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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Dec 12, 2010 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

59-Across : Lady's in a sorry way

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
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Across
1
Quiet walk : SHAMBLE
8
Leah's rock : SHALE
13
Pressing need in a New York City district : FLATIRON
14
They enable seers to star : TAROTS
16
Totally conservative excuse : RIGHTOUT
17
Best in thinking? Oh, you numbskull! : OUTWIT
18
To sing about bars : INGOTS
19
It runs through April leas : RILL
21
Old ore car : REO
22
Internet chick is Pierre's equal : EGAL
23
"Citizen ___" (film about a sugar farmer in a collective) : CANE
24
She may get a nod in Spain : DONA
25
The German Communist returned : DER
26
Pass 50 rebukes : SLAPS
28
Very big soldier-worker : GIANT
29
Our U.S.D.A. is tough : ARDUOUS
31
Events at which average fruit drinks are sold : PARADES
33
Outsides of a submarine sandwich, of a sort : SUCH
34
What an ayatollah said about his country : IRAN
35
Carter, I gather, is eccentric : ERRATIC
38
About couples in fixes : REPAIRS
42
"Gone With the Wind" actress heard singer Brenda : LEIGH
43
Obstetric jargon : OBESE
45
One seated in a teeter-totter : TOT
46
Rep. follower : LACE
47
Ones that rams use, it is said : EWES
48
Mostly tease stiff hair : SETA
49
Kind of late : ISO
50
Poet Hans : NASH
51
50 pairs of coils : SPIRAL
53
Wedge-shaped pin on a sea animal : COTTER
55
It meets a need for an insurance claim : ESTIMATE
57
Involve in tale : ENTAIL
58
Soda seen to be made tasty : SEASONED
59
Lady's in a sorry way : SADLY
60
Half a score of insects living in an apartment building : TENANTS
Down
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N.E. girl's a hash house employee : SLINGER
2
Very tired-looking novelist : HAGGARD
3
Loath to be in a town in Massachusetts : ATHOL
4
With which Romney makes a catch : MITT
5
Robs amigos : BROS
6
Lousy start for a guy's name : LOU
7
Deceive a parent : ENTRAP
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Part of a pistoleer's dressy attire : STOLE
9
City ___ (municipal tax revenues) : HAUL
10
Aesthetic guy : ART
11
Route for Burns or Waldo : LOWROAD
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Frenchman at #9 tee : ETIENNE
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A woman I'd fear : FRIEDA
15
Toasts ermines : STOATS
20
Where to find church bells : INSPIRES
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Steady money sources that singer Johnny intimidates : CASHCOWS
24
An aid for a princess : DIANA
26
Part of the country where Houston is? No, no! : SOUTH
27
She'll give you 151 : LUCI
28
A vintner wants it up to par, e.g. : GRAPE
30
Number of years since 1776 : USAGE
32
God during the Greek eras : ARES
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Girl known as Li'l Cee : ELLICE
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Concerning a lad's motives : REASONS
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Cheese that suits Ric to a T : RICOTTA
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Repeating, I natter : ITERANT
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Turns a toaster : ROTATES
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Lasted far too long : STALED
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Thebes' command : BEHEST
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Finishing a relay ahead of time : EARLY
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Associate of Minos : SIMON
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Line-man : NEIL
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Mr. Ford : STAN
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___ cake (simple Italian dessert) : PISA
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Who dat? : TAD
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Page's predecessor : SEE
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