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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Sep 10, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
19-Across : _ _lloween fi_ure_
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 R | 2 E | 3 S | 4 H | 5 A | 6 P | 7 E | | 8 L | 9 U | 10 G | 11 E | 12 R | |
13 C | O | M | P | E | T | E | S | | 14 O | K | A | P | I | 15 S |
16 A | P | P | A | R | E | N | T | | 17 D | E | R | I | V | E |
18 M | E | R | T | O | N | | 19 H | 20 A | G | S | | 21 T | U | T |
22 I | D | E | S | | | 23 P | E | T | E | | 24 M | O | L | T |
25 S | I | S | | 26 A | 27 L | E | R | T | | 28 C | A | M | E | L |
29 E | N | S | 30 U | R | E | D | | 31 A | 32 T | H | L | E | T | E |
| | | 33 N | E | V | I | | 34 C | H | A | T | | | |
35 P | 36 R | 37 O | S | A | I | C | | 38 H | O | R | A | 39 T | 40 I | 41 O |
42 A | U | R | A | S | | 43 U | 44 S | E | R | S | | 45 A | M | P |
46 L | I | L | Y | | 47 B | R | E | D | | | 48 D | U | P | E |
49 A | N | A | | 50 B | E | E | S | | 51 S | 52 H | A | R | O | N |
53 C | O | N | 54 S | U | L | | 55 T | 56 E | L | E | V | I | S | E |
57 E | U | D | O | R | A | | 58 E | X | A | M | I | N | E | R |
| 59 S | O | U | P | Y | | 60 T | E | M | P | T | E | D | |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Change, as a cube into a sphere :
RESHAPE8
Gun for a sledder :
LUGER13
14
Animals rarely seen in Pisa, O.K.? :
OKAPIS16
17
Draw from de river, mostly :
DERIVE18
Mentor for author Thomas :
MERTON19
_ _lloween fi_ure_ :
HAGS21
Boy king's admonition :
TUT22
Day on which Caesar dies :
IDES23
24
25
Girl winding up in analysis :
SIS26
28
Transport for Elsie Mae :
CAMEL29
31
33
Beauty marks on a vine :
NEVI34
Talk starting in Chattanooga :
CHAT35
38
Member of Rho Iota fraternity :
HORATIO42
43
What suers are vis-à-vis courts :
USERS45
46
Tiny club for a girl :
LILY47
48
49
50
51
53
55
How to display a summer shirt worn around jeans :
TELEVISE57
58
59
60
Sen. Cruz at a per diem job :
TEMPTED
Down
1
2
3
4
Who's memorialized on that woman's ring :
HERO5
Egyptian deity on a sawbuck :
ATEN6
7
There's an Old Testament book :
ESTHER8
House that's big in Boston :
LODGE9
10
Kind of presidential field :
GAR11
Perfect example of Poe time :
EPITOME12
13
Loose garment with a seam I see :
CAMISE15
Article taken from Seattle :
SETTLE20
23
24
Ice cream drink on a Mediterranean land :
MALTA26
The Aare's regions :
AREAS27
28
What a fiery crash does :
CHARS30
Retract any U.S. statement :
UNSAY32
35
36
Catastrophic, as our U.N. is :
RUINOUS37
Shakespeare character who's a lord, no? :
ORLANDO39
40
"I'm not photographed naturally" :
IMPOSED41
44
47
Stop at Ivy League school 'B' on the way back :
BELAY48
#1 TV ad for crane :
DAVIT50
What a baby might do after a back rub and the start of a pat :
BURP51
Criticize harshly, as alms :
SLAM52
What might be hidden from the M.P.s :
HEMP54
Small amount from the U.S.O. :
SOU56
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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