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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, May 12, 2013 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
44-Down : A Slav's old-time worker
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 G | 2 R | 3 I | 4 S | 5 T | 6 L | 7 E | | 8 A | 9 L | 10 A | 11 M | 12 O | |
13 G | R | A | N | T | E | E | S | | 14 L | A | C | I | N | 15 G |
16 R | A | N | F | O | R | I | T | | 17 L | I | E | S | T | O |
18 A | N | D | E | A | N | | 19 H | 20 O | O | D | | 21 S | A | L |
22 H | O | A | R | | | 23 W | E | P | T | | 24 G | I | R | D |
25 A | L | L | | 26 A | 27 M | O | R | E | | 28 A | R | N | I | E |
29 M | A | L | 30 A | B | A | R | | 31 N | 32 O | N | A | G | O | N |
| | | 33 D | A | M | E | | 34 E | R | I | S | | | |
35 D | 36 E | 37 B | A | S | E | D | | 38 D | E | S | P | 39 I | 40 T | 41 E |
42 R | O | U | G | H | | 43 O | 44 V | U | L | E | | 45 N | E | G |
46 E | L | S | E | | 47 S | W | A | P | | | 48 S | C | A | R |
49 A | I | T | | 50 A | W | N | S | | 51 S | 52 A | T | I | R | E |
53 M | T | O | 54 S | S | A | | 55 S | 56 I | T | U | A | T | E | S |
57 S | H | U | T | I | N | | 58 A | V | E | N | G | E | R | S |
| 59 S | T | E | A | K | | 60 L | E | T | T | E | R | S | |
© 2013, The New York Times
Across
1
Cartilage that helps a leg stir :
GRISTLE8
Pie ___ (San Antonio dessert) :
ALAMO13
14
16
17
18
An official of a high Peruvian college :
ANDEAN19
21
22
23
Half of West Point :
WEPT24
Go all around grid :
GIRD25
A 50-50 amount? No! :
ALL26
28
29
Marshmallow candy from the Indian coast? :
MALABAR31
Nag on and on about one's shape :
NONAGON33
Titled woman made by a queen :
DAME34
She ires gods in Greek myth :
ERIS35
38
42
Hoarse, like a dog's bark :
ROUGH43
You love to fertilize it :
OVULE45
46
47
48
49
50
51
Wit and irony are its ingredients :
SATIRE53
Large mass, to ancient Greeks :
MTOSSA55
57
This U.N. person who can't get out :
SHUTIN58
Do they get even using nerve gas? :
AVENGERS59
60
Down
1
Argon and aluminum mixture :
GRANOLA2
3
Reach a finer conclusion :
INFER4
5
Bird in the Internet :
TERN6
7
There's an Old Testament book :
ESTHER8
9
10
11
12
It's a long way from Iran, too :
ONTARIO13
Kind of cracker weighing .035 ounce :
GRAHAM15
Like a much longed-for age :
GOLDEN20
23
24
26
Embarrass at a shindig :
ABASH27
28
Flavoring used in Siena :
ANISE30
Saying about the period since the time of Christ :
ADAGE32
35
The same Dr. Freud dealt with them :
DREAMS36
Old tools used on the soil :
EOLITHS37
39
I, cretin, who get people riled up :
INCITER40
They may produce serrate edges :
TEARERS41
44
A Slav's old-time worker :
VASSAL47
48
Gets a coach out West :
STAGE50
Assyria's surroundings :
ASIA51
52
Relative of a tuna :
AUNT54
56
Stinging insects' 'ome :
IVE
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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