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Joel Fagliano
Joel Fagliano

NY Times, Sun Sep 3, 2023 Puns and Anagrams

52-Across : Like kids growing up with smartphones these days

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
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© 2023, The New York Times

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Across
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Cleaned, as wet pups : SWEPTUP
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6-Down, in the morning : AMUSE
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Cranium : HEADCASE
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Compensate a prey : REPAY
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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
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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
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Where air goes in a plunger : LUNG
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Great helps in communicating, once : TELEGRAPHS
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Mr. Dent, the scholar : STU
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Output of my coed improv group : COMEDY
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It's win or lose, and nothing in between : WOOL
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He'd follow extraterrestrials coming and going : TEETHED
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Skip from D to F : PASSE
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A pen + a sleeping problem : APNEA
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Like kids growing up with smartphones these days : APPRAISED
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What police scan back and forth : RADAR
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Marine mammal found near Ore. state : SEAOTTER
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One of three letters that can follow SPUR to make a new word : SNORT
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Quality of a laugh sound : HARNESS
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Major figure in tennis ere Nadal : SERENA
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Where a former chief justice keeps rabbits : WARREN
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Turn the tide : EDIT
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Potato chips, pound cake, paper cups, etc. : PCS
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State without borders : TAT
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Employ some evergreens, say : USE
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Dopier stop sign : PERIOD
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A ram in early spring, initially : ARIES
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See 19-Down : META
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View a 2009 Pixar film on Disney+ : UPSTREAM
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See harem likewise : SAMEHERE
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Things you hate to see - yes or no? : EYESORES
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"People who can't name Vietnam's capital really ___ me" : HANOI
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Place to search online for cherries : BING
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With 9-Down, up and at 'em : DNA
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No more than pout : UPTO
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Beginner with a fin : NAIF
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Like lint, yes, but also trendy clothes : INSTYLE
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Ms. C who mixes well : TONI
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West Philly : PHI
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Wake up in jail : STIR
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B★seba★★ standouts : ALLSTARS
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Vessel for preparing tuna, peas, etc. : SAUTEPAN
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Oblique remark like "end union" : INNUENDO
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Choke on a joke : GAG
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The gardener, what did he do? : HOED
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Like omelets, e.g. - gee, why? : EGGY
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Where the needle on a gas gauge moves : TOE
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Mashed- : EMDASH
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Looks for singer Tom, e.g. : AWAITS
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What some sheriffs nearly possess : POSSES
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Hero's opposite in Canada : HOSER
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__ __id__ __ownhill : SLED
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Works by Chagall and Chihuly : CHART
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Rate drop : TEAR
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A pet hors d'oeuvre : PATE
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Speak endlessly : PEA
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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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