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Andrew Ries
Andrew Ries

NY Times, Sun, Feb 09, 2020 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

18-Across : Put on a new steeple

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27
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© 2020, The New York Times
Across
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Bits of advice on teasing : RIBTIPS
8
Charges a levy, say : ATTACKS
15
Neo-noir club : ONEIRON
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L
E
T : DROPLET
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Band whose records Nana has : SHANANA
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Put on a new steeple : RESPIRE
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Returning deserter : TAR
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100 snooty barons : TYCOONS
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Cut upside down or right side up : MOW
23
Electronic drug to avoid : ELUDE
25
___ pick (choose a sock or sweater) : KNIT
26
Org. established as an answer to Sputnik : NASA
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Takeback in firepower : REPO
28
Not an "if" or an "and" : ABUT
29
Determine to leave mine out : DETER
30
Festive occasions for a 38-Down : GALAS
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And get the last bit : TAGEND
33
Do well with "E.R." props : PROSPER
36
U.S.'s core curriculum : COURSES
37
Free Excel movement : REFLEX
38
Actress with Bogart, mostly : GARBO
39
Hit man : OFFER
40
Lots of people in Massachusetts and New York : MANY
41
Cross back : NAPS
45
Took part in a dive competition : VIED
46
Up to the letter before U : TILT
47
Mount that is in a biblical story : SINAI
48
Kind of ovation : INN
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Chair that one hates to be in : HOTSEAT
51
Now have : OWN
52
Regardless of de venom : DESPITE
54
Making atingle : ELATING
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One looking at the top of an eye chart : EREADER
57
One in Emmy contention : NOMINEE
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Ways messy T's are used : SYSTEMS
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Pertest heavenly figure : STPETER
Down
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Are store names listed here? : ROSTER
2
How followers of patriot Nathan trusted : INHALE
3
Ursa Major : BEARUP
4
Con__a__ __er : TIN
5
Statement of self-worth : IRATE
6
P
Y : PONY
7
Place to buy Kan. crabs : SNACKBAR
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I do art that's skillful : ADROIT
9
English river that Ren thus crosses : TRENT
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__hr__w, a__ ball__ : TOSS
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Ear opening : APP
12
151 friends in Australia : CLIMATES
13
One reeks when it burns in a lantern : KEROSENE
14
Wine experts who draw sets : STEWARDS
21
Burden on America : ONUS
24
It runs odd legs of an Iditarod race : DOGSLED
26
Ignore "N" in this cocktail's name : NEGRONI
28
Who likes generic beer : ALEX
29
Paint a bud poorly : DAUB
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One each : APER
32
T / Y : TORY
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Supplies public relations videos : PROVIDES
34
Concerning fancy clothes : REFINERY
35
Violations by 14,589,687 leaders : OFFENSES
36
What juvenile detention centers do : CANTEENS
38
Women's measurements, in brief : GALS
40
Joints for Cambridge collegians : MITERS
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Make into an official, as in a church : ANOINT
43
Native American who accepts property in hock : PAWNEE
44
Caroler who burns things slightly : SINGER
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What you 'n' I do with carryall bags : TOTEM
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Empty spa imprint : STAMP
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Camouflage a pelt : HIDE
50
Loads of sailboats, alternatively : ALOT
53
Touch up : PAT
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Use __w__n__ : TIE
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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