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Michael Lieberman
NY Times, Sun Dec 24, 2023 Puns and Anagrams
51-Across : Passé church features
Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31
1 G | 2 R | 3 A | 4 P | 5 H | 6 I | 7 T | 8 E | | 9 S | 10 W | 11 A | 12 P | 13 S | |
14 R | E | P | L | I | C | A | S | | 15 O | R | N | A | T | 16 E |
17 A | P | P | A | R | E | N | T | | 18 P | A | T | R | O | L |
19 C | L | O | N | E | | 20 G | A | 21 P | | 22 P | E | T | R | A |
23 E | A | S | T | | 24 D | E | T | E | 25 R | | 26 S | I | M | P |
27 D | Y | E | | 28 K | I | N | E | T | I | 29 C | | 30 S | I | S |
| | | 31 P | A | S | T | | 32 S | P | O | 33 K | A | N | E |
34 C | 35 O | 36 M | E | T | S | | | | 37 P | R | O | N | G | S |
38 O | V | A | R | I | E | 39 S | | 40 P | L | E | A | | | |
41 M | E | D | | 42 E | N | E | 43 M | I | E | S | | 44 H | 45 E | 46 P |
47 P | R | E | 48 P | | 49 T | R | A | M | S | | 50 C | A | N | E |
51 A | P | S | E | 52 S | | 53 F | O | E | | 54 R | A | N | G | E |
55 C | A | U | C | U | 56 S | | 57 I | N | 58 T | E | R | N | A | L |
59 T | I | R | A | D | E | | 60 S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E |
| 61 D | E | N | S | E | | 62 T | O | G | E | T | H | E | R |
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
It's useful for writing a rap hit, e.g. :
GRAPHITE9
14
15
Are not highly decorative :
ORNATE17
One with a s-son or a d-daughter :
APPARENT18
Keep watch over a portal :
PATROL19
20
22
Re: apt. in an ancient city :
PETRA23
Teas from China and environs :
EAST24
Gent's introduction :
DETER26
Easy mark for some of Elvis impersonators :
SIMP27
"No Time to ___" (James Blond film) :
DYE28
Kind of art a thousand incite :
KINETIC30
Who makes content consistent :
SIS31
Bygone Pennsylvania street :
PAST32
Spoke about an eastern Washington city :
SPOKANE34
Some New York baseball teammates :
COMETS37
38
N remains constant, but ... :
OVARIES40
41
42
You might see 'em in a war film :
ENEMIES44
Cool, from the past :
HEP47
Like the letters A through O :
PREP49
50
"___ and Abel" (story of punishment in Eden) :
CANE51
Passé church features :
APSES53
__riend's __pposit__ :
FOE54
What Jack Welch did from 1981 to 2001 :
RANGE55
Meeting using Macau customs :
CAUCUS57
59
A tried-and-true rant :
TIRADE60
61
Iron-free defense :
DENSE62
Down
1
F took its time, but ... :
GRACED2
3
Place a pope's things side by side :
APPOSE4
5
6
7
8
Estonia, Egypt or Ethiopia :
ESTATE9
10
___ battle (fight at a toga party) :
WRAP11
Second half of vigilantes' payments :
ANTES12
13
Waddler : Toddler :: Swarming : ___ :
STORMING16
Online errors in judgment :
ELAPSES21
24
Snidest response to a judicial decision :
DISSENT25
Slipper making little waves :
RIPPLES28
Woman with a kite :
KATIE29
31
33
Campsite org. that's A-OK :
KOA34
Make a stage performance free :
COMPACT35
Spent too much at an iPod rave :
OVERPAID36
39
___ and turf (components of feudal agriculture) :
SERF40
Point me to the olive stuffing :
PIMENTO43
Taoism adherent in the Red Guard :
MAOIST44
45
Outside of the English language :
ENGAGE46
Pre-eel kitchen gadget :
PEELER48
Pie ingredient in Cape Canaveral :
PECAN50
Trace left by an editor :
CARET52
Beer at an S.D.S.U. party :
SUDS54
Mostly serene fellow :
RENE56
Observe something holy :
SEE58
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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