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Daniel Raymon
Daniel Raymon

NY Times, Sun, Jul 11, 2021 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

69-Across : _ _e ke_ _s _ _ _ _rov_ _ _afe

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28
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M
2
I
3
S
4
S
5
A
6
M
7
E
8
R
9
I
10
C
11
A
12
C
13
P
14
R
15
A
R
T
I
C
U
L
A
T
E
S
16
O
R
E
17
H
E
A
D
D
R
E
S
S
E
S
18
M
E
N
19
A
P
U
20
C
A
M
21
A
S
A
22
T
E
S
T
23
T
E
N
24
S
25
L
I
26
S
T
27
M
E
S
S
I
28
M
A
C
E
29
S
30
S
I
R
31
E
32
A
T
O
N
33
A
T
H
A
N
34
D
35
T
A
G
36
A
L
O
N
G
37
O
E
38
D
I
P
A
L
39
I
40
M
41
S
42
O
G
L
A
D
43
D
E
44
T
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A
46
I
47
L
48
R
O
O
D
49
T
I
L
50
L
51
S
E
I
N
E
52
K
O
R
E
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A
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S
E
E
55
P
56
A
R
M
S
57
S
C
R
A
P
58
P
Y
59
N
U
60
B
61
W
A
S
62
O
H
O
63
P
O
M
64
E
G
R
A
65
N
A
T
E
66
M
E
W
67
T
O
A
S
T
E
R
O
V
E
N
68
E
R
S
69
S
H
E
P
H
E
R
D
E
S
S
© 2021, The New York Times
Across
1
Social Security Administration operating in four states : MISSAMERICA
12
Part of a paramedic procedure : CPR
15
Expresses a rustic tale well : ARTICULATES
16
Pr_specto_'s qu_st : ORE
17
What a fellow does to an envelope : HEADDRESSES
18
Tally opener : MEN
19
Cartoon character in Acapulco : APU
20
It's used to photograph an engine part : CAM
21
Seat sat in just to see if it works : ASATEST
23
Sent some bills : TENS
25
Lean roster : LIST
27
Soccer star in the semis : MESSI
28
Clubs for 1,000 top pilots : MACES
30
Give rise to : SIRE
32
The first 14 loads : ATON
33
Good Twitter handle for a bridge player or a palmist : ATHAND
35
Philippine language around the north : TAGALONG
37
Like a son competing with old pa, i.e. : OEDIPAL
39
What an achiever of mid-goals might say : IMSOGLAD
43
Part that de Manx cat lacks : DETAIL
48
Backdoor : ROOD
49
Up to plow : TILL
51
River you can see in France : SEINE
52
Where some Asians are, OK? : KOREA
54
Look past MNO : SEEP
56
What Mars takes up, in myth : ARMS
57
Itching for a fight, as over waste paper : SCRAPPY
59
Redloh god toh : NUB
61
Lived in western Washington : WAS
62
One leaving Ohio : OHO
63
Fruit bigger than a grape, to name one : POMEGRANATE
66
Plaintive call, in some way : MEW
67
Appliance near to stove : TOASTEROVEN
68
Stumbles in hospitals : ERS
69
_ _e ke_ _s _ _ _ _rov_ _ _afe : SHEPHERDESS
Down
1
Head covering mother holds : MAHATMA
2
Emphatic words to rate pie : IREPEAT
3
Loyal U.S. chant : STAUNCH
4
IDs guy : SID
5
Rock group in A.D. 200 : ACDC
6
_ _seum a_t on a w_ _l : MURAL
7
Resins from elms, i.e. : ELEMIS
8
Do_m le_der_ : RAS
9
Warning to sit apart : ITSATRAP
10
Letters to confiscate, reportedly : CEES
11
Indian region known to amass silk : ASSAM
12
Wakes up in some cot : COMESTO
13
Person's exhortation not to quit : PRESSON
14
Paying to use ring.net : RENTING
22
Dark greenish-blue et al. : TEAL
24
Kind of son : SEA
26
Slide it to stay on the shelf : SITIDLE
29
Kiss song in England : SNOG
31
Aged cry : EGAD
34
___ cards (fraternity jokesters) : DELT
36
Drinks on sale : ALES
38
Girl in cartoon media, say : DAISYMAE
39
Smokier, to an asthmatic, maybe : IRKSOME
40
One borrowing $100? Oh, more : MOOCHER
41
Cau_es _f fu_ _ _ _ed brow_ : SORROWS
42
Music halls in auto dealerships : ODEA
44
Eat, drink : TEA
45
A waiver from a radio station : AIRWAVE
46
It means "prisoners" : INMATES
47
Speech lessons : LESSENS
50
Distance of nth leg : LENGTH
53
P-places to live: Abbr. : APPTS
55
Just an "A" sound : PUREE
58
Ring up : POOH
60
Lawyer group with Republican attorney general, once : BARR
64
Mind-reading, in particular: Abbr. : ESP
65
A, B, C, E, F, G ... : NOD
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.

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