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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Jul 13, 2008 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

51-Across : Not quite your A numbers game

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
1
R
2
E
3
P
4
A
5
S
6
T
7
S
8
G
9
U
10
A
11
V
12
A
13
G
I
G
A
N
T
I
C
14
I
N
P
A
R
15
T
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O
V
A
L
T
I
N
E
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S
I
E
R
R
A
18
F
U
L
L
E
R
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N
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O
M
S
21
M
A
S
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E
L
I
S
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D
E
V
O
24
A
I
N
T
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R
E
T
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E
27
L
I
S
E
28
B
I
N
G
E
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S
T
E
30
P
P
E
S
31
R
32
O
U
S
T
E
D
33
L
I
S
P
34
T
H
I
N
35
D
36
E
37
F
A
C
T
O
38
U
N
L
E
39
A
40
S
41
H
42
E
V
A
N
S
43
S
44
C
R
O
D
45
C
P
A
46
P
A
N
T
47
B
A
R
N
48
T
E
A
L
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O
S
A
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B
E
L
A
51
B
52
L
O
T
T
O
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S
I
T
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S
O
N
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M
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A
R
I
N
A
T
E
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E
V
I
N
C
E
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P
R
I
V
A
T
E
S
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E
C
L
A
T
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S
T
E
E
L
E
R
© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
The press at meals : REPASTS
8
Mostly, a vague kind of fruit : GUAVA
13
Giant G, I see : GIGANTIC
14
A print, to some extent : INPART
16
What drink does Tina love? : OVALTINE
17
To the rear is the Western mountain : SIERRA
18
More brimming with fuel left and right : FULLER
19
French names requiring Miss or Mrs.? : NOMS
21
Sam returns to family members : MAS
22
The Spanish is for some Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
23
Rock group to which Ted is attached : DEVO
24
Is it an ungrammatical term? : AINT
25
"Ouch" preceder : RET
26
Who Ms. Lee is : ELISE
28
Any big toot : BINGE
29
"The 39 ___" (classic film set in the U.S.S.R.) : STEPPES
31
Got Reds out of bed : ROUSTED
33
Slip of the tongue : LISP
34
It's athothiated with Thatan : THIN
35
Actual (as said of cadet) : DEFACTO
38
Hun Elsa will let loose : UNLEASH
42
Who sold moving vehicles on the Internet? : EVANS
43
Fish caught with S.C. gear : SCROD
45
Who put a cap on spending? : CPA
46
Give T. a bad review : PANT
47
Declare N. off-limits : BARN
48
Cousin of a smew, mallard et al. : TEAL
49
So a Spanish bear : OSA
50
He was able to play Dracula : BELA
51
Not quite your A numbers game : BLOTTO
53
Squelches? It isn't so : SITSON
55
A term in a cookbook : MARINATE
57
Show even I see : EVINCE
58
Parts of soldiers seen in a shower room : PRIVATES
59
Acclaim for what Elsie ate : ECLAT
60
N.F.L. player heard to be a thief : STEELER
Down
1
Brook in '54? True! : RIVULET
2
With it, "Eagle" is a cry of the French Revolution : EGALITE
3
Tires out everyone in postscript : PALLS
4
Vigil's end : ANTE
5
Ado in Belfast, Ireland : STIR
6
Material in some plating : TIN
7
In which writers see sense : SCENES
8
Gadget for smog, I gather : GISMO
9
French word in U.S. : UNIS
10
Can finish : APE
11
Martin, 5, finds critter : VARMINT
12
A k-kitchen appliance : ARRANGE
13
They do errands around forges : GOFERS
15
Stated "tried a little bit" : TASTED
20
REVO : OVERTURN
23
Removal of Pisa's old trash : DISPOSAL
24
River nowhere near Siena : AISNE
26
Spice tales : EPICS
27
Lent from north to south : LEST
28
Reportedly sent invoices to set up : BUILD
30
Flower factory : PLANT
32
Exclamation in N.H. circles : OHNO
35
What de model strikes : DEPOSE
36
Eaves with ivy can be slippery : EVASIVE
37
He is, in fact, a zealot : FANATIC
39
A tea, etc., introduces this material : ACETATE
40
'Tain't pitter : SPATTER
41
Leo has rings : HALOES
44
100 ways to get on or off highways : CRAMPS
47
___ B'rith (writer Stephen's religious organization) : BENET
48
Not L.A. kind of music : TONAL
50
ABC has nothing in Florida hotspot : BOCA
51
Short, condensed cheese : BRIE
52
Wickedness on the rise : LIVE
54
Ellen's TV offering : SNL
56
It comes before I choke : ART
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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