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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Dec 21, 2014 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
47-Down : Places a sled might end up
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 H | 3 O | 4 F | 5 A | 6 R | 7 S | | 8 M | 9 I | 10 S | 11 T | 12 S | |
13 S | C | A | R | E | D | U | P | | 14 A | D | O | R | E | 15 S |
16 L | O | N | E | S | O | M | E | | 17 C | E | S | A | R | E |
18 A | R | G | O | T | S | | 19 C | 20 I | A | O | | 21 D | I | X |
22 T | I | E | S | | | 23 S | I | N | O | | 24 F | I | A | T |
25 E | A | R | | 26 M | 27 O | T | E | T | | 28 P | I | N | T | O |
29 D | E | S | 30 P | I | S | E | | 31 H | 32 A | L | O | G | E | N |
| | | 33 E | L | S | A | | 34 E | V | E | R | | | |
35 S | 36 U | 37 R | R | E | A | L | | 38 R | E | A | D | 39 I | 40 N | 41 G |
42 T | R | I | E | S | | 43 E | 44 N | A | C | T | | 45 S | E | R |
46 R | A | P | S | | 47 D | R | E | W | | | 48 T | O | G | O |
49 O | N | O | | 50 C | A | S | T | | 51 E | 52 A | R | L | A | P |
53 P | I | S | 54 T | O | L | | 55 H | 56 E | R | N | I | A | T | E |
57 S | U | T | U | R | E | | 58 E | M | A | N | A | T | E | S |
| 59 M | E | N | D | S | | 60 R | E | S | A | L | E | S | |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
8
13
14
16
What women won't be with loose men :
LONESOME17
Man who'd expunge the third letter from the end :
CESARE18
Secret ways of speaking about gators :
ARGOTS19
"___ hound" (greeting to a dog) :
CIAO21
Number in France or ancient Rome :
DIX22
Relations of Bangkok natives, say :
TIES23
Prefix that is on Chinese-related terms :
SINO24
A fit pronouncement :
FIAT25
It's found in the area of the head :
EAR26
You might go to the Met to hear one :
MOTET28
29
Hate what the C.I.A. watches out for? :
DESPISE31
33
34
Perseverance at heart :
EVER35
What unbelievable URLs are :
SURREAL38
School subject in eastern Pennsylvania :
READING42
Experiments #10, #5, #6, #1 and #11 :
TRIES43
Pass a hundred and ten laws :
ENACT45
46
47
Sketched a Barrymore :
DREW48
Where Africans order take-out :
TOGO49
Name connected with Lennon, once :
ONO50
51
A paler part of a winter hat :
EARLAP53
Something to slip in a holster :
PISTOL55
57
___ self (sew up one's own wounds) :
SUTURE58
59
Fixes what a museum has :
MENDS60
At which costs typically are less :
RESALES
Down
1
One coarse amount of metallurgic refuse :
SCORIAE2
3
Cookies or a Greek goddess :
OREOS4
Hidden lifestyle gathering :
FEST5
6
7
Pieces of eight, e.g. :
SPECIE8
Place to gamble oneself into a coma :
MACAO9
Inside of inside of :
IDEO10
11
Wall Street finds it grand :
TRADING12
13
What Delta's flights are :
SLATED15
20
Wear thin when wearing nothing :
INTHERAW23
24
Scandinavian sight seen by one in a car :
FIORD26
Man coming from a distance :
MILES27
Greek peak with a 10-Down :
OSSA28
30
Former Israeli leader with Quebec parents :
PERES32
35
36
Necessity to run Maui nuclear plant :
URANIUM37
39
Tonto's comment about being tardy? :
ISOLATE40
41
44
Here 'n' there it's lower :
NETHER47
Places a sled might end up :
DALES48
50
If neither A nor B works, what to try next :
CORD51
Periods of years, mostly :
ERAS52
Girl going up and down :
ANNA54
Heavy-sounding wine holder :
TUN56
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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