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Andrew Ries
Andrew Ries

NY Times, Sun, Aug 25, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

55-Across : Leakage from 500 tears

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
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P
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
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Well-liked yew tree found outside : POPULAR
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Sign of spices : PISCES
14
One name for a windflower : ANEMONE
15
Sprinted by a Spartan : RANPAST
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Finds a new actress : RECASTS
17
Can rate an old encyclopedia : ENCARTA
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Rest in situ : SIT
19
Chest for some computer whizzes : TECHS
21
D<-->N? : ADORN
22
Ebb tide : EDIT
24
Take Eliot to court : SUETS
26
Returning late : ETAL
27
Once a common way to cross a lake : CANOE
29
Old performance : EXACT
31
Direction in Senegal : ENE
32
Leader in Washington : WAS
34
Recommended years for a General Electric stove : AGERANGE
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ENTURY : LONGTIMENOSEE
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So, a Neill role on old TV : LOISLANE
40
Cross nothing with a fork : TOY
41
Jack of ___ trades (leatherworker) : AWL
42
Electronic dust particle : EMOTE
44
How a bird eats amounts on a farm : PECKS
48
Hiding place announced for money : CASH
50
Before the afterthought of a letter : PREPS
52
Tam, toque or turban : THAT
53
Put niter underground : INTER
55
Leakage from 500 tears : DRIPS
57
B__lloon f__lle__ : AIR
58
Fairness in French etail, e.g. : EGALITE
60
Sanction silence : LICENSE
62
Casual footwear with ripples : SLIPPER
63
An ogre's sources of vitamin C : ORANGES
64
Stiffened and nested : TENSED
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H I J ... Z : GENDERS
Down
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Are space distances measured with this unit? : PARSEC
2
Among Progressive Era first ladies, there were two Ediths and ___ : ONEIDA
3
See inept person use this to make preserves : PECTIN
4
Th__r__ __n of Hollywood : UMA
5
Onetime TV drama set in the Pueblo State : LOST
6
Nate's stakes : ANTES
7
Secure, as from dire peril : RESCUE
8
Criticize a Greek god : PAN
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Tin can with its sides removed : INCA
10
Tool that's been fixed, say : SPADE
11
Nutrient for young bodies, said to be part of the ___ gets : CAROTENE
12
Make someone's anger set in : ESTRANGE
13
Leanest Marvel legend : STANLEE
15
Amount of sleep : RESTAGE
20
Three Amex mentions in six syllables : HEXAMETER
23
Villages toward every direction but east : TOWNS
25
Heaven ___ (angel's perfume) : SCENT
28
You would have to leave this league player in Philadelphia : EAGLE
30
Weak tea coming up : TROOP
33
Po__ __ __ge albu__ __art : STAMP
35
So far, to Yeats : ASYET
36
Now-legal photographer's perspective : LOWANGLE
37
Spot where one toils in a garage : OILSTAIN
38
Where the state abbreviations OR and DE can be found : INORDER
39
Most frilly elastic : LACIEST
43
Ending part in "Leaves of Grass," initially : EPILOG
45
Coins in plastic hangers : CHANGE
46
A skier who led Germany once : KAISER
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Asserts without a backup : STRESS
49
Assists most of the LPs : HELPS
51
Pier's high point : SPIRE
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Like ideal vegetables, per one grocer : RIPE
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What checkout clerks do to cans : SCAN
59
Odd trend : TED
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Closure of AT&T : END
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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