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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Feb 14, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
18-Across : German bars have them in sets
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 A | 3 L | 4 T | 5 A | 6 I | 7 R | | 8 T | 9 O | 10 P | 11 E | 12 D | |
13 R | E | S | O | U | R | C | E | | 14 R | O | U | T | E | 15 S |
16 E | X | P | O | R | T | E | R | | 17 A | P | P | O | S | E |
18 S | T | E | I | N | S | | 19 U | 20 M | P | S | | 21 I | T | E |
22 H | E | R | E | | | 23 S | N | A | P | | 24 S | L | I | D |
25 I | T | S | | 26 A | 27 B | A | S | H | | 28 S | C | E | N | E |
29 P | S | E | 30 U | D | O | S | | 31 A | 32 C | C | U | S | E | R |
| | | 33 P | O | O | H | | 34 T | O | A | D | | | |
35 A | 36 L | 37 B | E | R | T | A | | 38 M | A | N | S | 39 A | 40 R | 41 D |
42 L | I | A | N | E | | 43 Y | 44 E | A | T | S | | 45 D | E | I |
46 L | A | N | D | | 47 H | E | M | S | | | 48 C | A | P | S |
49 O | I | D | | 50 F | I | D | O | | 51 S | 52 H | I | L | O | H |
53 U | S | A | 54 G | E | S | | 55 T | 56 E | L | E | V | I | S | E |
57 T | O | N | E | R | S | | 58 E | T | A | M | I | N | E | S |
| 59 N | A | N | N | Y | | 60 S | A | M | P | L | E | D | |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
8
13
It could be natural to have or secure :
RESOURCE14
Paths leading to ouster :
ROUTES16
Occupation of a former redcap :
EXPORTER17
A p-position of a m-model :
APPOSE18
German bars have them in sets :
STEINS19
Things camels 'ave :
UMPS21
22
One's place in the reading :
HERE23
24
What lids did on a slippery counter :
SLID25
26
Embarrass at a big party :
ABASH28
Something viewed, so to speak :
SCENE29
People who might fool us dopes :
PSEUDOS31
Sees a sure finger pointer :
ACCUSER33
Sham ___ (not a real expression of disbelief) :
POOH34
Pigeon-___ (flying amphibian) :
TOAD35
38
Sort of roof seen on Earth and Mars :
MANSARD42
A line for a vine :
LIANE43
No other Irish poet is yet as great :
YEATS45
Light of ___ (what the Roman dawn gods bring) :
DEI46
47
Folds back and sews, as mesh :
HEMS48
49
What suffix do I often put on planet? :
OID50
51
Quiet around a Hawaiian city's battle site :
SHILOH53
100 years in 1876, 240 years in 2016, etc. :
USAGES55
57
Cartridges that rest on a printer's shelf :
TONERS58
59
60
Down
1
Singing groups in Estes, TX :
SEXTETS2
3
Officer in john, i.e. :
LOOIE4
Where t'go t'get coffee :
TURN5
Crafts in 3rd, 2nd, 5th and 6th place :
ARTS6
7
Nurser of old TV shows :
RERUNS8
"It's a ___!" (response to a trick question about "The Sound of Music") :
TRAPP9
Comment after mistaking goose eggs and peas :
OOPS10
11
12
13
15
One who plants cedar, say :
SEEDER20
Wise ones using a sham A.T.M. :
MAHATMAS23
Did a showy walk or easy dash :
SASHAYED24
Cuss 500 missiles :
SCUDS26
Love a pair of musical notes :
ADORE27
O, to be in Italy! :
BOOT28
Reads South Carolina articles :
SCANS30
32
See cereal covering :
COAT35
Out out out out out out ... :
ALLOUT36
In Laos I had a relationship :
LIAISON37
39
Do a postscript about her :
ADALINE40
41
Gossips about food servings :
DISHES44
Acts badly, it would seem to everyone :
EMOTES47
Is shy about a kind of fit :
HISSY48
Like 157 polite people :
CIVIL50
Plant in an inferno :
FERN51
52
Rope material seen in them parts :
HEMP54
Eng. military figure :
GEN56
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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