ ha_ gues_s : HOST
25
Emails about dosages : CCS
26
Time meant for coffee breaks : TENAM
27
Number three : ETHER
29
What's he listing on the Billboard Hot 100? : HITSINGLE
32
Senses one is missing from selfie : FEELS
33
A bird or a dam : ASWAN
34
Four-fingered gesture that might be played in battleships : LSEVEN
36
Terse identification from Sorry or Monopoly : IMGAME
40
Gapes at Senate workers : PAGES
42
Labor brand in the bathroom : ORALB
44
Website with ideas for teen trips : PINTEREST
48
Place to eat if you have endless moolah : DINER
49
Italian poet heading to the rear : ANTED
50
Ad a keepsake keeps : PSA
52
Break ___ (get d'party going) : DICE
53
S'Attila : SHUN
54
Ones providing rondos for free : DONORS
57
Group a school principal might tap for help : PTA
58
Affixes with no paste, say : TAPESON
60
They hold seed fer birds : FEEDERS
62
Nothing but one newsmagazine : ALLTIME
63
Decided to accept one decaf tea : FACEDIT
64
Red Sea's sides switched : SEESRED
65
Is cost something they will react to? : STOICS
Down
1
TV show with the "F" cop : TOPCHEF
2
Green lodging that makes CeeLo hot : ECOHOTEL
3
Really enjoys hot dog toppings : RELISHES
4
Barb's end : ELL
5
S^O : SOUP
6
Room in a lattice : ATTIC
7
Girl introducing categories : CATE
8
"Don't put such a burden ___!" : ONUS
9
Laymen, oddly : LYE
10
<-- L : LISTEN
11
Getting a 500 + 500 gain : ADDING
12
Friend of actress Arthur : BEAPAL
13
Bully's retort 'bout his fav'rite bagel : SAYSME
15
Exchanges back up front : SEXCHANGE
21
"Egyptian goddess is, too!" : ISIS
24
Marketing head outside of temple : TELE
26
One doting on a self-important sort : TINGOD
28
Said 505 reps would attend : RSVPED
30
Helps two stiffs open their drinks : TWISTSOFF
31
Boy with a jet : SAM
35
Listen 'ere! : EAR
37
Like a desert raid : ARID
38
Treatment in which beauticians dampen eyes : MANIPEDI
39
Campaign slogan for Ocasek or Flair : ELECTRIC
41
Shower of th_ U._. O_e_ : ESPN
43
Turkey parts that basters baste : BREASTS
44
Like all the letters from B's and C's on : PASTAS
45
How some early American patriots trusted : INHALE
46
Unspecified series in an LP tune : NTUPLE
47
X quantity of aliens : TENETS
51
Bare-assed hiding places : AREAS
54
Mode of finishing a building : DOME
55
Like something done linearly : ONED
56
What a Shiite leader, etc., leads : SECT
59
Kind of loin : SIR
61
Ode to God : DEO
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

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