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Joel Fagliano
NY Times, Sun, Jul 31, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
67-Across : Made plans for evidence in a paternity suit
Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
1 C | 2 O | 3 V | 4 E | 5 R | 6 A | 7 L | 8 L | 9 S | | 10 S | 11 P | 12 O | 13 R | 14 T |
15 A | R | E | N | A | R | O | C | K | | 16 W | I | P | E | R |
17 F | I | R | S | T | L | A | D | Y | | 18 A | N | I | S | E |
19 T | O | T | | 20 S | E | T | | 21 L | 22 E | T | T | U | C | E |
23 A | L | E | 24 S | | 25 S | H | 26 E | I | K | H | | 27 M | U | M |
28 N | E | X | U | 29 S | | 30 E | R | N | E | S | | 31 D | I | O |
| | | 32 B | I | 33 R | D | I | E | S | | 34 M | E | N | S |
35 S | 36 I | 37 M | I | L | E | | | | 38 B | 39 R | I | N | G | S |
40 A | N | O | N | | 41 P | 42 A | 43 R | 44 T | Y | O | N | | | |
45 M | T | V | | 46 P | A | R | E | R | | 47 T | O | 48 R | 49 S | 50 O |
51 S | E | E | | 52 L | I | M | B | I | 53 C | | 54 R | E | P | S |
55 P | R | O | 56 V | E | R | B | | 57 B | O | 58 N | | 59 V | I | M |
60 A | P | N | E | A | | 61 A | 62 M | E | R | I | 63 C | A | N | O |
64 D | O | T | E | S | | 65 N | I | C | K | N | A | M | E | S |
66 E | L | O | P | E | | 67 D | N | A | S | A | M | P | L | E |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
10
15
16
Wery wenomous snake :
WIPER17
18
Flavor dominant in absinthe :
ANISE19
20
Actors use this somewhat :
SET21
___ spray (devout farmer's crop application) :
LETTUCE23
They're for sale at a bar :
ALES25
Leader who sounds stylish :
SHEIKH27
28
Link between ex-Sun teammates :
NEXUS30
Birds in higher nests :
ERNES31
Italian god with Rama :
DIO32
34
35
"I smile as bright as the sun," e.g. :
SIMILE38
40
Abbr. on an unattributed quote :
ANON41
Why patron will continue to celebrate :
PARTYON45
Channel showing Mt. Vesuvius, for short :
MTV46
Rare pea cutting tool :
PARER47
51
52
Kind of system I climb :
LIMBIC54
Parts of workouts on Capitol Hill :
REPS55
Produce, protect or prolong :
PROVERB57
59
Energy used by a gravimeter :
VIM60
Sleeping disorder for an ape :
APNEA61
64
Is nice to Ed's grandkids :
DOTES65
66
Run away with an easy gait, online :
ELOPE67
Made plans for evidence in a paternity suit :
DNASAMPLE
Down
1
What a cat fan might wear :
CAFTAN2
End of a threat from a Spanish soccer fan :
ORIOLE3
Peak looking over Texas' interior :
VERTEX4
5
6
7
8
Screen choice for Elsie D. :
LCD9
There's nothing like N.Y.'s :
SKYLINE10
What esses produced by mowers are :
SWATHS11
Offering from a tap in taverns :
PINT12
13
14
22
Barely manages, whether it be keys or otherwise :
EKESBY24
Replace buns I lost :
SUBIN26
29
33
34
Not an adult coal worker, so to speak :
MINOR35
Fictional detective who made saps confess :
SAMSPADE36
Topliner in world law enforcement :
INTERPOL37
Tackle next, as the moon vote :
MOVEONTO39
42
Sleeve accouterment for a drab man :
ARMBAND43
#173 for Robt. E. Lee :
REB44
Manhattan neighborhood where a cab tire is fixed :
TRIBECA46
Make happy while asleep :
PLEASE48
Fill time onstage again :
REVAMP49
Gem found among 50 pines :
SPINEL50
Absorb slowly, as some O's :
OSMOSE53
They're more buoyant than rocks :
CORKS56
One seen in fifty-five episodes on HBO :
VEEP58
First in an old nautical trio :
NINA62
What thinks endlessly :
MIN63
It films every other claim :
CAM
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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