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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jan 18, 2004 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
1-Down : They're less apt to be lost than paper clips
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
1 S | 2 A | 3 L | 4 A | 5 A | 6 M | 7 S | | 8 S | 9 A | 10 H | 11 A | 12 R | 13 A | 14 N |
15 T | S | E | L | I | O | T | | 16 I | M | O | G | E | N | E |
17 A | S | T | O | R | I | A | | 18 M | O | L | E | S | T | S |
19 P | A | I | N | S | | 20 S | 21 H | O | R | E | | 22 T | O | T |
23 L | U | T | E | | 24 T | H | A | N | E | | 25 P | A | I | L |
26 E | L | I | | 27 S | H | I | N | E | | 28 M | A | R | N | E |
29 S | T | A | 30 I | N | I | N | G | | 31 T | A | S | T | E | R |
| | | 32 S | O | N | G | S | 33 M | I | T | H | | | |
34 S | 35 A | 36 R | T | R | E | | 37 F | A | N | T | A | 38 I | 39 L | 40 S |
41 A | D | E | L | E | | 42 D | I | N | G | Y | | 43 N | I | L |
44 L | A | V | E | | 45 M | A | R | I | E | | 46 R | A | N | A |
47 A | M | E | | 48 R | O | G | E | T | | 49 B | O | N | E | S |
50 M | A | N | 51 N | I | N | G | | 52 O | 53 B | A | D | I | A | H |
54 I | N | G | R | A | T | E | | 55 B | U | R | E | T | T | E |
56 S | T | E | A | L | E | R | | 57 A | N | N | O | Y | E | D |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
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15
16
17
18
19
What a snip may cause :
PAINS20
No place for a sea horse :
SHORE22
23
Instrument of booty, so to speak :
LUTE24
25
Beyond the ___ (where the wet mop is?) :
PAIL26
Fellow in Celia's heart :
ELI27
28
France lost near 1,000 men here :
MARNE29
This ain't sign of cleanliness :
STAINING31
One who samples treats :
TASTER32
34
37
41
42
Dismal, like a battered fender? :
DINGY43
Ellen and I get nothing :
NIL44
45
46
47
48
He listed, e.g., rot, waste, decay, decomposition :
ROGET49
Skeletal parts in bombers :
BONES50
Staffing on a British isle? :
MANNING52
The O.T. had a bio of him :
OBADIAH54
He doesn't appreciate Tangier :
INGRATE55
It gives you better lab measures :
BURETTE56
He languishes in Tralee's gaol :
STEALER57
Down
1
They're less apt to be lost than paper clips :
STAPLES2
3
4
How O'Neal wants to be left :
ALONE5
They grow on the top of one's 'ead :
AIRS6
Me? To Pierre I'm nothing :
MOI7
8
"This is on me," says she :
SIMONE9
It's seen in Rome a lot :
AMORE10
Golfers like well-tended greens a ___ lot :
HOLE11
Competitor of a Maytag :
AGE12
AT&T errs on a computer function :
RESTART13
14
Who relents and gets cozy :
NESTLER21
Waits and puts burning candles on the wall :
HANGSFIRE24
25
Turkish official with dad's laugh :
PASHA27
Norse night music? :
SNORE28
30
It lets one make baskets :
ISTLE31
What you get in some color :
TINGE33
34
35
A mother insect is unrelenting :
ADAMANT36
It's never, e.g., pleasant :
REVENGE38
Foolishness, in a tiny way :
INANITY39
40
42
Dear Gigi: It wounds me ... :
DAGGER45
Card game that met no successful players :
MONTE46
Where cowboy was mounted on nothing :
RODEO48
It's worth more than a lira :
RIAL49
Keep "N" out of here :
BARN51
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Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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