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Mark Diehl
NY Times, Sun, Jun 07, 2015 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
35-Down : How many years army meals have been offered
Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
| 1 N | 2 O | 3 T | 4 F | 5 A | 6 R | | 7 A | 8 C | 9 C | 10 O | 11 R | 12 D | |
13 C | O | U | R | A | G | E | | 14 T | O | U | P | E | E | 15 S |
16 A | C | T | E | D | A | S | | 17 T | W | E | E | D | L | E |
18 T | A | D | A | S | | 19 T | 20 B | I | R | D | | 21 B | U | T |
22 K | N | O | T | | 23 P | A | U | L | Y | | 24 Q | U | I | T |
25 I | D | O | | 26 P | A | R | M | A | | 27 P | U | L | S | E |
28 N | O | R | 29 T | H | S | E | A | | 30 B | A | I | L | E | R |
| | | 31 A | L | T | A | R | 32 W | I | N | E | | | |
33 T | 34 E | 35 M | P | O | S | | 36 O | I | L | S | T | 37 O | 38 N | 39 E |
40 I | C | E | A | X | | 41 H | U | N | K | Y | | 42 P | E | N |
43 P | U | S | S | | 44 P | I | N | G | S | | 45 L | E | A | D |
46 J | A | S | | 47 V | E | N | D | S | | 48 P | I | N | T | O |
49 A | D | A | 50 M | A | N | T | | 51 P | 52 I | A | S | T | E | R |
53 R | O | G | A | I | N | E | | 54 A | R | I | Z | O | N | A |
| 55 R | E | E | L | E | D | | 56 N | A | N | T | E | S | |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
7
13
Support you owe cager who's frightened :
COURAGE14
16
17
18
19
Toucan, tanager or teal :
TBIRD21
22
... H I J L M N ... :
KNOT23
Lay up by the Shore :
PAULY24
Leave quite unfinished :
QUIT25
26
Italian city built on a ramp :
PARMA27
Lupe's sign of life :
PULSE28
30
31
33
36
40
Producer of cold cuts :
ICEAX41
Dangling opener, you might say :
HUNKY42
Chippendale centerpiece :
PEN43
She sups on Friskies :
PUSS44
45
Starring role that's a problem for Superman :
LEAD46
47
What Liv and Bev have :
VENDS48
Top in an old Ford :
PINTO49
Unpersuadable 1980s-'90s pop star :
ADAMANT51
Part of an old Spanish pirate's booty :
PIASTER53
Iron Age cure for baldness :
ROGAINE54
Place for Ana Ortiz without a tee :
ARIZONA55
Brought (in), as a red eel :
REELED56
Sent an address in France :
NANTES
Down
1
2
3
Something tasty, as teas are :
TREAT4
Commercials that fail :
FADS5
A Georgia title of honor :
AGA6
7
Tilt A's in old king's name :
ATTILA8
Sea snail that makes you cry "ow!" :
COWRY9
Fed lines about having pool sticks :
CUED10
11
Energy drink that could hardly be duller :
REDBULL12
Sue idle actor in old movies :
DELUISE13
15
20
23
Histories of spats :
PASTS24
Making quite little noise :
QUIET26
Groups of birds in the sound :
PHLOX27
Spy an ostentatious bloom :
PANSY29
Bite-size snacks with pasta :
TAPAS30
Swindles out of 51 kbs. :
BILKS32
33
Dough source for a junior pita :
TIPJAR34
Land with a décor you might admire :
ECUADOR35
How many years army meals have been offered :
MESSAGE37
Kind of shoe for one poet :
OPENTOE38
39
No, dear, she's a witch :
ENDORA41
44
___ ante (game of pasta poker) :
PENNE45
One in an enumeration of classical composers :
LISZT47
Resort that's alive for the most part :
VAIL48
50
Ishmael's hidden girlfriend :
MAE52
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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