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Joel Fagliano
Joel Fagliano

NY Times, Sun, Jul 16, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

25-Across : Pays twice for some rugs

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32
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G
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G
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P
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G
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B
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© 2017, The New York Times
Across
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It sounds like, by and large, he fought in the Civil War : GENERALLEE
11
Frozen 36-Down : BERG
15
Where a chess player's hand hovers : ABOVEBOARD
16
Central Slovenia : OVEN
17
On watch from morning to 1 : MONITORING
18
Smart followers of exes : WISE
19
Pet with nits : SNIT
20
Its parting in the Bible is a Seder topic : REDSEA
22
Neckwear Daniel has on backward : LEI
23
___ appeal (why some people join a splinter group) : SECTS
25
Pays twice for some rugs : TOUPEES
27
Bother with lashes : HASSLE
29
Runts you do flip-flops for : UTURNS
30
It sounds like a vowel not found within it : EAU
31
One getting outraced to school : EDUCATOR
35
Queendom she basically started : SHEBA
37
Round head : SUR
38
Start to egg on : GETGO
42
Inappropriate, as an L.S.U. enemy : UNSEEMLY
45
What's a pine on the inside? : SAP
46
House member you'd like to vote out : BADREP
49
George Strait, for one : ARTIST
51
Witticism from Mr. Paige : EPIGRAM
53
What a husk covers : ACORN
54
Certain c __ ick __ __ : HEN
55
Stop an inattentive state : SNAPTO
57
Oval + circle : EGGO
60
As a result of Gore : ERGO
62
One way to vote with innate bias : INABSENTIA
64
Scored perfectly on a multiple-choice test by never picking B : ACED
65
Transports for actress Tea : ESTATECARS
66
Guy who's due $500 : DUDE
67
News anchor others tell you to watch : LESTERHOLT
Down
1
They're seen in lad mags : GAMS
2
Black to the bone : EBON
3
It hasn't been a problem for us in eons : NONISSUE
4
Party requests for Stevie : EVITES
5
Kind of urn : RET
6
Stopped a debtor : ABORTED
7
Roles after switching sides : LORES
8
Dial up : LAID
9
Part of a sea eagle's address: Abbr. : ERNST
10
Headline after Bono's bandmate quits : EDGEOUT
11
Flourish at the front of a boat : BOW
12
Relive from the end : EVILER
13
Watched again, as Renee's movies : RESEEN
14
"Nice" rock : GNEISS
21
Greek sandwich taken for the road : AUTOGYRO
24
Laundromat that also does lens care : CLEANERS
26
100% re-up : PURE
27
Men that she likes : HES
28
Even parts of Wabash have it : AAH
32
U U U U : USE
33
Prompt needed for Cruise? No sir! : CUE
34
'urt : ARM
36
Hamlet's grub : BURG
39
Beer used for toasting : TSINGTAO
40
Road sign #735 : GAS
41
Top pick : OPT
43
Nepali's dog : SPANIEL
44
Tennis shirt in a closet : LACOSTE
46
Top off : BEHEAD
47
Race up for a quick glance : APERCU
48
Criticized in a leading editorial : DINGED
50
Outer parts of a tree branch : TRENCH
52
"Rectory" and "parsonage" are other names for it : MANSE
53
Bruce Wayne's Twitter handle : ATBAT
56
They've won two of the past three Super Bowls : PATS
58
One glamorous in red lipstick, initially : GIRL
59
It can get things toasted without Ted : OAST
61
"To a Doe," e.g. : ODE
63
Car chaser : EER
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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