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Samuel A. Donaldson
NY Times, Sun Jun 9, 2024 Puns and Anagrams
25-Down : Skate on gelid water
Author:
Samuel A. Donaldson
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
1 B | 2 A | 3 C | 4 K | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 B | | 9 T | 10 A | 11 I | 12 P | 13 A | 14 N |
15 A | L | I | E | N | A | T | E | | 16 E | L | N | I | N | O |
17 T | O | N | E | A | R | M | S | | 18 R | E | V | O | T | E |
19 S | T | E | P | P | E | | 20 T | 21 E | R | R | I | N | E | S |
| | | 22 M | O | S | 23 S | | 24 L | A | T | T | E | | |
25 G | 26 A | 27 S | U | P | | 28 P | 29 R | E | P | | 30 R | E | 31 V | 32 S |
33 L | E | T | M | E | | 34 R | A | M | I | | 35 O | R | E | O |
36 I | R | A | | 37 N | 38 E | A | T | E | N | 39 S | | 40 I | N | N |
41 D | O | R | 42 M | | 43 L | Y | O | N | | 44 A | 45 N | N | O | Y |
46 E | S | T | A | | 47 I | S | N | T | | 48 D | O | G | M | A |
| | 49 S | Y | 50 S | C | O | | 51 S | 52 P | I | T | | | |
53 S | 54 E | M | O | L | I | N | 55 A | | 56 A | S | H | 57 A | 58 R | 59 P |
60 A | R | A | R | A | T | | 61 P | 62 A | S | T | O | R | A | L |
63 I | N | L | A | T | E | | 64 O | P | T | I | M | I | Z | E |
65 L | O | L | L | E | D | | 66 P | R | E | C | E | D | E | D |
© 2024, The New York Times
Across
1
9
Paint a James Clavell novel :
TAIPAN15
What happened after the extraterrestrial fasted :
ALIENATE16
Online weather phenomenon :
ELNINO17
18
Do-over caused by a vetoer :
REVOTE19
___ aerobics (grasslands exercise class) :
STEPPE20
Reinsert, as casserole dishes :
TERRINES22
24
Coffee drink that sounds like the French tea :
LATTE25
Fill a pug's tank :
GASUP28
Like all the letters from A to O :
PREP30
Gets ready to race a couple of preachers :
REVS33
"I'll take it from here," finally :
LETME34
Man found in a pyramid :
RAMI35
Cookie consumed by storeowners :
OREO36
37
Eaten in opposite directions :
NEATENS40
Coasting, per the gearshift :
INN41
Letters that can follow GRANDA :
DORM43
Only city on the Rhone :
LYON44
"It's that Raggedy doll? Sheesh!" :
ANNOY46
Si follower, in Spanish :
ESTA47
48
She nurses puppies :
DOGMA49
Food service giant that's into lousy scotch :
SYSCO51
53
No emails about pasta ingredient :
SEMOLINA56
Key, as a string instrument :
ASHARP60
"I smell ___," Noah stuttered :
ARARAT61
Rustic church leader Sharpton :
PASTORAL63
Arr__vi__g wel__ __f__er curf__w :
INLATE64
65
Took things easy and audibly replied with a guffaw :
LOLLED66
Down
1
2
A parking area, often :
ALOT3
French theater composed of carbon, iodine andneon :
CINE4
5
6
Reportedly damages container weights :
TARES7
It sends out bills every other autumn :
ATM8
9
10
11
Tri-vino fertilization process :
INVITRO12
13
14
Opposi__g v__t__ __ :
NOES21
23
25
Skate on gelid water :
GLIDE26
Houston hockey team that arose in 1994 :
AEROS27
29
31
1,000 + 1 + 5 in reverse :
VENOM32
A nosy niece of Uncle Vanya :
SONYA38
One of the Manning brothers credited in a footnote :
ELICITED39
42
45
50
__hing__e m__ __ __rial :
SLATE52
A step after cut or copy :
PASTE53
"For ___" (mariner's specification) :
SAIL54
Governor's inner name :
ERNO55
57
Like a desert raid :
ARID58
Bring down or lift to one's ear :
RAZE59
Desperately asked after Sam :
PLED62
When pros try to beat par at the Masters: Abbr. :
APR
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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