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Sam Ezersky
Sam Ezersky

NY Times, Sun, Nov 05, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

39-Down : Campaign slogan for Ocasek or Flair

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33
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T
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C
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O
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B
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F
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A
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W
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L
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M
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B
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P
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© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Mother who observed Easter : TERESA
7
Superior of Maj. Test Sites : COLLABS
14
Coolest animals at the zoo : OCELOTS
16
"N-E-I-D ... uh - say, do you know?" : ANYIDEA
17
Bad thing a pol let you do : POLLUTE
18
2/2/22 : TUESDAY
19
___ Rho (Egyptian fraternity) : CHI
20
Pi + 11 + EEE : PIXIES
22
"Don't spit in public" and others : TIPS
23
W_ _ ha_ gues_s : HOST
25
Emails about dosages : CCS
26
Time meant for coffee breaks : TENAM
27
Number three : ETHER
29
What's he listing on the Billboard Hot 100? : HITSINGLE
32
Senses one is missing from selfie : FEELS
33
A bird or a dam : ASWAN
34
Four-fingered gesture that might be played in battleships : LSEVEN
36
Terse identification from Sorry or Monopoly : IMGAME
40
Gapes at Senate workers : PAGES
42
Labor brand in the bathroom : ORALB
44
Website with ideas for teen trips : PINTEREST
48
Place to eat if you have endless moolah : DINER
49
Italian poet heading to the rear : ANTED
50
Ad a keepsake keeps : PSA
52
Break ___ (get d'party going) : DICE
53
S'Attila : SHUN
54
Ones providing rondos for free : DONORS
57
Group a school principal might tap for help : PTA
58
Affixes with no paste, say : TAPESON
60
They hold seed fer birds : FEEDERS
62
Nothing but one newsmagazine : ALLTIME
63
Decided to accept one decaf tea : FACEDIT
64
Red Sea's sides switched : SEESRED
65
Is cost something they will react to? : STOICS
Down
1
TV show with the "F" cop : TOPCHEF
2
Green lodging that makes CeeLo hot : ECOHOTEL
3
Really enjoys hot dog toppings : RELISHES
4
Barb's end : ELL
5
S^O : SOUP
6
Room in a lattice : ATTIC
7
Girl introducing categories : CATE
8
"Don't put such a burden ___!" : ONUS
9
Laymen, oddly : LYE
10
<-- L : LISTEN
11
Getting a 500 + 500 gain : ADDING
12
Friend of actress Arthur : BEAPAL
13
Bully's retort 'bout his fav'rite bagel : SAYSME
15
Exchanges back up front : SEXCHANGE
21
"Egyptian goddess is, too!" : ISIS
24
Marketing head outside of temple : TELE
26
One doting on a self-important sort : TINGOD
28
Said 505 reps would attend : RSVPED
30
Helps two stiffs open their drinks : TWISTSOFF
31
Boy with a jet : SAM
35
Listen 'ere! : EAR
37
Like a desert raid : ARID
38
Treatment in which beauticians dampen eyes : MANIPEDI
39
Campaign slogan for Ocasek or Flair : ELECTRIC
41
Shower of th_ U._. O_e_ : ESPN
43
Turkey parts that basters baste : BREASTS
44
Like all the letters from B's and C's on : PASTAS
45
How some early American patriots trusted : INHALE
46
Unspecified series in an LP tune : NTUPLE
47
X quantity of aliens : TENETS
51
Bare-assed hiding places : AREAS
54
Mode of finishing a building : DOME
55
Like something done linearly : ONED
56
What a Shiite leader, etc., leads : SECT
59
Kind of loin : SIR
61
Ode to God : DEO
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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