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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Oct 22, 2006 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
26-Down : Tie P's in glass tube
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 C | 2 A | 3 R | 4 C | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | | 8 P | 9 E | 10 E | 11 R | 12 S | |
13 F | A | R | O | U | C | H | E | | 14 I | N | L | E | T | 15 S |
16 I | M | M | O | R | T | A | L | | 17 C | O | M | B | A | T |
18 N | E | R | T | S | | 19 V | E | 20 N | T | S | | 21 A | T | A |
22 A | R | E | S | | 23 M | E | N | U | S | | 24 S | T | I | R |
25 L | O | S | | 26 P | A | R | E | D | | 27 A | T | E | S | T |
28 E | N | T | 29 A | I | L | S | | 30 E | 31 S | C | O | R | T | S |
| | | 32 S | P | A | | | | 33 C | U | M | | | |
34 D | 35 I | 36 S | C | E | R | 37 N | | 38 C | A | R | A | 39 C | 40 A | 41 S |
42 A | L | L | O | T | | 43 A | 44 R | E | N | A | | 45 O | U | T |
46 S | L | I | T | | 47 T | R | A | N | S | | 48 A | L | D | O |
49 H | U | P | | 50 T | A | C | I | T | | 51 A | L | L | I | N |
52 E | S | P | 53 I | A | L | | 54 S | I | 55 M | U | L | A | T | E |
56 S | E | E | N | T | O | | 57 E | M | I | R | A | T | E | S |
| 58 D | R | A | I | N | | 59 D | E | L | A | Y | E | D | |
© 2006, The New York Times
Across
1
Body with a hundred scars :
CARCASS8
Looks of noblemen :
PEERS13
14
16
17
18
Stern expression of distaste :
NERTS19
Openings at 5 & 10's :
VENTS21
22
23
Lists for U.S. men :
MENUS24
25
The Sun heading west :
LOS26
Trimmed the drape :
PARED27
Determiner of nuke's state :
ATEST28
30
32
33
With an emcee and you :
CUM34
38
42
43
Place near a sporting event :
ARENA45
46
47
48
49
50
51
Spent in goal line :
ALLIN52
Observation of El País :
ESPIAL54
56
57
Lands with an Arab master, i.e. :
EMIRATES58
59
Down
1
2
Smarter place to put your elbow :
ARMREST3
4
What barkers at U.S.C. are :
CURS5
6
Srs. have beardless faces by using these :
SHAVERS7
Any eels in representation of the moon :
SELENE8
Ancients from Britain or from tropics :
PICTS9
This one's Adam's grandson :
ENOS10
11
One who returns part of rare bet :
REBATER12
It's AT&T's government theorist :
STATIST13
"Grand" thing in flea circus :
FINALE15
Begins to give Eliot top billing :
STARTS20
Having dropped 'is undies? :
NUDE23
24
A most diminutive opening :
STOMA26
Tie P's in glass tube :
PIPET27
29
Neckwear for a Highlander :
ASCOT31
They precede T containers :
SCANS34
35
36
37
One who ran 100 pushers in :
NARC38
Coin of which one might mint 100 with ease :
CENTIME39
40
What C.P.A. did to aid duet :
AUDITED41
Group with no sets of Beatles tunes :
STONES44
As ride is brought up :
RAISED47
48
Like a unanimous response from a ship's crew? :
ALLAY50
French actor who's at it :
TATI51
Atmosphere in a restaurant :
AURA53
55
1,001 + 50 = a "cool" number :
MIL
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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