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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
| 1 P | 2 L | 3 A | 4 S | 5 M | 6 A | | 7 C | 8 H | 9 I | 10 N | 11 E | 12 S | |
13 C | H | A | S | T | E | N | | 14 A | U | T | O | M | A | 15 T |
16 A | I | R | H | E | A | D | | 17 T | R | A | M | P | L | E |
18 L | L | D | | 19 P | L | E | 20 A | S | | 21 L | A | T | E | N |
22 I | T | I | 23 S | | 24 Y | A | N | K | 25 S | | 26 D | I | R | E |
27 C | E | N | T | 28 I | | 29 N | A | I | L | 30 S | | 31 E | N | T |
32 O | R | G | A | N | 33 S | | 34 L | L | A | N | 35 E | R | O | S |
| | | 36 I | N | T | 37 A | G | L | I | O | S | | | |
38 R | 39 E | 40 C | R | E | A | T | E | | 41 N | U | T | 42 M | 43 E | 44 G |
45 E | V | A | | 46 R | I | N | S | 47 E | | 48 T | E | A | S | E |
49 B | E | T | 50 A | | 51 N | O | I | S | 52 E | | 53 R | U | S | T |
54 U | N | A | R | 55 M | | 56 T | A | C | I | 57 T | | 58 R | E | T |
59 T | O | R | T | O | 60 N | I | | 61 A | G | A | 62 T | I | N | E |
63 S | U | R | I | N | A | M | | 64 R | E | D | U | C | E | R |
| 65 T | H | E | O | N | E | | 66 P | R | A | T | E | S | |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
1
7
Niches for animal backbones :
CHINES13
14
16
17
What T. Palmer might do to flowers :
TRAMPLE18
College award for ballad #346 :
LLD19
Requests ... or most of the best word to say with a request :
PLEAS21
abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyzn :
LATEN22
Is it inflammatory? :
ITIS24
Pulls hard for the Americans :
YANKS26
Dreadful dyer, you might say :
DIRE27
Start for 100 in "etc." :
CENTI29
31
32
34
36
38
41
Source of mace for crazy Margaret :
NUTMEG45
Woman from eastern Virginia :
EVA46
Mouthwash for siren :
RINSE48
T's pronounced in "torment" :
TEASE49
Heart of Tibetans' letter :
BETA51
In a library this is one thing to avoid :
NOISE53
54
Branch of a world body :
UNARM56
Understood I was taken in by diplomacy :
TACIT58
59
61
Like a certain rock in a gate :
AGATINE63
Where the Dutch might ruin Sam :
SURINAM64
65
Note: He is that special person :
THEONE66
Chatterbox does it at repast :
PRATES
Down
1
Love potion on cigarette tip, say :
PHILTER2
Greasing up girl and others :
LARDING3
What a fireplace has :
ASH4
5
Breakfasty or lunchy :
MEALY6
Like Deanna from Peru :
ANDEAN7
Chasing mice, e.g., in a New York mountain :
CATSKILL8
Follower of Art or Ben :
HUR9
10
11
Not containing as much per item :
EMPTIER12
13
Material for two states around Long Island :
CALICO15
Et, et, et, et, et, et, et, et, et, et :
TENETS20
23
Part of Rita's flight :
STAIR25
28
30
A pig has it, not us :
SNOUT33
Isn't a blot this? :
STAIN35
Book of ___ (perfumery manual) :
ESTER37
38
39
Make smooth, with only odd left over :
EVENOUT40
Spanish ___ (what makes a Spaniard cough) :
CATARRH42
In Crimea you may find him :
MAURICE43
Did Ness see them near the Dead Sea? :
ESSENES44
Procurer to greet with tea :
GETTER47
Steep slope in Casper :
ESCARP50
Man of cunning, that is :
ARTIE52
Sanction in novel, i.e.: Ger. :
EIGER55
Preceder of Tue. 1 :
MONO57
60
Girl going up and down :
NAN62
Admonition to a king :
TUT
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