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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Apr 28, 2002 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
20-Across : Dressed like King Cole?
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
1 T | 2 H | 3 E | 4 S | 5 P | 6 I | 7 S | | 8 W | 9 I | 10 L | 11 D | 12 E | 13 S | 14 T |
15 R | A | M | P | A | N | T | | 16 A | R | I | E | T | T | A |
17 I | M | P | A | S | S | E | | 18 S | A | L | T | E | R | N |
19 P | E | R | I | S | | 20 N | 21 A | T | T | Y | | 22 R | A | G |
23 O | L | I | N | | 24 S | C | R | E | E | | 25 A | N | N | I |
26 L | I | S | | 27 L | A | I | R | D | | 28 S | T | A | G | E |
29 I | N | E | 30 D | I | B | L | E | | 31 F | E | E | L | E | R |
| | | 32 O | M | I | S | S | 33 I | O | N | S | | | |
34 S | 35 T | 36 A | T | E | N | | 37 T | O | A | S | T | 38 E | 39 R | 40 S |
41 W | E | L | T | Y | | 42 F | I | L | L | E | | 43 L | A | P |
44 O | R | G | Y | | 45 D | O | N | A | S | | 46 L | A | I | R |
47 O | N | E | | 48 D | E | I | G | N | | 49 B | A | S | S | I |
50 P | A | R | 51 T | I | A | L | | 52 T | 53 R | U | S | T | I | N |
54 E | T | I | E | N | N | E | | 55 H | O | N | K | I | N | G |
56 R | E | A | C | T | E | D | | 57 E | N | D | I | N | G | S |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
Greek poet who watched his step :
THESPIS8
We'd list the most disorderly :
WILDEST15
Heavy breathing of a male sheep? :
RAMPANT16
17
What a has-been says leads to deadlock :
IMPASSE18
Antlers where seasoning is made :
SALTERN19
Capital of Frence? :
PERIS20
Dressed like King Cole? :
NATTY22
___ weed (piano player's smoke) :
RAG23
24
Ceres' mountain detritus :
SCREE25
Fannie's middle years :
ANNI26
Flower that Elise holds :
LIS27
28
Gets a place to act :
STAGE29
Like some food in a bindle, i.e. :
INEDIBLE31
32
Failures of Zero combat operations :
OMISSIONS34
37
They're sure to assert wedding wishes :
TOASTERS41
Like an author who has been whipped? :
WELTY42
I fell for Pierre's girl :
FILLE43
44
45
46
47
48
Speaking of a person from Copenhagen ... :
DEIGN49
Voices before net? :
BASSI50
Isn't liar apt to be biased? :
PARTIAL52
54
55
56
Created an opposing response :
REACTED57
Down
1
2
Where did men hail piper? :
HAMELIN3
Spree I'm on is an adventure :
EMPRISE4
Where a nap is a siesta :
SPAIN5
Dad's satisfactory grade :
PASS6
7
8
9
What an egotist thinks :
IRATE10
Small athletic club? :
LILY11
What Ted turned into: Abbr. :
DET12
13
To rent gas is unheard-of :
STRANGE14
21
24
He prepared vaccine in basin :
SABIN25
27
28
It's common in Essen :
SENSE30
31
Farm young of Al's :
FOALS33
A hotline for Gilbert & Sullivan :
IOLANTHE34
Nothing powers a hawk, say :
SWOOPER35
36
38
39
40
42
Prevented from using kitchen wrap? :
FOILED45
The Revolution had a need for him :
DEANE46
A silk tie for a British socialist :
LASKI48
It's in d' passbook: Abbr. :
DINT49
Group in drab undies :
BUND51
53
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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