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Alex Eaton-Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun May 14, 2023 Puns and Anagrams

21-Down : Kind of ant

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
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© 2023, The New York Times
Across
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1-18-5-1 : AREACODE
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All ads for this 1980s show featured Larry Hagman : DALLAS
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Celestial body with a color gradient : REDGIANT
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Like Fairbanks among all major U.S. cities : ICIEST
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Hollywood great Sam Elliot, for one : MEGASTAR
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Ancient ___ (stovetop woe) : GREASE
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Came down in quality : ALIT
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Nation's leader : STAG
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What an elevator operator, interior decorator and color commentator all do : ENDOR
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E(D)S : DINES
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Dames' cheeses : EDAMS
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__ __ bo__t : TOO
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Boomer's successor : ANG
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"Use the 25th letters with care," said Tom ___ : WISELY
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60 secs. + 1 : MINI
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Trouser puff : PANT
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Favor a classic humor magazine tremendously : LIKEMAD
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Arty sand beach : STRAND
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You wearing clothes by force : DURESS
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Start in one place and end in another : TRANSIT
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Follower of Rush : MORE
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Bo__ing ro__ __ine__ : RUTS
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Like many bridal shower jokes : RIBALD
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Rebound guy : NAM
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Fish in free lunches : EEL
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Boat for Cathy : YACHT
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Attest, mostly : STATE
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C__rro__l t__tle chara__t__r : ALICE
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Business attire for clubs, say : SUIT
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We speak nonsense about these snares : WEBS
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My friend in two states around North America : MONAMI
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Sinatra's "Catherine and Alexandra" : TSARINAS
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Everyone, including singer Sheeran : EVENED
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In Captain Kidd costume, say : ASPIRATE
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Confessional email subject : RESINS
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Unnecessary phonographh partss : NEEDLESS
Down
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Give guns to a prosecutor : ARMADA
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Land inside the tree line : REELIN
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$1,000 dinge trim option : EDGING
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Small type of marble : AGATE
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Kind of tern : CIS
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As to some cereal : OATS
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Attends a lab procedure : DNATEST
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Brokerage back in a noted art exhibit : ETRADE
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Really like every other part of 3-Down : DIG
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Land for races : ACRES
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___ over (happy situation for a debtor) : LIEN
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10 minutes for a deli meat order, maybe : LEADTIME
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Immediately when in a lasso on a saddle : ASSOONAS
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Is stored with some banned substances : STEROIDS
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Kind of ant : GALL
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They fly SAS & Northwest : SWANS
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Fan's cry far exceeding a mild "Yo!" : MYIDOL
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Certa__n Ga__ __h__ standa__d be__rer : INDIRA
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Cash back : MERE
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Cookware with zero-star reviews : PANS
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Bean ___ (bop some Turks over the head) : KURDS
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Banner for an online broadcaster : STREAMER
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0-0, in tennis : TRUELOVE
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Nautical ropes that might lead to latrines : RATLINES
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Deer ___ (cleaning antlers and hooves, e.g.) : TICS
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"Sea Mist" artist : MATISSE
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High place for a bun hat : BHUTAN
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Negative-sounding dance : NAENAE
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Twitter handle for a vampire : ATBATS
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Clutters a thousand curves : MESSES
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Enemy of Saudi Arabia : YEMEN
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__ __ist __n spi__a__s : TWIRL
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Inca child's question : CANI
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Recording from Evita Peron : TAPE
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Dis-cards : IDS
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McGriddle middle : RID
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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