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Michael Lieberman
Kate Chin Park
NY Times, Sun, Oct 02, 2022 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
44-Down : Provoke a lendee
Author:
Michael Lieberman and Kate Chin Park
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 U | 3 P | 4 P | 5 O | 6 S | 7 E | | 8 C | 9 A | 10 R | 11 P | 12 E | 13 T |
14 D | I | S | A | R | R | A | Y | | 15 A | M | E | L | I | E |
16 R | E | U | S | A | B | L | E | | 17 S | A | T | U | R | N |
18 A | V | A | S | T | | 19 T | I | 20 M | E | Z | O | N | E | S |
21 Y | E | L | P | | 22 P | I | N | E | | 23 E | R | G | | |
| | | 24 O | 25 R | A | N | G | E | 26 S | | 27 T | E | 28 T | 29 E |
30 A | 31 P | 32 P | R | I | S | E | | 33 T | H | 34 Y | | 35 B | O | N |
36 D | E | L | T | A | S | | | | 37 R | A | 38 M | R | O | D |
39 D | E | A | | 40 L | E | 41 T | | 42 M | A | N | U | A | L | S |
43 S | K | I | 44 N | | 45 S | A | 46 Y | I | N | G | S | | | |
| | 47 N | E | 48 O | | 49 D | E | S | K | | 50 T | 51 A | 52 S | 53 K |
54 M | 55 A | T | E | R | 56 I | A | L | S | | 57 P | A | S | T | A |
58 A | S | I | D | E | S | | 59 L | I | 60 V | E | C | H | A | T |
61 T | E | F | L | O | N | | 62 O | V | E | R | H | E | R | E |
63 S | A | F | E | S | T | | 64 W | E | T | T | E | S | T | |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
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8
Pact re: floor covering :
CARPET14
15
Opposite of a "you" lie :
AMELIE16
Having a new function in the Blues Era :
REUSABLE17
It turns a fair distance from Jupiter :
SATURN18
Call to stop, as a TV pirate :
AVAST19
21
Place to review the old record album :
YELP22
Yearn for a conifer :
PINE23
24
27
Return of two aliens :
TETE30
33
Old possessive pronoun preceding me :
THY35
36
Salted river features :
DELTAS37
Computer memory stick :
RAMROD39
Ideal center for a narcotics org. :
DEA40
Allow an expletive, essentially :
LET42
43
Tattoo ink's target :
SKIN45
47
49
Place to work on code skills, in part :
DESK50
54
57
Like everything from B to Z :
PASTA58
Some remarks from daises :
ASIDES59
Five ethical means of online communication :
LIVECHAT61
It ensures that nothing's left on the pan :
TEFLON62
63
Celebration in Cape Town or Johannesburg: Abbr. :
SAFEST64
Down
1
"?madA ,etam ruoy s'ohW" :
SIEVE2
3
International pop star's need :
PASSPORT4
5
6
It's not a silent snack item to bite on :
SALTINE7
8
Classier alternates :
CASE9
Birth prep class starting on the 2nd :
AMAZE10
Commit another legal wrong :
RETORT11
Deep-cut item of lingerie causing a P.R. bungle :
PLUNGEBRA12
Backing an Iroquoian tribe :
EIRE13
14
20
22
Skips part of spas' sessions :
PASSES25
26
Right in the lower part of the leg :
SHRANK28
29
Transmit top to bottom :
ENDS30
Appends a dentist's degree :
ADDS31
32
34
Politico Andrew's lighter side :
YANG38
Part of a Groucho costume that has to hurt :
MUSTACHE41
Cry that's a tad boastful :
TADA42
Winner of the I.V.E. pageant :
MISSIVE44
46
48
Bic_lo_ _d co_kie_ :
OREOS51
52
First word in most articles :
START53
J. fasted, but ... :
KATE54
55
Most of a seat on a ship :
ASEA56
57
Lively bit of hypertext :
PERT60
Ex-G.I. in a sports car, say :
VET
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