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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Aug 21, 2011 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
60-Across : Offspring of many fodders
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35
| 1 W | 2 R | 3 I | 4 T | 5 E | 6 U | 7 P | | 8 H | 9 A | 10 S | 11 P | 12 S | |
13 S | E | E | N | I | N | T | O | | 14 A | L | A | R | M | 15 S |
16 I | N | J | U | R | I | E | S | | 17 M | A | D | E | I | T |
18 S | T | O | R | E | D | | 19 I | 20 S | M | S | | 21 S | T | E |
22 A | B | I | E | | | 23 A | T | T | Y | | 24 K | A | T | E |
25 L | A | C | | 26 M | 27 A | N | S | E | | 28 A | U | G | E | R |
| 29 D | E | 30 F | E | C | T | | 31 W | 32 A | R | D | E | N | S |
| | | 33 L | A | M | E | | 34 A | L | D | O | | | |
35 S | 36 C | 37 O | U | T | E | D | | 38 R | O | O | S | 39 T | 40 S | |
41 L | A | N | K | Y | | 42 A | 43 L | D | E | R | | 44 H | I | 45 S |
46 O | N | L | Y | | 47 O | T | I | S | | | 48 S | E | C | T |
49 O | D | E | | 50 A | L | E | S | | 51 I | 52 N | T | A | K | E |
53 P | L | A | 54 N | E | S | | 55 T | 56 H | R | E | A | T | E | N |
57 S | E | V | E | R | E | | 58 E | M | E | R | G | E | N | T |
| 59 S | E | T | O | N | | 60 D | O | D | D | E | R | S | |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Pure wit in author's account :
WRITEUP8
Fasteners one has as an afterthought :
HASPS13
14
16
17
Succeeded with ad time :
MADEIT18
19
21
One revered by Auguste, in the end :
STE22
Man with undergraduate degree, that is :
ABIE23
One who's chatty a lot with clients :
ATTY24
Take Prince William's bride, for example :
KATE25
26
Where to find clerical names :
MANSE28
Argue it could be boring :
AUGER29
Flaw found at 600 feet :
DEFECT31
33
34
Italian guy in legal document :
ALDO35
38
On which birds relax torsos :
ROOSTS41
Tall and thin like Ellen Kay :
LANKY42
Tree held dearly? Why not! :
ALDER44
46
Just the insides of nylons :
ONLY47
Oh, it's the elevator guy :
OTIS48
Branch seen in intersection :
SECT49
Central model of a poem :
ODE50
51
Water added to tank, i.e. :
INTAKE53
55
57
Like the weather on Everest, endlessly :
SEVERE58
Greet men who are newly independent :
EMERGENT59
60
Offspring of many fodders :
DODDERS
Down
1
2
3
Get used to U.N. ire :
INURE4
Become bored with Michelin, e.g. :
TIRE5
6
7
Presumes where Spot is :
POSITS8
9
Regretful word a Scottish miss heard :
ALAS10
11
12
13
Source of Lisa's rope :
SISAL15
20
They manage things when stars wed :
STEWARDS23
The day poker players kicked in :
ANTEDATE24
At dusk, nothing but praise :
KUDOS26
27
28
30
Lucky to go by plane around Britain :
FLUKY32
Even parts of Karl Rove may be soothing :
ALOE35
They sailed to Oslo: Sp. :
SLOOPS36
Send Elsie a few for her cake :
CANDLES37
A novel 'e produced while away :
ONLEAVE39
40
Disgusts or makes fatter, as the lisper might say :
SICKENS43
51 Teds in the phone book :
LISTED45
Surgical tube in tents :
STENT47
Noel's other name :
OLSEN48
Place that gets a hand :
STAGE50
51
How one might feel after being taken for a ride :
IRED52
54
56
Insurance provider for Dr. Ohm :
HMO
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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