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Andy Kravis
Andy Kravis
Andrew Ries
Andrew Ries

NY Times, Sun, Apr 05, 2020 Puns and Anagrams

52-Down : A f-first lady of the 1940s

Author:
Andy Kravis and Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30
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© 2020, The New York Times
Across
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Having almost no corrosion : RUSTLES
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Like some language cavils : SLAVIC
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Apt title for Georges Seurat's memoir : ONPOINT
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Indy 500 auto from Warsaw : POLECAR
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Oh, see a malt beverage : CLAMATO
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Outermost Mex. tree : EXTREME
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Child's joke : KID
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Compiler of names of geniuses : MENSA
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East's selling point : ASSET
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Cries of terror heard : EKES
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True stereo, when every second counts : RETRO
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Woman who's a bit of a sweet talker : ETTA
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Fix, as a tree's broken limb : RESET
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B__ __nd of spa__hetti sa__ce : RAGU
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D / K : DORK
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Drops back : WED
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Peace Nobelist's skirt : TUTU
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Cruel heart : RUE
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Rev(4:00, 7:30)olve : TURNAROUNDTIMES
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Newspaper section : APE
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Name for part of a horse : MANE
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"Either ___" ("You choose where to sit in the galley") : OAR
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Rabid fan of the Nats : STAN
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Check back : METS
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City where a hair fad mostly started : HAIFA
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Single flight to Oslo : SOLO
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It rates a page in a flower guide : ASTER
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One who respects nobody, intrinsically : SNOB
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Who might fix the typho in this clue : EDITH
59
Like an empty Pennsylvania city : EERIE
61
Little beer left : DUB
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Hawaiian garland + Z + I ... can you see? : LAZYEYE
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Where to find top of church : INSPIRE
66
Guided to Deseret : STEERED
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Views of spas, etc. : ASPECTS
68
What 'enry 'iggins does at a red light : ESTOPS
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Mi__ __, i__ch, lea__ue and o__ __er__ : LENGTHS
Down
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Chair for an electric guitarist : ROCKER
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Dissimilar, in Luke : UNLIKE
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Some cards that are passed out : SPADES
4
___ B. Stone, cemetery manager : TOM
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Mail man : LIAM
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Nonstarting center : ENTER
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High-minded sort : STONER
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Sharp shooter : SPEARGUN
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What a bagel shop uses for security : LOX
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Ski resort in Gibraltar : ALTA
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Like an experienced poet : VERSED
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Crystal gale : ICESTORM
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Happened to cure meat : CAMETRUE
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Seek art in new instances of filming : RETAKES
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Law about "E.T." : STATUETTE
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Stitched in all four directions : SEWN
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Beat at a hairstyling competition : OUTDO
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Lead-in to "mate" : TEAM
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Physician leading a physicians' org. : DRAMA
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Where pioneers once built a hut : UTAH
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S__r__nd__ on __om__ cornsta__k__ : TASSELS
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Like a top duet in modern times : UPTODATE
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Gets sleazier : REALIZES
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Odes seen regarding likely winners : ONESEEDS
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Where two-thirds of raises may be invested : IRAS
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Procrastinator's reply to "nyet" : NOTYET
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Soap opera, e.g., in Israel : SERIAL
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Indicate A&E is missing : INDICT
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Go ___ and multiply (not be in the top three in arithmetic class) : FOURTH
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A f-first lady of the 1940s : ABBESS
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Wash off resin : RINSE
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Protagonist in "On the Road" : HERO
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Where to watch the Pens play hockey : ESPN
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What you exclaim positively, at first : YEP
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Rho, e.g. : PEG
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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