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Andy Kravis
Andrew Ries
NY Times, Sun, Apr 05, 2020 Puns and Anagrams
12-Down : Crystal gale
Author:
Andy Kravis and Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30
1 R | 2 U | 3 S | 4 T | 5 L | 6 E | 7 S | | 8 S | 9 L | 10 A | 11 V | 12 I | 13 C | |
14 O | N | P | O | I | N | T | | 15 P | O | L | E | C | A | 16 R |
17 C | L | A | M | A | T | O | | 18 E | X | T | R | E | M | E |
19 K | I | D | | 20 M | E | N | 21 S | A | | 22 A | S | S | E | T |
23 E | K | E | 24 S | | 25 R | E | T | R | 26 O | | 27 E | T | T | A |
28 R | E | S | E | 29 T | | 30 R | A | G | U | | 31 D | O | R | K |
| | | 32 W | E | 33 D | | 34 T | U | T | 35 U | | 36 R | U | E |
37 T | 38 U | 39 R | N | A | R | 40 O | U | N | D | T | 41 I | M | E | S |
42 A | P | E | | 43 M | A | N | E | | 44 O | A | R | | | |
45 S | T | A | 46 N | | 47 M | E | T | 48 S | | 49 H | A | 50 I | 51 F | 52 A |
53 S | O | L | O | | 54 A | S | T | E | 55 R | | 56 S | N | O | B |
57 E | D | I | T | 58 H | | 59 E | E | R | I | 60 E | | 61 D | U | B |
62 L | A | Z | Y | E | 63 Y | E | | 64 I | N | S | 65 P | I | R | E |
66 S | T | E | E | R | E | D | | 67 A | S | P | E | C | T | S |
| 68 E | S | T | O | P | S | | 69 L | E | N | G | T | H | S |
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
Having almost no corrosion :
RUSTLES8
Like some language cavils :
SLAVIC14
Apt title for Georges Seurat's memoir :
ONPOINT15
Indy 500 auto from Warsaw :
POLECAR17
18
19
20
Compiler of names of geniuses :
MENSA22
East's selling point :
ASSET23
Cries of terror heard :
EKES25
True stereo, when every second counts :
RETRO27
Woman who's a bit of a sweet talker :
ETTA28
Fix, as a tree's broken limb :
RESET30
B__ __nd of spa__hetti sa__ce :
RAGU31
32
34
Peace Nobelist's skirt :
TUTU36
37
42
43
Name for part of a horse :
MANE44
"Either ___" ("You choose where to sit in the galley") :
OAR45
Rabid fan of the Nats :
STAN47
49
City where a hair fad mostly started :
HAIFA53
Single flight to Oslo :
SOLO54
It rates a page in a flower guide :
ASTER56
One who respects nobody, intrinsically :
SNOB57
Who might fix the typho in this clue :
EDITH59
Like an empty Pennsylvania city :
EERIE61
62
Hawaiian garland + Z + I ... can you see? :
LAZYEYE64
Where to find top of church :
INSPIRE66
67
68
What 'enry 'iggins does at a red light :
ESTOPS69
Mi__ __, i__ch, lea__ue and o__ __er__ :
LENGTHS
Down
1
Chair for an electric guitarist :
ROCKER2
3
Some cards that are passed out :
SPADES4
___ B. Stone, cemetery manager :
TOM5
6
Nonstarting center :
ENTER7
8
9
What a bagel shop uses for security :
LOX10
Ski resort in Gibraltar :
ALTA11
Like an experienced poet :
VERSED12
13
16
Seek art in new instances of filming :
RETAKES21
24
Stitched in all four directions :
SEWN26
Beat at a hairstyling competition :
OUTDO29
33
Physician leading a physicians' org. :
DRAMA35
Where pioneers once built a hut :
UTAH37
S__r__nd__ on __om__ cornsta__k__ :
TASSELS38
Like a top duet in modern times :
UPTODATE39
40
Odes seen regarding likely winners :
ONESEEDS41
Where two-thirds of raises may be invested :
IRAS46
Procrastinator's reply to "nyet" :
NOTYET48
Soap opera, e.g., in Israel :
SERIAL50
Indicate A&E is missing :
INDICT51
Go ___ and multiply (not be in the top three in arithmetic class) :
FOURTH52
A f-first lady of the 1940s :
ABBESS55
58
Protagonist in "On the Road" :
HERO60
Where to watch the Pens play hockey :
ESPN63
What you exclaim positively, at first :
YEP65
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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