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Joel Fagliano
Joel Fagliano

NY Times, Sun Sep 3, 2023 Puns and Anagrams

47-Across : It's win or lose, and nothing in between

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36
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© 2023, The New York Times
Across
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Cleaned, as wet pups : SWEPTUP
8
6-Down, in the morning : AMUSE
13
Cranium : HEADCASE
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Compensate a prey : REPAY
15
One saving a Brit's rear in court : BARRISTER
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Answer to "Who's there?," at times : ITSME
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Like chemical compounds such as niter : INERT
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Thinks of dates, i.e. : IDEATES
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9 - 1 + 0 = 0 : NONE
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They bring us in on labor discussions : UNIONS
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Row for an audience : RHO
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Look for a fishing spot by the sound : PEER
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Man completely engrossed by hypnotist : OTIS
29
Post online a recording of Cher : SHARE
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Is__ __ __d of Haw__ __i : LANAI
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How a mystic greets a soldier : YOGI
38
Where air goes in a plunger : LUNG
39
Great helps in communicating, once : TELEGRAPHS
45
Mr. Dent, the scholar : STU
46
Output of my coed improv group : COMEDY
47
It's win or lose, and nothing in between : WOOL
48
He'd follow extraterrestrials coming and going : TEETHED
50
Skip from D to F : PASSE
51
A pen + a sleeping problem : APNEA
52
Like kids growing up with smartphones these days : APPRAISED
56
What police scan back and forth : RADAR
57
Marine mammal found near Ore. state : SEAOTTER
58
One of three letters that can follow SPUR to make a new word : SNORT
59
Quality of a laugh sound : HARNESS
Down
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Major figure in tennis ere Nadal : SERENA
2
Where a former chief justice keeps rabbits : WARREN
3
Turn the tide : EDIT
4
Potato chips, pound cake, paper cups, etc. : PCS
5
State without borders : TAT
6
Employ some evergreens, say : USE
7
Dopier stop sign : PERIOD
8
A ram in early spring, initially : ARIES
9
See 19-Down : META
10
View a 2009 Pixar film on Disney+ : UPSTREAM
11
See harem likewise : SAMEHERE
12
Things you hate to see - yes or no? : EYESORES
13
"People who can't name Vietnam's capital really ___ me" : HANOI
15
Place to search online for cherries : BING
19
With 9-Down, up and at 'em : DNA
21
No more than pout : UPTO
22
Beginner with a fin : NAIF
23
Like lint, yes, but also trendy clothes : INSTYLE
26
Ms. C who mixes well : TONI
27
West Philly : PHI
29
Wake up in jail : STIR
30
B★seba★★ standouts : ALLSTARS
31
Vessel for preparing tuna, peas, etc. : SAUTEPAN
32
Oblique remark like "end union" : INNUENDO
33
Choke on a joke : GAG
34
The gardener, what did he do? : HOED
35
Like omelets, e.g. - gee, why? : EGGY
39
Where the needle on a gas gauge moves : TOE
40
Mashed- : EMDASH
41
Looks for singer Tom, e.g. : AWAITS
42
What some sheriffs nearly possess : POSSES
43
Hero's opposite in Canada : HOSER
44
__ __id__ __ownhill : SLED
46
Works by Chagall and Chihuly : CHART
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Rate drop : TEAR
50
A pet hors d'oeuvre : PATE
53
Speak endlessly : PEA
54
Average Pennsylvania Republican : PAR
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Guy who has Pat's back : RON
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.

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