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Andrew Ries
NY Times, Sun, Feb 09, 2020 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
7-Down : Place to buy Kan. crabs
Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27
1 R | 2 I | 3 B | 4 T | 5 I | 6 P | 7 S | | 8 A | 9 T | 10 T | 11 A | 12 C | 13 K | 14 S |
15 O | N | E | I | R | O | N | | 16 D | R | O | P | L | E | T |
17 S | H | A | N | A | N | A | | 18 R | E | S | P | I | R | E |
19 T | A | R | | 20 T | Y | C | 21 O | O | N | S | | 22 M | O | W |
23 E | L | U | 24 D | E | | 25 K | N | I | T | | 26 N | A | S | A |
27 R | E | P | O | | 28 A | B | U | T | | 29 D | E | T | E | R |
| | | 30 G | 31 A | L | A | S | | 32 T | A | G | E | N | D |
33 P | 34 R | 35 O | S | P | E | R | | 36 C | O | U | R | S | E | S |
37 R | E | F | L | E | X | | 38 G | A | R | B | O | | | |
39 O | F | F | E | R | | 40 M | A | N | Y | | 41 N | 42 A | 43 P | 44 S |
45 V | I | E | D | | 46 T | I | L | T | | 47 S | I | N | A | I |
48 I | N | N | | 49 H | O | T | S | E | 50 A | T | | 51 O | W | N |
52 D | E | S | 53 P | I | T | E | | 54 E | L | A | 55 T | I | N | G |
56 E | R | E | A | D | E | R | | 57 N | O | M | I | N | E | E |
58 S | Y | S | T | E | M | S | | 59 S | T | P | E | T | E | R |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
Bits of advice on teasing :
RIBTIPS8
15
16
17
Band whose records Nana has :
SHANANA18
19
20
22
Cut upside down or right side up :
MOW23
Electronic drug to avoid :
ELUDE25
___ pick (choose a sock or sweater) :
KNIT26
Org. established as an answer to Sputnik :
NASA27
Takeback in firepower :
REPO28
Not an "if" or an "and" :
ABUT29
Determine to leave mine out :
DETER30
Festive occasions for a 38-Down :
GALAS32
33
Do well with "E.R." props :
PROSPER36
37
38
Actress with Bogart, mostly :
GARBO39
40
Lots of people in Massachusetts and New York :
MANY41
45
Took part in a dive competition :
VIED46
Up to the letter before U :
TILT47
Mount that is in a biblical story :
SINAI48
49
Chair that one hates to be in :
HOTSEAT51
52
54
56
One looking at the top of an eye chart :
EREADER57
58
59
Down
1
Are store names listed here? :
ROSTER2
How followers of patriot Nathan trusted :
INHALE3
4
5
Statement of self-worth :
IRATE6
7
8
I do art that's skillful :
ADROIT9
English river that Ren thus crosses :
TRENT10
__hr__w, a__ ball__ :
TOSS11
12
13
One reeks when it burns in a lantern :
KEROSENE14
21
24
It runs odd legs of an Iditarod race :
DOGSLED26
Ignore "N" in this cocktail's name :
NEGRONI28
Who likes generic beer :
ALEX29
Paint a bud poorly :
DAUB31
32
33
Supplies public relations videos :
PROVIDES34
35
Violations by 14,589,687 leaders :
OFFENSES36
What juvenile detention centers do :
CANTEENS38
Women's measurements, in brief :
GALS40
Joints for Cambridge collegians :
MITERS42
Make into an official, as in a church :
ANOINT43
Native American who accepts property in hock :
PAWNEE44
Caroler who burns things slightly :
SINGER46
What you 'n' I do with carryall bags :
TOTEM47
Empty spa imprint :
STAMP49
50
Loads of sailboats, alternatively :
ALOT53
55
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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