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Matt Ginsberg
Matt Ginsberg

NY Times, Sun, May 13, 2012 ALL MIXED UP

29-Across : Eminence / Drill instructors, typically

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32
Notepad: In each pair of clues, one is for the answer word, the other for an anagram of the answer. Which is which is for you to discover.
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© 2012, The New York Times
Across
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Unalike / Unlike the "h" in honor : DISPARATE
10
Plantain lily / Curses : HOSTA
15
Dressed smartly (2 wds.) / Without schooling : UNTUTORED
16
Half of "The Odd Couple" / Shamu and kin : OSCAR
17
Without a country / Crass : STATELESS
18
Climb / Shoestrings : SCALE
19
"Just kidding!" / Lot : TON
20
Back muscles, informally / In the cellar : LATS
21
Mushroom stems / Gets back at, say : STIPES
22
Pickup shtick? / Tax ___ : LINE
23
Token takers / Keys : STILES
24
Get steamed (2 wds.) / Plant again : RESEED
27
Motown or Columbia / Whole essence : BEALL
28
Mongol invader / Rose oil : ATTAR
29
Eminence / Drill instructors, typically : SERGEANTS
33
Darling dog / Indian bread : NAAN
34
Aloe vera, often / Toil : SLAVE
35
Milk source / London gallery : TEAT
36
Undeniable facts / Ancient Hebrew : ISRAELITE
38
Legal filing / British thread : FIBRE
39
No-see-ums / Zingy tastes : GNATS
40
Riskless (hyph.) / Slack off : LOOSEN
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Performs together / Waylay : COACTS
43
Litter's littlest / Sour : TURN
44
Frenzies / Souls : MANIAS
45
Executes / 10 cc, perhaps : DOSE
46
Court call / Rolodex no. : LET
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Shackles / Pitcher's bagful : IRONS
50
Ohio college (2 wds.) / Camping need (2 wds.) : TENTSTAKE
52
Brains / German steel city : SENSE
53
Passes / Coups : OVERTAKES
54
Keeps, in a way / Small pavers : STETS
55
Imbroglio (hyph.) / One with a hand on the tiller : MARESNEST
Down
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Pixie ___ / Macho sort : DUST
2
Absorbed by / Little Red Hen response (2 wds.) : INTO
3
Cartoonist Thomas / Baseball's Musial : STAN
4
Place / Ram, in Ramsgate : PUT
5
Art studio / Amazon, for one (hyph.) : ATELIER
6
Deschain of "The Dark Tower" / Noted traitor : ROLAND
7
Gourmand / Glacial ridge : ARETE
8
Hardy girl / Gels : TESS
9
Of the: Fr. / Mag. workers : EDS
10
Most sacred / Enemy : HOSTILE
11
Part of a waveform / Cecil Rhodes, e.g. : OSCILLATION
12
Gap / Ending with sea or land : SCAPE
13
Chronicles / Merest : TALES
14
War god / All ___ : ARES
21
Put on / Slalom targets : STAGE
22
Ipswich native (2 wds.) / Rest on (2 wds.) : LEANAGAINST
23
Chapter's partner / Court opening : SERVE
24
Eastern queen / Pour : RANI
25
Greek H's / Some socials : ETAS
26
* / "Dang it!" : STAR
27
Deranged motel owner / Thrashes : BEATS
29
Knife cuts / Shopping aids : SLITS
30
Beaks / Uncle ___ : NEBS
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Weight allowance / Zip : TARE
32
On its way / British gun : STEN
34
Puts (away) / Blind parts : SLATS
37
Sheathes / Rap sessions? : ENCASES
38
Aussie beer / Wilderness areas : FORESTS
40
British brilliance / Consequence : LUSTRE
41
Addition sign / Scintilla : CARET
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Nary a soul (2 wds.) / Down ___ knee (2 wds.) : ONONE
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Kind of sax / Printer need : TONER
44
Girl / Computer game family, with "the" : MISS
45
Hindu deity / Noted Barry : DEVA
46
Boating locale / Moolah : LAKE
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Search / Squeezes (out) : EKES
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Check / Hanoi holidays : TEST
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Mr. Turkey / Witticism : TOM
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Army ___ / Catch some rays : TAN
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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