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Daniel Raymon
NY Times, Sun, Jun 30, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
9-Down : Trick a Hebrew prophet
Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
1 P | 2 E | 3 N | 4 P | 5 A | 6 L | 7 S | | 8 S | 9 H | 10 E | 11 P | 12 A | 13 R | 14 D |
15 A | R | E | O | L | A | E | | 16 H | O | N | A | L | E | E |
17 R | I | S | E | S | U | P | | 18 A | S | O | N | A | N | T |
19 A | T | T | | 20 O | R | A | 21 C | L | E | S | | 22 B | E | E |
23 S | R | I | 24 S | | 25 A | L | O | H | A | | 26 P | A | W | N |
27 K | E | N | T | 28 S | | 29 S | R | O | | 30 A | I | M | A | T |
31 I | A | G | R | E | 32 E | | 33 T | U | 34 R | N | P | A | L | E |
| | | 35 A | T | T | 36 R | I | B | U | T | E | | | |
37 A | 38 U | 39 S | P | I | C | E | S | | 40 B | I | T | 41 M | 42 A | 43 P |
44 S | P | A | I | N | | 45 P | O | 46 T | | 47 S | T | A | T | E |
48 S | P | U | N | | 49 M | U | N | I | 50 S | | 51 E | M | T | S |
52 U | S | C | | 53 D | E | L | E | T | E | 54 S | | 55 M | R | T |
56 M | A | I | 57 D | E | N | S | | 58 A | T | A | 59 B | O | I | L |
60 E | L | L | I | P | S | E | | 61 N | A | N | E | T | T | E |
62 D | A | Y | S | P | A | S | | 63 S | E | E | T | H | E | S |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
8
Sam who phrased many award-winning films :
SHEPARD15
16
Magical land that can heal one :
HONALEE17
18
Soundless, as a male offspring of an insect :
ASONANT19
20
Their predictions are so clear :
ORACLES22
Letter in a spelling contest :
BEE23
25
A greeting either way you look at it :
ALOHA26
27
Some smokes for Superman's family :
KENTS29
Sign in theater's roped-off area :
SRO30
Strive for an Amati :
AIMAT31
One eager concurrence :
IAGREE33
Show sudden fear of true plan :
TURNPALE35
37
40
Apt IBM computer image :
BITMAP44
Country a Pisan might travel west to visit :
SPAIN45
47
48
's a bit of wordplay :
SPUN49
Tax-free bonds, in sum :
MUNIS51
Lifesavers for the Mets :
EMTS52
53
55
Actor in muscle shirt outside :
MRT56
58
60
'E spilled almost all of it coming back :
ELLIPSE61
Small piece of Indian bread :
NANETTE62
Relaxing retreats for a sad spy :
DAYSPAS63
Down
1
Door opener in the French capital, so it's said :
PARASKI2
3
4
5
6
She has a glow after 50 :
LAURA7
__upport__rs of __et__ __ __ :
SEPALS8
9
Trick a Hebrew prophet :
HOSEA10
This one's a grandson of Adam :
ENOS11
12
Where to find a research site and doctor group :
ALABAMA13
We learn from this library option :
RENEWAL14
Improving relations with teen Ted :
DETENTE21
24
26
Reply to "What's 3.1416, darling?" :
PIPETTE28
Take hold with tines :
SETIN30
Those __gai__s__ th__ng__ :
ANTIS32
Ketchup contents and the like :
ETC34
36
37
Like the name "M" used as an alias :
ASSUMED38
A U.S. Lapp from a city in Sweden :
UPPSALA39
How an impertinent maker of gravy might reply :
SAUCILY41
42
43
Estee peels and pounds with these :
PESTLES46
It's a TN football team :
TITANS49
This means "smart people" :
MENSA50
Tease stiff hairs :
SETAE53
Amt. put in the bankk :
DEPP54
What are the odds for a Shawnee? :
SANE57
59
Gamble on a cable channel :
BET
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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