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

NY Times, Sun, Feb 14, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

53-Across : 100 years in 1876, 240 years in 2016, etc.

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

Support XWord Info today

Pay now and get access for a year.

1. Select account level
2. Choose how to pay
Across
1
Inspiration for a seaman : SALTAIR
8
Left depot : TOPED
13
It could be natural to have or secure : RESOURCE
14
Paths leading to ouster : ROUTES
16
Occupation of a former redcap : EXPORTER
17
A p-position of a m-model : APPOSE
18
German bars have them in sets : STEINS
19
Things camels 'ave : UMPS
21
End of term : ITE
22
One's place in the reading : HERE
23
Pans a picture : SNAP
24
What lids did on a slippery counter : SLID
25
Elf's leader : ITS
26
Embarrass at a big party : ABASH
28
Something viewed, so to speak : SCENE
29
People who might fool us dopes : PSEUDOS
31
Sees a sure finger pointer : ACCUSER
33
Sham ___ (not a real expression of disbelief) : POOH
34
Pigeon-___ (flying amphibian) : TOAD
35
Let Arab find oil here : ALBERTA
38
Sort of roof seen on Earth and Mars : MANSARD
42
A line for a vine : LIANE
43
No other Irish poet is yet as great : YEATS
45
Light of ___ (what the Roman dawn gods bring) : DEI
46
50+ : LAND
47
Folds back and sews, as mesh : HEMS
48
BEANIES, E.G. : CAPS
49
What suffix do I often put on planet? : OID
50
ID of a dog : FIDO
51
Quiet around a Hawaiian city's battle site : SHILOH
53
100 years in 1876, 240 years in 2016, etc. : USAGES
55
Air "The Steve & Eli Show" : TELEVISE
57
Cartridges that rest on a printer's shelf : TONERS
58
Fabrics for matinees : ETAMINES
59
Goat babysitter : NANNY
60
Tried a thousand pedals : SAMPLED
Down
1
Singing groups in Estes, TX : SEXTETS
2
Slander Parsees : ASPERSE
3
Officer in john, i.e. : LOOIE
4
Where t'go t'get coffee : TURN
5
Crafts in 3rd, 2nd, 5th and 6th place : ARTS
6
Not behind : ICE
7
Nurser of old TV shows : RERUNS
8
"It's a ___!" (response to a trick question about "The Sound of Music") : TRAPP
9
Comment after mistaking goose eggs and peas : OOPS
10
Kind of pet : PUP
11
Stars, to Elise : ETOILES
12
Predetermine its need : DESTINE
13
Send back or perish : RESHIP
15
One who plants cedar, say : SEEDER
20
Wise ones using a sham A.T.M. : MAHATMAS
23
Did a showy walk or easy dash : SASHAYED
24
Cuss 500 missiles : SCUDS
26
Love a pair of musical notes : ADORE
27
O, to be in Italy! : BOOT
28
Reads South Carolina articles : SCANS
30
Suspends no S's : UPEND
32
See cereal covering : COAT
35
Out out out out out out ... : ALLOUT
36
In Laos I had a relationship : LIAISON
37
B & a : BANDANA
39
Do a postscript about her : ADALINE
40
Rested as peers do : REPOSED
41
Gossips about food servings : DISHES
44
Acts badly, it would seem to everyone : EMOTES
47
Is shy about a kind of fit : HISSY
48
Like 157 polite people : CIVIL
50
Plant in an inferno : FERN
51
Criticize alms : SLAM
52
Rope material seen in them parts : HEMP
54
Eng. military figure : GEN
56
Ate up : ETA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

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