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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Apr 22, 2018 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
47-Down : Like the capital of West Germany
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 I | 3 B | 4 E | 5 R | 6 I | 7 A | | 8 B | 9 E | 10 E | 11 R | 12 S | |
13 S | I | M | O | L | E | O | N | | 14 I | D | E | A | T | 15 E |
16 I | M | P | A | L | I | N | G | | 17 G | E | R | M | A | N |
18 M | I | R | R | E | N | | 19 E | 20 C | O | N | | 21 P | I | T |
22 P | L | E | D | | | 23 S | L | A | T | | 24 S | A | N | E |
25 L | E | S | | 26 O | 27 S | C | A | R | | 28 C | A | G | E | R |
29 E | S | S | 30 E | N | C | E | | 31 P | 32 E | E | L | E | R | S |
| | | 33 S | T | A | N | | 34 O | W | L | S | | | |
35 S | 36 U | 37 L | T | A | N | A | | 38 R | E | L | A | 39 P | 40 S | 41 E |
42 C | R | E | E | P | | 43 R | 44 E | T | R | O | | 45 R | A | S |
46 R | A | T | S | | 47 B | I | A | S | | | 48 T | O | T | S |
49 U | N | I | | 50 H | O | O | T | | 51 P | 52 H | O | B | I | A |
53 B | I | T | 54 T | E | N | | 55 S | 56 O | L | I | T | A | R | Y |
57 S | U | B | O | R | N | | 58 U | L | U | L | A | T | E | S |
| 59 M | E | R | R | Y | | 60 P | E | S | T | L | E | S | |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
Part of Asia in southern part of Europe :
SIBERIA8
__udw__is__ __ __ :
BEERS13
14
Think of a date, i.e. :
IDEATE16
Sticking with friend in I.M.'ing :
IMPALING17
Feed trough with its left and right halves switched :
GERMAN18
Actress with me in RR :
MIRREN19
Course once offered in H.S. :
ECON21
22
... but Q was catching up :
PLED23
Last part of a chair :
SLAT24
As mentally sound as any :
SANE25
He winds up with Charles :
LES26
Oprah's prize auto :
OSCAR28
Grace who plays basketball :
CAGER29
31
Sleeper among kitchen gadgets :
PEELERS33
Washington team making a comeback :
STAN34
35
Mideast role for Aunt Sal :
SULTANA38
It's not a pleaser for a patient :
RELAPSE42
Sort of guy who might peer, see? :
CREEP43
Torre back in front :
RETRO45
Putin's predecessor :
RAS46
Tars see them on sinking ships :
RATS47
"You won't find any discrimination ___," said the housing lenders :
BIAS48
49
50
Oh, to be a very funny person :
HOOT51
Could, say, a foe be a source of this? :
PHOBIA53
In web it tends to be nibbled on :
BITTEN55
57
Snub or cause to commit perjury :
SUBORN58
59
__ark__d by __evel__ __ :
MERRY60
Things that grind steel: Sp. :
PESTLES
Down
1
As fast as a missile, and others :
SIMILES2
Reporter's reply to "Who are you?" :
IMPRESS3
Body with broad powers :
BOARD4
The Spanish and the French women's magazine :
ELLE5
Announcement of rain check :
REIN6
End of transmission :
ION7
8
9
10
11
Run headfirst into a Senate aide :
RAMPAGE12
13
As I'm pleased to reveal ... it's easy! :
SIMPLE15
20
23
Script outline that airs once :
SCENARIO24
Dance with a lass :
SALSA26
27
28
___ shots (pictures from the string section of an orchestra) :
CELLO30
32
It holds water, as it were :
EWER35
Specialties of Charleston masseurs :
SCRUBS36
37
Beatles song about a belt and tie :
LETITBE39
What could rob a pet at will :
PROBATE40
Pieces in which I assert ridicule :
SATIRES41
44
47
Like the capital of West Germany :
BONNY48
It comes to 50 at most :
TOTAL50
Mr. Himm's partner, in Berlin :
HERR51
What's more, a U.S. LP :
PLUS52
Every other part of the islet :
HILT54
56
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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