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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Feb 25, 2007  PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

30-Down : A pig has it, not us

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
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© 2007, The New York Times

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1
A psalm that's fluid : PLASMA
7
Niches for animal backbones : CHINES
13
She can't punish : CHASTEN
14
It serves Uma to a T : AUTOMAT
16
I heard a ditz : AIRHEAD
17
What T. Palmer might do to flowers : TRAMPLE
18
College award for ballad #346 : LLD
19
Requests ... or most of the best word to say with a request : PLEAS
21
abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyzn : LATEN
22
Is it inflammatory? : ITIS
24
Pulls hard for the Americans : YANKS
26
Dreadful dyer, you might say : DIRE
27
Start for 100 in "etc." : CENTI
29
Lani's fasteners : NAILS
31
Kind of wine : ENT
32
Some emit groans : ORGANS
34
Allen's or Pedro's cowboys : LLANEROS
36
Designs giant oils : INTAGLIOS
38
Put new life into tree care : RECREATE
41
Source of mace for crazy Margaret : NUTMEG
45
Woman from eastern Virginia : EVA
46
Mouthwash for siren : RINSE
48
T's pronounced in "torment" : TEASE
49
Heart of Tibetans' letter : BETA
51
In a library this is one thing to avoid : NOISE
53
Arty U.S. film : RUST
54
Branch of a world body : UNARM
56
Understood I was taken in by diplomacy : TACIT
58
Kind of urn : RET
59
Luigi served it to Ron : TORTONI
61
Like a certain rock in a gate : AGATINE
63
Where the Dutch might ruin Sam : SURINAM
64
Dieter taking Red cure : REDUCER
65
Note: He is that special person : THEONE
66
Chatterbox does it at repast : PRATES
Down
1
Love potion on cigarette tip, say : PHILTER
2
Greasing up girl and others : LARDING
3
What a fireplace has : ASH
4
Raised pets : STEP
5
Breakfasty or lunchy : MEALY
6
Like Deanna from Peru : ANDEAN
7
Chasing mice, e.g., in a New York mountain : CATSKILL
8
Follower of Art or Ben : HUR
9
Cap's end?: Abbr. : ITAL
10
Damon, a Bedouin : NOMAD
11
Not containing as much per item : EMPTIER
12
A long way from Orleans : SALERNO
13
Material for two states around Long Island : CALICO
15
Et, et, et, et, et, et, et, et, et, et : TENETS
20
In Ala., easing of pain : ANALGESIA
23
Part of Rita's flight : STAIR
25
Lani's dead : SLAIN
28
Taverner? : INNER
30
A pig has it, not us : SNOUT
33
Isn't a blot this? : STAIN
35
Book of ___ (perfumery manual) : ESTER
37
Never to mean it : ATNOTIME
38
Contradicts Buster : REBUTS
39
Make smooth, with only odd left over : EVENOUT
40
Spanish ___ (what makes a Spaniard cough) : CATARRH
42
In Crimea you may find him : MAURICE
43
Did Ness see them near the Dead Sea? : ESSENES
44
Procurer to greet with tea : GETTER
47
Steep slope in Casper : ESCARP
50
Man of cunning, that is : ARTIE
52
Sanction in novel, i.e.: Ger. : EIGER
55
Preceder of Tue. 1 : MONO
57
Flourish data : TADA
60
Girl going up and down : NAN
62
Admonition to a king : TUT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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