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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Mar 21, 1999 Puns and Anagrams
39-Down : Geological area for a renter
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31
| 1 E | 2 M | 3 A | 4 N | 5 U | 6 E | 7 L | | 8 B | 9 R | 10 A | 11 S | 12 S | |
13 E | X | I | G | E | N | C | E | | 14 E | U | R | O | P | 15 A |
16 N | A | S | A | L | C | O | N | 17 G | E | S | T | I | O | N |
18 R | M | S | | 19 L | A | N | D | E | R | S | | 20 L | O | G |
21 A | P | I | 22 S | | 23 P | O | E | T | S | | 24 D | A | N | E |
25 P | L | O | T | 26 S | | 27 M | R | I | | 28 P | A | G | E | R |
29 T | E | N | A | N | 30 C | Y | | 31 T | 32 R | A | V | E | R | S |
| | | 33 M | A | P | | | | 34 U | P | I | | | |
35 A | 36 D | 37 M | I | R | A | 38 L | | 39 T | R | A | N | 40 C | 41 E | 42 S |
43 D | R | A | N | K | | 44 E | 45 T | E | | 46 S | C | O | N | E |
47 D | O | R | A | | 48 L | A | I | R | 49 S | | 50 I | N | R | E |
51 E | P | I | | 52 A | U | S | T | R | I | 53 A | | 54 C | A | D |
55 R | O | M | 56 A | N | C | E | L | A | N | G | 57 U | A | G | E |
58 S | U | B | P | A | R | | 59 E | N | G | R | A | V | E | R |
| 60 T | A | R | T | E | | 61 D | E | S | I | R | E | D | |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
8
13
Pressing need for niece, 10, e.g. :
EXIGENCE14
O, a pure woman of Greek myth :
EUROPA16
18
Mrs. Landlady rents them :
RMS19
20
Place to take notes in biology :
LOG21
Sacred bull of Pisa :
APIS23
Appropriately, Edgar Allan and Eliot :
POETS24
25
Grounds for intrigue :
PLOTS27
Rim of medical technology :
MRI28
With which to beep for grape :
PAGER29
Taking over of neat N.Y.C. property :
TENANCY31
Author of five rarest Poppins books :
TRAVERS33
34
Cupid's newsmaking middle name :
UPI35
39
During which one can rest :
TRANCES43
44
46
Biscuit for the Coens :
SCONE47
48
50
51
52
U.S.A., Rita finds, is far from here :
AUSTRIA54
55
58
A burp's not up to snuff :
SUBPAR59
One who works on metal but never rag :
ENGRAVER60
61
Down
1
For eel, a 10 p.m. specimen :
EXAMPLE2
Ambassador Simon is on one :
MISSION3
A leader no matter how you look at it :
AGA4
She sounds like a ringer :
NELL5
6
Concern of my C.E.O., no? :
ECONOMY7
Ellen Reed is drawing a lot of interest :
LENDER8
Bees are likely to get drunk on them :
BEERS9
10
Official's fake first name? :
ART11
12
Old lover who used no prose :
SPOONER13
Carried away, pet ran :
ENRAPT15
17
Every other position in guest list. Understand? :
GETIT22
24
Can 507 paintings be his? :
DAVINCI26
It ranks as a Carroll creature :
SNARK28
A thousand leaving the pampas with them :
PAPAS30
One familiar with salary cap :
CPA32
Murray may go to play :
RUR35
Snakes that can't multiply? :
ADDERS36
Not one of our top 500 students :
DROPOUT37
Rib mama about instrument :
MARIMBA38
Flat piece of paper :
LEASE39
Geological area for a renter :
TERRANE40
Where a prison escapee hides out :
CONCAVE41
42
He plants cedar, it is said :
SEEDER45
48
It's cruel and filthy :
LUCRE49
Follows musical signs :
SINGS52
Short course for a Cole :
ANAT53
56
57
Old land where Jaguar ended up? :
UAR
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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