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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jan 05, 2003 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
9-Down : Five-hole dwelling
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 E | 5 A | 6 M | 7 S | | 8 S | 9 H | 10 E | 11 A | 12 R | 13 E | 14 D |
15 T | A | U | N | T | O | N | | 16 T | O | R | N | A | D | O |
17 E | X | T | R | E | M | E | | 18 A | V | I | G | N | O | N |
19 A | C | T | O | N | | 20 A | 21 L | L | E | N | | 22 A | M | A |
23 M | O | I | L | | 24 S | K | O | A | L | | 25 S | M | I | T |
26 E | D | E | | 27 O | W | I | N | G | | 28 S | H | O | T | E |
29 D | E | R | 30 I | D | I | N | G | | 31 S | L | A | K | E | D |
| | | 32 S | I | N | G | L | 33 E | T | O | N | | | |
34 P | 35 U | 36 R | S | U | E | | 37 I | C | E | B | E | 38 R | 39 G | 40 S |
41 I | L | I | U | M | | 42 A | V | O | W | S | | 43 A | R | P |
44 V | A | S | E | | 45 A | B | E | T | S | | 46 A | R | A | L |
47 O | L | E | | 48 B | R | A | D | Y | | 49 B | L | I | N | I |
50 T | U | S | 51 S | L | E | S | | 52 P | 53 O | L | I | T | I | C |
54 E | M | U | L | A | T | E | | 55 E | D | U | C | A | T | E |
56 D | E | P | O | S | E | D | | 57 S | E | R | E | N | E | R |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
8
Met radical was given a haircut :
SHEARED15
Town that Bay Staters mock :
TAUNTON16
It's too darn destructive :
TORNADO17
Mex. tree is near the limit :
EXTREME18
Where Frenchmen in van go :
AVIGNON19
Follow, as advice in canto :
ACTON20
Filmmaker in bifocal lenses :
ALLEN22
23
24
25
26
27
What G.I. won is outstanding :
OWING28
He's to stay in sty: Var. :
SHOTE29
31
32
34
Chase, according to Grafton? :
PURSUE37
They have tips for scribe, e.g. :
ICEBERGS41
Hector's milieu, mostly :
ILIUM42
Promises a VW - so? :
AVOWS43
'eavenly instrument :
ARP44
In which to save tulips :
VASE45
46
___ Flynn (sea man) :
ARAL47
Oil of ___ (bullfighter's cream) :
OLE48
He took historic photos by D.A.R. :
BRADY49
They come in 1-lb. pancakes :
BLINI50
52
54
Flightless bird not on time :
EMULATE55
Succeed with student due A, etc. :
EDUCATE56
Stopped sitting for an artist? :
DEPOSED57
___ Williams (calmer tennis star) :
SERENER
Down
1
2
Do exact April payments using this :
TAXCODE3
Truer, it is also more groovy :
RUTTIER4
5
An X-rated solar disk :
ATEN6
She's a wow upside-down :
MOM7
8
9
Five-hole dwelling :
HOVEL10
In re Julia Roberts role :
ERIN11
12
What Mark, on a tear, did :
RANAMOK13
14
21
24
What is new at the pen? :
SWINE25
He's an Alan Ladd hero :
SHANE27
Hatred of M.D., oui? :
ODIUM28
Would several pounds' loss be noticed on them? :
SLOBS30
To sue is point of contention :
ISSUE31
Meals for old flight attendants :
STEWS33
Scope, yet, of environmental groups :
ECOTYPES34
35
36
38
In Arran it does not flow :
RARITAN39
40
He may see perils of joining :
SPLICER42
Made Abe sad and humble :
ABASED45
Ridge with a tree :
ARETE46
Alter ego of Celia :
ALICE48
Ted's predecessor is Gil :
BLAS49
Ted's predecessor is hard to see :
BLUR51
Traffic sign in Los Angeles :
SLO53
Debtor's favorite poem? :
ODE
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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