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Tracy Bennett
NY Times, Sun Jul 9, 2023 Puns and Anagrams
15-Down : Car rental frequency
Author:
Tracy Bennett
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 27
1 A | 2 L | 3 P | 4 S | | 5 R | 6 A | 7 P | 8 I | 9 D | | 10 P | 11 A | 12 L | 13 E |
14 T | O | E | T | 15 H | E | L | I | N | E | | 16 L | O | A | M |
17 S | C | R | E | E | N | T | E | S | T | | 18 O | L | D | E |
19 T | A | K | E | R | O | O | T | | 20 O | 21 U | T | M | A | N |
22 A | T | I | L | T | | | 23 I | 24 R | O | N | H | A | N | D |
25 K | E | N | | 26 Z | 27 E | 28 E | N | A | | 29 P | O | I | S | E |
30 E | D | G | 31 E | | 32 M | I | S | S | 33 P | E | L | L | E | D |
| | | 34 P | 35 A | I | L | | 36 H | O | N | E | | | |
37 S | 38 P | 39 L | I | T | T | I | 40 M | E | S | | 41 S | 42 P | 43 O | 44 T |
45 P | E | A | C | E | | 46 S | A | S | E | 47 S | | 48 A | P | R |
49 I | N | V | E | I | 50 G | H | S | | | 51 P | 52 A | L | E | O |
53 T | R | E | N | T | E | | 54 S | 55 I | 56 B | I | L | A | N | T |
57 T | O | R | T | | 58 S | 59 T | A | T | U | E | T | T | E | S |
60 E | S | N | E | | 61 T | I | G | E | R | S | H | A | R | K |
62 D | E | E | R | | 63 E | X | E | R | T | | 64 O | L | A | Y |
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
Pals in high places :
ALPS5
Like a drip that's continuous :
RAPID10
Empty particle drained of color :
PALE14
Behave at a telethon - i.e., do as you're told :
TOETHELINE16
Behold morning soil :
LOAM17
18
Coolidge, alternately :
OLDE19
20
22
23
Strength derived from rhino DNA :
IRONHAND25
__esey or J__ __nings :
KEN26
An extra-easy name to spell backward :
ZEENA29
Skill encompassing political expertise :
POISE30
Landed gentry's inside advantage :
EDGE32
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pell, magazine chief :
MISSPELLED34
36
37
41
Post TV commercial :
SPOT45
Expressed part of a Christmas wish :
PEACE46
Asses' return mailers :
SASES48
Interest fig. in Tax Mo. :
APR49
Complains bitterly about four hinges :
INVEIGHS51
10-Across and nothing more :
PALEO53
30 French René tutees :
TRENTE54
Like sassafras in a basil tin :
SIBILANT57
Misdeed in treat or trick :
TORT58
60
One working in an eagle's nest :
ESNE61
62
"Oh, ___!" (cry from Dasher or Dancer) :
DEER63
Try hard to cross tree :
EXERT64
"Let's hear a cheer for skin care!" :
OLAY
Down
1
Good Twitter handle for a bettor or a tentmaker :
ATSTAKE2
3
4
Prepare (oneself) for a robbery hearing :
STEEL5
Gambling locale in Grenoble :
RENO6
One who sings a lot in choirs :
ALTO7
8
9
Half-droid in "Ode to Obi-Wan" :
DETOO10
11
12
Deals an acclaimed Matisse painting :
LADANSE13
15
Car rental frequency :
HERTZ21
Keepsake from the General Assembly :
UNPEN24
Skin eruptions on her ass :
RASHES27
28
Billie reported having one change in eyelash :
EILISH31
33
35
Wiped out one Tate :
ATEIT37
Its dept. is like a pig at a roast :
SPITTED38
Physics Nobelist with no peers :
PENROSE39
Enravel half of an old sitcom duo :
LAVERNE40
No. of years since the Pilgrims landed :
MASSAGE42
Like none of the consonants in "La Plata" :
PALATAL43
It's lasted an aeon, per tennis historians :
OPENERA44
Jogs between Tenn. and Ind., to a revolutionary :
TROTSKY47
Shoofly, shepherd's and sweetie :
SPIES50
Kni__ht's adv__nturou__ __al__ :
GESTE52
Loath to shorten a conjunction :
ALTHO55
Writer's final passage :
ITER56
Guy who goes around in bus transport :
BURT59
Speaker's idiosyncrasies :
TIX
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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