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Sam Ezersky
NY Times, Sun, Jul 26, 2020 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
56-Across : Start of a tangle
Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35
1 G | 2 N | 3 A | 4 S | 5 H | | 6 D | 7 E | 8 A | 9 L | | | 10 P | 11 D | 12 A |
13 R | O | C | K | Y | | 14 E | L | I | E | | 15 O | R | A | L |
16 I | S | R | A | E | 17 L | B | O | R | N | | 18 P | O | S | E |
19 D | E | O | | 20 N | E | A | P | | 21 T | 22 I | P | J | A | R |
23 I | D | S | | 24 A | S | T | E | 25 R | | 26 T | R | E | N | T |
27 R | I | T | 28 E | | 29 S | E | R | E | 30 N | G | E | T | I | |
31 O | V | I | N | 32 E | | | 33 S | A | R | I | S | | | |
34 N | E | C | T | A | 35 R | 36 S | | 37 P | A | R | S | 38 E | 39 C | 40 S |
| | | 41 O | R | A | T | 42 E | | | 43 L | O | G | O | N |
| 44 S | 45 T | U | F | F | E | D | 46 U | 47 P | | 48 R | O | M | A |
49 N | E | H | R | U | | 50 P | A | N | E | 51 S | | 52 T | O | P |
53 O | N | E | A | L | 54 L | | 55 M | I | L | L | | 56 R | E | C |
57 B | E | R | G | | 58 A | 59 M | A | T | E | U | 60 R | I | S | H |
61 I | C | E | E | | 62 S | O | M | E | | 63 S | E | P | T | A |
64 G | A | D | | | 65 H | I | E | D | | 66 H | A | S | A | T |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
__ri__d, __ __ teet__ :
GNASH6
10
Kissing outside of one's pad, for short :
PDA13
14
15
Kind of exam in vector algebra :
ORAL16
Like the children of laborers in Exodus :
ISRAELBORN18
Ask "Whose work is 'The Raven'?" :
POSE19
Ref. work read back to front :
DEO20
Word a pen might scratch on a tide table :
NEAP21
Cash container for J.P. & Rita :
TIPJAR23
Psychoanalysis patients get theirs checked :
IDS24
Something to stare at in a garden :
ASTER26
Spanish train to cross an English river :
TRENT27
29
31
Bottle ___ (Dracula's alcohol purchase) :
OVINE33
34
37
41
43
Long "o" in "passcode" :
LOGON44
48
Capital where "love" is "amor" :
ROMA49
Did he run for office in India? :
NEHRU50
They sound like hassles for window washers :
PANES52
Tee or polo, initially :
TOP53
Shaq with 50 (it's a tie!) :
ONEALL55
Where philosopher John Stuart cuts wood :
MILL56
57
Spiel's conclusion :
BERG58
61
"That makes sense" :
ICEE62
Very much my sort of look :
SOME63
64
65
66
What a Twitter username does :
HASAT
Down
1
2
Go straight down the side oven :
NOSEDIVE3
An angry little sucker, by the sound of it :
ACROSTIC4
5
Hey, an African animal! :
HYENA6
Contents of de tackle box :
DEBATE7
8
Hairdryers are full of it :
AIR9
Temporarily gave up before Easter :
LENT10
Anti-Giant, in a New York sports rivalry :
PROJET11
Brand that competes with Aquafina and is a product of Coca-Cola :
DASANI12
15
17
Word seen in sales signs :
LESS22
Ida Tarbell or Ivana Trump :
ITGIRL25
28
30
Gun range org., in part :
NRA32
Amount of corn per cob :
EARFUL35
Rising in the distance :
RAF36
Raising cats and dogs :
STEP38
39
Foreign-language question for the comatose :
COMOESTA40
42
Made me a Japanese appetizer :
EDAMAME44
Role in a scene from "Quo Vadis" :
SENECA45
___ need to be more revenue to get out of ___ :
THERED46
Together at the airport :
UNITED47
A su__ __rstar ath__ __te :
PELE49
With 6-Across, result of a contract dispute :
NOBIG51
'S quite luxurious :
SLUSH54
What's taken from a flashlight for a flight :
LASH59
Who heard a French kiss :
MOI60
Concerning a star of "The Crying Game" :
REA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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