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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Feb 12, 2006 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
45-Down : Charm Nora? Me?
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28
1 D | 2 E | 3 M | 4 E | 5 R | 6 I | 7 T | | 8 H | 9 A | 10 S | 11 S | 12 L | 13 E | 14 S |
15 O | P | A | L | I | N | E | | 16 A | L | I | M | E | N | T |
17 W | A | L | L | A | C | E | | 18 L | I | N | E | A | T | E |
19 N | U | T | | 20 L | U | S | 21 T | Y | | 22 K | A | F | I | R |
23 E | L | E | 24 M | | 25 R | U | R | A | 26 L | | 27 R | A | C | E |
28 R | E | S | I | 29 N | | 30 P | A | R | I | 31 S | | 32 G | E | O |
33 S | T | E | N | O | 34 S | | 35 I | D | E | A | 36 T | E | S | |
| | | 37 E | N | C | 38 A | P | S | U | L | E | | | |
| 39 A | 40 R | R | E | A | R | S | | 41 T | A | S | 42 T | 43 E | 44 S |
45 E | N | E | | 46 T | U | M | I | 47 D | | 48 S | L | A | N | T |
49 N | I | P | 50 A | | 51 P | O | N | E | 52 S | | 53 A | N | T | E |
54 A | L | I | N | 55 E | | 56 I | G | L | O | 57 O | | 58 G | E | N |
59 M | I | N | I | B | 60 A | R | | 61 T | O | R | 62 R | E | N | T |
63 O | N | E | L | A | N | E | | 64 A | T | E | I | N | T | O |
65 R | E | S | E | N | T | S | | 66 S | H | O | O | T | E | R |
© 2006, The New York Times
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15
16
17
18
With it an eel becomes striped :
LINEATE19
Crazy person involved in minutiae :
NUT20
Why Stu, 50, is lascivious :
LUSTY22
23
Kind of school Kay goes before: Abbr. :
ELEM25
Nonurban U.R.L. array :
RURAL27
What Indy 500 drivers care about :
RACE28
Part of varnishes #38654 :
RESIN30
Average is good enough for capital :
PARIS32
Bygone car in half of Washington :
GEO33
They sent so many letters out :
STENOS35
Imagines being sated, i.e. :
IDEATES37
39
They're rarer as one becomes richer :
ARREARS41
45
Direction amid scenery :
ENE46
Mud ... it is bulging :
TUMID48
Point of view where Ellen sat :
SLANT49
51
53
A 10-cent stake, perhaps :
ANTE54
A brief note on dress style :
ALINE56
Where might seal oil go? :
IGLOO58
Eng. military title :
GEN59
I'm barin' a hotel amenity :
MINIBAR61
Monthly payment for a rocky peak :
TORRENT63
Like the road Anne and Leo take :
ONELANE64
65
Is indignant about nesters :
RESENTS66
Down
1
2
What the pale Ute put on his shoulder :
EPAULET3
4
Extension of E. 50's :
ELL5
It's worth more than a lira :
RIAL6
Acquire fashionable mutt :
INCUR7
8
Flag-raising aids in Lahr's day :
HALYARDS9
Algerian without anger :
ALI10
It's seen in counters in kitchens :
SINK11
12
What a flea, e.g., finds in the forest :
LEAFAGE13
Uses scent, i.e., as a lure :
ENTICES14
Certain sound o' trees :
STEREO21
24
Ursa ___ (one who digs bears) :
MINER26
Officer heard at the end of a salute: Abbr. :
LIEUT29
Composition on why we can't play tennis :
NONET31
Spanish rooms seen from both sides :
SALAS34
Duck of pa's, you see :
SCAUP36
He lit things up at least :
TESLA38
Wardrobes for madame or a miser :
ARMOIRES39
It's used by Neil in a dye :
ANILINE40
42
Touching chap who caught some rays :
TANGENT43
Heart of an agreement entered into :
ENTENTE44
He will not rest his voice :
STENTOR45
47
They're slated to receive deposits :
DELTAS50
52
Old truth was so hot :
SOOTH55
He was the bane of Mideast radicals :
EBAN57
Cookie that's round on both ends :
OREO60
62
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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