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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jul 01, 2007 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
30-Across : Sad cafe fronts
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31
| 1 C | 2 O | 3 R | 4 E | 5 L | 6 L | 7 I | | 8 C | 9 A | 10 L | 11 L | 12 A | 13 S |
14 A | L | G | E | R | I | A | N | | 15 O | N | E | I | L | L |
16 F | O | R | A | G | I | N | G | | 17 D | O | G | G | I | E |
18 R | U | E | R | S | | 19 G | R | 20 O | A | N | | 21 A | D | D |
22 I | T | I | S | | 23 D | U | E | L | S | | 24 S | T | A | G |
25 C | E | S | | 26 E | R | I | S | A | | 27 S | W | E | D | E |
28 A | D | H | 29 E | R | E | D | | 30 F | 31 A | C | A | D | E | S |
| | | 32 A | N | A | | | | 33 W | A | R | | | |
34 V | 35 I | 36 C | T | I | M | 37 S | | 38 T | A | R | M | 39 A | 40 C | 41 S |
42 A | L | L | I | E | | 43 T | 44 I | E | R | S | | 45 L | A | H |
46 C | L | A | N | | 47 C | Y | C | L | E | | 48 A | C | R | E |
49 A | F | T | | 50 M | O | X | I | E | | 51 S | T | A | L | E |
52 T | A | T | 53 T | E | R | | 54 C | R | 55 E | A | T | I | O | N |
56 E | M | E | R | G | E | | 57 L | A | C | K | A | D | A | Y |
58 S | E | R | I | A | L | | 59 E | N | T | E | R | E | D | |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
1
He composed for violins or celli :
CORELLI8
Soprano who sounds unfeeling :
CALLAS14
Of or in a large part of the Sahara :
ALGERIAN15
Playwright who needs a doctor :
ONEILL16
17
I'd go, e.g., for this kind of bag :
DOGGIE18
They're surer to regret :
RUERS19
It might follow a pun on "organ" :
GROAN21
___ man (calculating sort) :
ADD22
"Is it something serious, doctor?" :
ITIS23
Combatants once used 50 paces for these :
DUELS24
Nate's predecessor :
STAG25
Phonetically the French say "these" :
CES26
Government provision that might raise pension questions :
ERISA27
"Ain't She ___" (Stockholm hit tune) :
SWEDE28
Became attached to redhead :
ADHERED30
32
33
34
They lose in M.I.T.'s "1 vs. 100" :
VICTIMS38
Some computers for sailors :
TARMACS42
Title sitcom character's way, they say :
ALLIE43
Shed ___ (reduce seating capacity) :
TIERS45
46
What is able to take in 50 tribesmen :
CLAN47
Why Ellie sees bike :
CYCLE48
49
50
A Stooge, about 11, has nerve :
MOXIE51
Not in the least fresh :
STALE52
Tease, tear, reduce to rags :
TATTER54
56
57
58
Breakfast ___ (early morning soap opera) :
SERIAL59
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Number of Illinois lions gone :
LII6
7
8
Conclusions of fish articles :
CODAS9
A French vote is coming soon :
ANON10
11
12
Surveyor's instrument for a laddie :
ALIDADE13
Slight (abbr.) advantages :
SLEDGES14
How far C.I.A. will go :
AFRICA20
Scandinavian of L.A. :
OLAF23
24
26
He's an Eagle, that is :
ERNIE27
Residuals of crass behavior :
SCARS29
Have one neat meal at home :
EATIN31
Knowing a piece of merchandise :
AWARE34
35
Give 'em a fill of notoriety :
ILLFAME36
37
Pick up ___ (sense the route to Hades) :
STYX38
One of 10 real navigation aids :
TELERAN39
40
Amount shown in a Ponti commercial :
CARLOAD41
Yes, hen is reflecting light :
SHEENY44
Odds are, i.e., 250-1 it will melt :
ICICLE47
See role of software maker :
COREL48
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51
___ to me (Tokyo bar order) :
SAKE53
55
Prefix for outside, etc. :
ECT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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