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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Nov 02, 1997 Puns and Anagrams

13-Down : They're heard at Siam concerts

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31
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© 1997, The New York Times
Across
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They more or less act as homes : CASTLES
8
Solid heroes : IDOLS
13
Horatiolike? : ALGERIAN
14
Art of great value or cost : COROTS
16
Amount of food for a wedding guest? : MARRIAGEPORTION
18
Said Porthos, "What a good friend ___!" : AMI
19
Like a certain leonine joke : ONELINE
20
Duce's predecessor : TRA
21
Music heard past bedtime : TAPS
23
Earl's home in France : ARLES
24
Eye ___ 'n' nose 'n' throat : NEAR
25
Suggestions I punt : INPUT
27
Salt without a ship : LST
28
This material sounds swell : SERGE
29
Grand yet last : STATELY
31
What plaintiff does in U.S.C. case : ACCUSES
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Kind of pen : UNO
34
Take part in a tea : EAT
35
Produce cup ears : SCAREUP
39
Place for mean or acrid bulls : CORRIDA
43
Joint Shea athlete? : COMET
44
Hur's follower : RAH
46
Aspect of cafe and tea : FACET
47
'Ula ___ (cockney toys) : OOPS
48
Bauxite, galena and 998 others : MORES
50
It had not felt right : LEFT
51
75% of Gulf illnesses : FLU
52
Zealots involved in a scam : MANIACS
54
Capital of Brazil? : BEE
55
Dentists' chairs? : FILLINGSTATIONS
58
See 50-ct. choice : SELECT
59
It may be viewed as stale, etc. : TELECAST
60
Ask an old Java man about it : SANKA
61
Any human in Met "Aida" : ADAMITE
Down
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Empty canal is noisy : CLAMANT
2
Sounds like one with a grasp of Latin : AGRIPPA
3
Kind of vile : SER
4
T' where in Brazil? : TRIO
5
A nail for a climber : LIANA
6
How, e.g., early zealots act : EAGERLY
7
In 50's, Ness used them in fishing : SNELLS
8
Scion? Figures! : ICONS
9
Steve's last name : DORE
10
Crumb of a torte : ORT
11
What lazy Eli sort of does : LOITERS
12
It's so great in the attic : STORAGE
13
They're heard at Siam concerts : AMATIS
15
Pitfalls for Nasser : SNARES
17
It's apt, i.e., to be seen in a museum : PIETA
22
What surgeon in a rut uses : SUTURES
24
Renault gear : NEUTRAL
26
Two-way principle : TENET
28
Fracas devoid of a muffler : SCARF
30
Who's heard to lead tenant : LOU
32
Head of 182 companies : CEO
35
Switch positions in S.C.? : SCOFFS
36
Workers who murmur falsehoods : COOLIES
37
Vessel with alum pal : AMPULLA
38
Part of nag, oddly : PRONG
39
Overcharged per head, etc. : CHEATED
40
Vessel for Cabot, i.e. : ICEBOAT
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Send fee to lawyer for this : DEFENSE
42
A t-trial : ATTEST
45
As a star, I bristle : ARISTA
48
Ray is a T-man : MANTA
49
I left Calais with Gia : SCALA
52
"I'm Casey," said he : MICK
53
Dorothy's aunt canonized? : STEM
56
He had taken off handle : LEN
57
I see one here in France : ICI
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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