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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Dec 10, 2000 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
3-Down : Salvo on playing fields
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 T | 3 O | 4 K | 5 I | 6 N | 7 G | | 8 C | 9 A | 10 B | 11 I | 12 N | |
13 S | H | I | V | A | R | E | E | | 14 O | P | I | N | E | 15 S |
16 P | O | T | A | T | I | O | N | | 17 L | I | C | H | E | N |
18 O | V | U | L | E | S | | 19 E | 20 L | B | A | | 21 A | D | O |
22 O | I | L | S | | | 23 C | R | A | Y | | 24 O | S | L | O |
25 R | N | A | | 26 S | 27 T | O | I | C | | 28 S | A | T | E | D |
| 29 G | R | 30 A | H | A | M | C | R | 31 A | C | K | E | R | S |
| | | 32 C | A | R | P | | 33 O | M | R | I | | | |
34 F | 35 I | 36 G | U | R | E | O | 37 F | S | P | E | E | 38 C | 39 H | |
40 I | R | A | T | E | | 41 R | U | S | S | E | | 42 O | A | 43 R |
44 N | O | N | E | | 45 E | T | R | E | | | 46 E | L | M | O |
47 A | N | T | | 48 A | S | S | T | | 49 W | 50 A | L | L | I | S |
51 L | I | L | 52 A | C | S | | 53 H | 54 E | R | N | I | A | T | E |
55 S | E | E | T | H | E | | 56 E | M | A | N | A | T | E | S |
| 57 S | T | E | E | N | | 58 R | E | P | O | S | E | S | |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
During which skin got singed :
STOKING8
13
14
16
17
Chilean without a plant :
LICHEN18
Botanists in U.S. love them :
OVULES19
___ grease (cause of Napoleon's indigestion) :
ELBA21
22
23
24
25
26
Cost one philosopher :
STOIC28
Had too many dates :
SATED29
32
33
Old king in Rm. 10 :
OMRI34
40
Mad status seeker said it :
IRATE41
Charlotte's end users :
RUSSE42
Iron ___ (sturdy rower) :
OAR44
Why science isn't nescience :
NONE45
Nice to be in a tree :
ETRE46
He finds tree with ring :
ELMO47
48
A fast plane for an aide :
ASST49
Edward VIII was ill over her :
WALLIS51
What is call to florist for? :
LILACS53
55
___ light (brightly bubble) :
SEETHE56
57
Painter of tense Dutchmen :
STEEN58
Down
1
2
Ultra it is, in name only :
TITULAR3
Salvo on playing fields :
OVALS4
5
She's 80% Hibernian :
IRIS6
7
Kind of drug that's nicer, e.g. :
GENERIC8
Boy, Elsie goes for cheese! :
COLBY9
Capital A's around a number :
APIA10
11
12
13
15
So-and-so loses a few nets :
SNOODS20
23
24
Tree, i.e., symbolizing actor Jack :
OAKIE26
Legatee hears of it :
SHARE27
Rate of the weight not charged :
TARE28
30
But B not so attractive :
ACUTE31
Brief morning postscript :
AMPS34
Tests in L.A., S.F., etc. :
FINALS35
What noisier satirists use :
IRONIES36
Tease angel with means of punishment :
GANTLET37
38
Arrange papers for Lola, etc. :
COLLATE39
43
Are Esso stations nice things to smell? :
ROSES45
There's a sense of Krupp here :
ESSEN46
He reverses course to sail east :
ELIAS48
49
Take the ___ (buy the shawl) :
WRAP50
Tate's predecessor :
ANNO52
54
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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