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Andrew Ries
NY Times, Sun, Sep 23, 2018 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
10-Across : Lutheran church center
Author:
Andrew Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27
1 M | 2 A | 3 R | 4 G | 5 A | 6 R | 7 I | 8 T | 9 A | | 10 R | 11 A | 12 N | 13 C | 14 H |
15 A | R | E | A | C | O | D | E | S | | 16 A | P | O | L | O |
17 D | O | U | B | T | L | E | S | S | | 18 P | E | T | A | L |
19 C | U | B | | 20 S | E | A | T | | 21 M | I | X | E | R | S |
22 A | S | E | 23 A | | 24 S | L | A | 25 T | E | D | | 26 P | I | T |
27 P | E | N | N | 28 E | | 29 S | T | I | R | | 30 S | A | N | E |
| | | 31 G | A | 32 L | | 33 E | N | G | 34 E | N | D | E | R |
35 C | 36 H | 37 E | L | S | E | 38 A | | 39 S | E | X | I | S | T | S |
40 H | O | N | E | Y | D | E | 41 W | | 42 R | I | P | | | |
43 O | L | D | S | | 44 G | R | A | 45 D | | 46 T | E | 47 S | 48 L | 49 A |
50 P | O | P | | 51 P | E | O | R | I | 52 A | | 53 D | O | O | R |
54 S | C | O | 55 P | E | S | | 56 Z | O | L | 57 A | | 58 N | U | N |
59 H | E | S | S | E | | 60 D | O | N | T | L | 61 E | A | V | E |
62 O | N | T | A | P | | 63 A | N | N | O | T | A | T | E | S |
64 P | E | S | T | S | | 65 T | E | E | N | S | T | A | R | S |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
10
Lutheran church center :
RANCH15
16
Oh no! A game on horseback :
APOLO17
18
P, Q, R, S, T ... :
PETAL19
Three-fifths of a cubit :
CUB20
Stewart's oddities :
SEAT21
22
__ __hor__'s __ntithesis :
ASEA24
26
What goes before the fall :
PIT27
___ pincher (one handling pasta) :
PENNE29
30
Outskirts of Saint Augustine :
SANE31
33
35
39
40
"___ we have any of that melon left?" :
HONEYDEW42
43
Car once sold by G.M. :
OLDS44
46
Big name in tales of electricity :
TESLA50
What Dad's root beer is, aptly :
POP51
Will one opera play there? :
PEORIA53
54
R feels overwhelmed, while ... :
SCOPES56
Writer in gonzo language :
ZOLA58
Bar ___ (dispenser of drinks in a convent) :
NUN59
Part of Germany involved in chess events :
HESSE60
Impossible request to a tree in the spring :
DONTLEAVE62
Available to strike lightly, after parts reversed :
ONTAP63
64
__ __rsi__ten__ one__ :
PESTS65
Young celebrities in a Sears tent :
TEENSTARS
Down
1
Headgear for Alfred E. Neuman :
MADCAP2
Build, as euro interest :
AROUSE3
Sandwich you can burn with ease :
REUBEN4
5
Performs in "Cats," e.g. :
ACTS6
"Tootsie" ___ (parts in a sweet Dustin Hoffman film) :
ROLES7
They're perfect ladies :
IDEALS8
9
10
Like a pace that's the opposite of a drip :
RAPID11
12
Writing aids that are pasted on :
NOTEPADS13
One central instrument in an orchestra :
CLARINET14
21
Bessemer/Gerber business combination :
MERGER23
25
Me__al conta__ __er__ :
TINS28
Like getting a yes from a sycophant :
EASY30
Criticized what I spend :
SNIPED32
Outer parts - 50 outer parts :
LEDGES34
Former chaser in tag :
EXIT35
36
Echelon "0" of a geologic time :
HOLOCENE37
Shut down Washington's main newspapers :
ENDPOSTS38
Green ___ (sleek superhero) :
AERO41
Battleground that Ezra won :
WARZONE45
She can be found in Burundi on New Year's :
DIONNE47
Musical piece written not as a vocal composition :
SONATA48
Vent at a museum with a switch at the end :
LOUVER49
Quality of the letter after "cue" :
ARNESS51
Tiny complaints from one's friends :
PEEPS52
55
Exam that college-bound students get past :
PSAT57
Last figs. for pilots :
ALTS60
Pronoun that's a tad informal :
DAT61
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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