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Joe DiPietro
NY Times, Sun, Dec 04, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
60-Across : Classic poem by Ron Lee
Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28
1 A | 2 P | 3 E | 4 X | | 5 E | 6 M | 7 S | | 8 C | 9 A | 10 R | 11 V | 12 E | 13 D |
14 L | I | V | E | 15 A | L | I | E | | 16 E | L | A | I | N | E |
17 I | N | A | S | T | A | T | E | | 18 D | E | N | O | T | E |
19 A | B | S | | 20 E | N | E | M | 21 I | E | S | | 22 L | I | P |
23 S | A | I | 24 D | | 25 D | R | E | G | S | | 26 F | A | C | E |
27 E | L | V | I | 28 S | | 29 S | A | L | | 30 S | I | T | E | S |
31 S | L | E | E | P | 32 Y | | 33 F | O | 34 O | T | R | E | S | T |
| | | 35 H | E | A | 36 D | T | O | T | O | E | | | |
37 P | 38 E | 39 C | A | N | P | I | E | | 40 T | O | P | 41 O | 42 F | 43 F |
44 A | P | A | R | T | | 45 A | R | 46 C | | 47 D | I | N | A | R |
48 R | A | N | D | | 49 U | N | C | A | 50 P | | 51 T | A | R | E |
52 C | U | T | | 53 S | T | E | L | L | A | 54 R | | 55 T | E | E |
56 E | L | I | 57 C | I | T | | 58 A | L | C | A | 59 T | R | A | Z |
60 L | E | N | O | R | E | | 61 S | T | E | P | W | I | S | E |
62 S | T | A | G | E | R | | 63 S | O | D | | 64 O | P | T | S |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
5
8
Made a bust at a seedy rave :
CARVED14
16
Woman back in denial, eh? :
ELAINE17
Perturbed by inhabiting New York or New Jersey :
INASTATE18
19
Things crunched for a science degree :
ABS20
22
23
Expressed at a dais :
SAID25
Very worst of grades: A- :
DREGS26
Kind of plant seen at fall's end :
FACE27
Rock idol in Levis :
ELVIS29
Fellow from West Salem :
SAL30
Group that is set on a map :
SITES31
Eye LPs for dropping off :
SLEEPY33
Something designed to foster comfortable sitting :
FOOTREST35
37
Dessert with a nice pep to it :
PECANPIE40
Finish with a flourish - or what passengers in a convertible may ride with :
TOPOFF44
45
Noah's ___ (indirect route to Ararat) :
ARC47
Money that's out of the ordinary :
DINAR48
Darn African currency :
RAND49
51
Rate for uncharged-for weight :
TARE52
53
Sell art that's out of this world :
STELLAR55
It's right before you :
TEE56
58
What a czar at L.A. tried to escape from :
ALCATRAZ60
Classic poem by Ron Lee :
LENORE61
62
Impresario to the greats :
STAGER63
Part of a groundskeeper's dos and don'ts :
SOD64
Down
1
Made-up names for a lassie :
ALIASES2
3
Vase I've deemed hard to get :
EVASIVE4
5
Animal in most of Iceland :
ELAND6
Tools Mister Sawyer uses :
MITERS7
8
It sounds like the pits :
CEDES9
Things for sale by the yard :
ALES10
11
Break, as rules ... et voilĂ ! :
VIOLATE12
13
Steeped as far down as possible :
DEEPEST15
Had tea and crumpets, perhaps :
ATE21
Home for one logo :
IGLOO24
Bruce Willis film I'd heard of :
DIEHARD26
Place to cook tripe, if necessary :
FIREPIT28
Worn-out Cross pens :
SPENT30
Rose by another name :
STOOD32
34
Giant star seen above Oman :
OTT36
Relative of Enid A. :
DIANE37
Lots for sale from a scalper :
PARCELS38
39
Place to get beer from a tin can :
CANTINA41
42
There's a faster way to China here :
FAREAST43
Works of wall art, to an audience :
FREEZES46
49
Butter shortening, say :
UTTER50
Finished second Noel :
PACED53
54
57
Component of gears, initially :
COG59
Couple in Fort Worth :
TWO
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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