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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Aug 10, 2010 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
28-Across : Any wonder it's celebrated?
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
| 1 C | 2 R | 3 E | 4 E | 5 L | 6 S | | 7 S | 8 T | 9 A | 10 R | 11 E | 12 R | |
13 F | O | U | L | T | I | P | | 14 T | H | I | N | N | E | 15 R |
16 E | N | S | L | A | V | E | | 17 R | E | T | A | S | T | E |
18 E | D | S | E | L | | 19 C | 20 L | A | M | S | | 21 N | R | A |
22 L | O | I | N | | 23 D | I | A | N | E | | 24 R | A | I | L |
25 E | N | A | | 26 T | I | M | I | D | | 27 M | O | R | A | L |
28 R | E | N | 29 O | W | N | E | D | | 30 N | A | M | E | L | Y |
| | | 31 S | I | G | N | A | 32 T | U | R | E | | | |
33 A | 34 L | 35 B | A | N | Y | | 36 N | A | T | I | O | 37 N | 38 A | 39 L |
40 F | O | R | G | E | | 41 P | E | N | T | A | | 42 A | V | A |
43 F | L | E | E | | 44 D | O | G | G | Y | | 45 C | R | E | W |
46 O | L | E | | 47 S | I | E | G | E | | 48 J | E | R | R | Y |
49 R | A | D | 50 I | A | N | T | | 51 N | 52 E | O | N | A | T | E |
53 D | R | E | D | G | E | R | | 54 T | W | I | T | T | E | R |
| 55 D | R | E | A | R | Y | | 56 S | E | N | S | E | D | |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Length of a very long movie about fish baskets :
CREELS7
One a cop might arrest at a peep show :
STARER13
Rotten bit of batting advice :
FOULTIP14
16
17
What to do if you see tart again :
RETASTE18
19
See two gulf states for seafood :
CLAMS21
Charlton Heston ran for president of this: Abbr. :
NRA22
What Brooklyn students do :
LOIN23
She's with Edna, I gather :
DIANE24
___ whey (B&O dairy product) :
RAIL25
26
Reticent to say, upon reflection, "D-! I'm it!" :
TIMID27
Maxim of Mr. Lao Tzu :
MORAL28
30
Laymen, that is to say :
NAMELY31
"U. S. Grant," i.e., at the bottom of a letter :
SIGNATURE33
36
40
Move ahead in favor of General Electric :
FORGE41
Start for five-and-ten in Pa. :
PENTA42
43
Run away from Mr. Bailey :
FLEE44
Jeez, why do I want this little canine? :
DOGGY45
Workers with headless fastener :
CREW46
47
Gee, is this any way to win a battle? :
SIEGE48
49
51
53
54
Service that lets you write "tease" to friends :
TWITTER55
Like the Dry Era, to drinkers :
DREARY56
Down
1
2
3
Two letters read aloud for a girl :
ELLEN4
5
6
7
8
It tells me the subject :
THEME9
10
Bernard's heart, genetically :
RNA11
Arrange an erne's capture :
ENSNARE12
13
Tentative proposal from ref Lee :
FEELER15
No kidding, as to friend :
REALLY20
23
Dull-colored, with lots of dents :
DINGY24
26
27
For Irma, a girlfriend :
MARIA29
River that goes a long way through Missouri :
OSAGE30
Why you with TNT would be crazy :
NUTTY32
33
A H-Henry or a H-Harrison :
AFFORD34
One who praised the Lord all the time :
LOLLARD35
Stallion that could turn beer red :
BREEDER37
What a ranter might do to a story :
NARRATE38
39
Wearily I may leave the court :
LAWYER41
Some literature to print or type :
POETRY44
45
See tens of coins :
CENTS47
48
Enlist in banjoing :
JOIN50
Keep under one's 'at :
IDE52
Farm animal you heard :
EWE
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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