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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Apr 04, 2010 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
15-Down : sS
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 H | 3 E | 4 A | 5 T | 6 H | 7 S | | 8 S | 9 E | 10 W | 11 E | 12 R | |
13 S | T | A | R | T | O | U | T | | 14 P | R | I | M | E | 15 S |
16 P | O | R | R | I | D | G | E | | 17 A | R | T | I | S | T |
18 I | N | T | O | T | O | | 19 P | 20 F | C | S | | 21 R | C | A |
22 T | I | L | L | | | 23 C | O | R | E | | 24 M | A | U | L |
25 E | E | E | | 26 S | 27 C | O | N | E | | 28 H | O | T | E | L |
29 D | R | Y | 30 C | E | L | L | | 31 E | 32 M | O | T | E | R | S |
| | | 33 E | R | I | E | | 34 B | A | S | E | | | |
35 B | 36 A | 37 R | R | I | O | S | | 38 O | N | E | T | 39 I | 40 M | 41 E |
42 A | L | I | E | N | | 43 L | 44 E | O | N | A | | 45 N | A | N |
46 H | I | S | S | | 47 C | A | S | T | | | 48 S | A | R | A |
49 A | M | E | | 50 G | A | W | K | | 51 R | 52 E | T | R | I | M |
53 M | E | S | 54 C | A | L | | 55 I | 56 T | A | L | I | A | N | O |
57 A | N | T | H | E | M | | 58 M | A | L | I | N | G | E | R |
| 59 T | O | I | L | S | | 60 O | R | E | S | T | E | S | |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
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A drain on a seamstress :
SEWER13
14
16
Into what did Roger dip his spoon? :
PORRIDGE17
One might create a stir at a gallery :
ARTIST18
Where Dorothy placed her faith, as a whole :
INTOTO19
2,641 specific G.I.'s :
PFCS21
Car videodisc maker :
RCA22
Up to a cash register :
TILL23
Press ___ (full-time reporters) :
CORE24
Shopping ___ (day-after-Christmas event) :
MAUL25
In which big loafers are at ease :
EEE26
South Carolina: 1 :
SCONE28
The ol' Biltmore, e.g. :
HOTEL29
Where to hold drunk for battery :
DRYCELL31
People whom Rose met in acting class :
EMOTERS33
Strange-sounding lake :
ERIE34
Where a drill sergeant can be as hard as he wants :
BASE35
Latino areas featuring a bodega or bar, sí? :
BARRIOS38
I.e., Monet is not repeated :
ONETIME42
A claim against a foreigner :
ALIEN43
45
46
Crowd sound in this stadium :
HISS47
They appear in all acts :
CAST48
49
50
51
Cut back again on RR time :
RETRIM53
What gets camels high? :
MESCAL55
Modern writer of a Latin "10" :
ITALIANO57
58
A gremlin who may pretend to be sick :
MALINGER59
60
Strauss opera figure on stereos :
ORESTES
Down
1
2
3
Whom Lorre looks up to :
ERROL4
Tati is doing something :
ATIT5
TD owes a lot to busyness :
TODO6
Almost giant embrace :
HUG7
Overturned an apartment restriction :
STEPON8
You might see a moon scape from here :
SPACE9
Is mistaken at avoiding arrest :
ERRS10
Joke with the end cut off :
WIT11
12
Who made victim feel securer :
RESCUER13
Pest I'd have treated with malice :
SPITED15
20
Join the Pirates and get a kick for nothing :
FREEBOOT23
Old king's edict regarding a dish :
COLESLAW24
Go to Met to hear this :
MOTET26
It may rinse off in a bird bath :
SERIN27
28
O'Shea the prophet :
HOSEA30
___ premiere (Roman goddess's debut) :
CERES32
Author who was once a boyy :
MANN35
Place for a laugh between two degrees :
BAHAMA36
You might label it meal 'n' dessert :
ALIMENT37
39
40
Naval airmen's compatriots :
MARINES41
Roman E written backward :
ENAMOR44
I smoke near an igloo :
ESKIMO47
Puts Sam and Elsie at ease :
CALMS48
TNT is something to be sparing with :
STINT50
Sounds like a windy Scot :
GAEL51
Real bad breathing sound :
RALE52
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56
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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