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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Sep 25, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
58-Across : Classes on the Iran mess
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 P | 2 R | 3 A | 4 I | 5 S | 6 E | 7 D | | 8 F | 9 I | 10 E | 11 L | 12 D | |
13 S | H | A | N | G | H | A | I | | 14 A | D | W | A | R | 15 E |
16 H | A | N | G | O | U | T | S | | 17 B | O | W | S | E | R |
18 A | S | S | E | R | T | | 19 C | 20 A | L | L | | 21 C | A | R |
22 S | E | A | R | | | 23 C | U | R | E | | 24 M | A | M | A |
25 T | I | C | | 26 B | 27 O | A | S | T | | 28 C | O | L | O | N |
29 A | N | K | 30 L | E | T | S | | 31 I | 32 C | E | L | A | N | D |
| | | 33 O | A | T | H | | 34 S | O | D | A | | | |
35 P | 36 H | 37 A | N | T | O | M | | 38 T | H | E | R | 39 M | 40 O | 41 S |
42 R | A | V | E | S | | 43 E | 44 M | E | N | D | | 45 A | R | I |
46 O | V | E | R | | 47 E | R | O | S | | | 48 P | R | A | T |
49 B | E | N | | 50 A | V | E | R | | 51 L | 52 O | L | I | T | A |
53 E | N | G | 54 A | G | E | | 55 A | 56 N | I | M | A | T | O | R |
57 D | O | E | S | I | N | | 58 S | E | M | I | N | A | R | S |
| 59 T | R | A | N | S | | 60 S | T | A | T | E | L | Y | |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
8
13
14
Antivirus target in a D.E.A. war :
ADWARE16
17
Dog's name that could hardly be worse :
BOWSER18
19
With 46-Across, beckon a devotee of President Coolidge :
CALL21
22
23
24
Woman with two master's :
MAMA25
26
"My boat's bigger than yours," e.g. :
BOAST28
29
Some bands of ants and elk :
ANKLETS31
33
34
35
38
Mothers use it for hot coffee :
THERMOS42
Vera's great reviews :
RAVES43
Boss, bitter or brace :
EMEND45
46
47
One in the roster of Greek gods :
EROS48
Kind of fall into a trap :
PRAT49
Papal start of an edict :
BEN50
One block from Ave. Q :
AVER51
53
Forerunner of O gauge, it's said :
ENGAGE55
57
58
59
Rants about one who's undergone a sex change :
TRANS60
Like mansions in New York, Arizona, etc. :
STATELY
Down
1
Gradually start with ash and pine :
PHASEIN2
Turn ark's can upside down :
RANSACK3
4
He came of age from Georgia :
IGOR5
6
What you do with meat, mostly :
EAT7
8
In brief, a blessed story :
FABLE9
___ thought ("I wish I were a superstar," e.g.) :
IDOL10
11
A Callas performance venue :
LASCALA12
13
Cry for Nick and Nora's dog to be quiet :
SHASTA15
Something for a darner to run :
ERRAND20
23
Fabric that, when its sides are reversed, is just money :
CASHMERE24
Kind of support, switching left and right :
MOLAR26
27
Boy going up and down :
OTTO28
Said to be positioned well in a tournament :
CEDED30
32
Ice Cream ___ (Marc or Roy's signature frozen treat) :
COHN35
In favor of a place to sleep :
PROBED36
37
Raven, e.g., who exacts retribution :
AVENGER39
For L.A. Ram, it is a kind of bliss :
MARITAL40
To a Laborite ___, it's speechmaking :
ORATORY41
They're played on stairs in India :
SITARS44
Sticky situation for Mr. Sosa :
MORASS47
Seven is not among them :
EVENS48
50
Opposed to gittin' older :
AGIN51
Where mail is sorted in Peru :
LIMA52
Start of a hymn to a school in Cambridge :
OMIT54
56
Ten cents profit, perhaps :
NET
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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