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Mel Taub
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
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© 2004, The New York Times
Across
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Assam-L.A. greetings : SALAAMS
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Has Aran become barren? : SAHARAN
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Lottie's favorite poet : TSELIOT
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Men, i.e., go for her : IMOGENE
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Home to Sara, I gather : ASTORIA
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Bothers Tom less : MOLESTS
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What a snip may cause : PAINS
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No place for a sea horse : SHORE
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Kind of ally : TOT
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Instrument of booty, so to speak : LUTE
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Compoth mentith : THANE
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Beyond the ___ (where the wet mop is?) : PAIL
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Fellow in Celia's heart : ELI
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The glow he's in : SHINE
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France lost near 1,000 men here : MARNE
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This ain't sign of cleanliness : STAINING
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One who samples treats : TASTER
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"Anvil Chorus" performer? : SONGSMITH
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Rarest playwright : SARTRE
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Devotee followers? : FANTAILS
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A take-out girl : ADELE
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Dismal, like a battered fender? : DINGY
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Ellen and I get nothing : NIL
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Wash 50th St. : LAVE
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Woman I ream : MARIE
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Kind of muck : RANA
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Central Alameda : AME
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He listed, e.g., rot, waste, decay, decomposition : ROGET
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Skeletal parts in bombers : BONES
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Staffing on a British isle? : MANNING
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The O.T. had a bio of him : OBADIAH
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He doesn't appreciate Tangier : INGRATE
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It gives you better lab measures : BURETTE
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He languishes in Tralee's gaol : STEALER
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Gave Andy one big pain : ANNOYED
Down
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They're less apt to be lost than paper clips : STAPLES
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Attack a sailor, say : ASSAULT
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A-1 title for a girl : LETITIA
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How O'Neal wants to be left : ALONE
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They grow on the top of one's 'ead : AIRS
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Me? To Pierre I'm nothing : MOI
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Putting this snag away : STASHING
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"This is on me," says she : SIMONE
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It's seen in Rome a lot : AMORE
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Golfers like well-tended greens a ___ lot : HOLE
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Competitor of a Maytag : AGE
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AT&T errs on a computer function : RESTART
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He came in at one : ANTOINE
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Who relents and gets cozy : NESTLER
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Waits and puts burning candles on the wall : HANGSFIRE
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Opposite of fate : THINE
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Turkish official with dad's laugh : PASHA
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Norse night music? : SNORE
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Cousin of Paddy? : MATTY
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It lets one make baskets : ISTLE
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What you get in some color : TINGE
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Where a mob ain't : MANITOBA
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Alias Ms. Meats : SALAMIS
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A mother insect is unrelenting : ADAMANT
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It's never, e.g., pleasant : REVENGE
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Foolishness, in a tiny way : INANITY
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Striped like an "E" tile : LINEATE
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Hassled with a knife : SLASHED
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Dear Gigi: It wounds me ... : DAGGER
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Card game that met no successful players : MONTE
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Where cowboy was mounted on nothing : RODEO
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It's worth more than a lira : RIAL
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Keep "N" out of here : BARN
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Who ran a lobby? : NRA
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Gee preceder : BUN
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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