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Tracy Bennett
Tracy Bennett

NY Times, Sun Jul 9, 2023 Puns and Anagrams

52-Down : Loath to shorten a conjunction

Author:
Tracy Bennett
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 27
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© 2023, The New York Times
Across
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Pals in high places : ALPS
5
Like a drip that's continuous : RAPID
10
Empty particle drained of color : PALE
14
Behave at a telethon - i.e., do as you're told : TOETHELINE
16
Behold morning soil : LOAM
17
Ten secrets for an acting audition : SCREENTEST
18
Coolidge, alternately : OLDE
19
√take : TAKEROOT
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Best amount : OUTMAN
22
A-list : ATILT
23
Strength derived from rhino DNA : IRONHAND
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__esey or J__ __nings : KEN
26
An extra-easy name to spell backward : ZEENA
29
Skill encompassing political expertise : POISE
30
Landed gentry's inside advantage : EDGE
32
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pell, magazine chief : MISSPELLED
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A lip of a bucket : PAIL
36
H
E : HONE
37
10 : 00 and 12 : 30 : SPLITTIMES
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Post TV commercial : SPOT
45
Expressed part of a Christmas wish : PEACE
46
Asses' return mailers : SASES
48
Interest fig. in Tax Mo. : APR
49
Complains bitterly about four hinges : INVEIGHS
51
10-Across and nothing more : PALEO
53
30 French René tutees : TRENTE
54
Like sassafras in a basil tin : SIBILANT
57
Misdeed in treat or trick : TORT
58
Astute test for Oscar awards : STATUETTES
60
One working in an eagle's nest : ESNE
61
Catfish : TIGERSHARK
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"Oh, ___!" (cry from Dasher or Dancer) : DEER
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Try hard to cross tree : EXERT
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"Let's hear a cheer for skin care!" : OLAY
Down
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Good Twitter handle for a bettor or a tentmaker : ATSTAKE
2
Found cold tea : LOCATED
3
According to Charles III : PERKING
4
Prepare (oneself) for a robbery hearing : STEEL
5
Gambling locale in Grenoble : RENO
6
One who sings a lot in choirs : ALTO
7
Mr. Spooner's tiepins : PIETINS
8
Connect__o__ __ : INS
9
Half-droid in "Ode to Obi-Wan" : DETOO
10
The ol' slop of bad storytelling : PLOTHOLES
11
Some Ala. limo messages : AOLMAIL
12
Deals an acclaimed Matisse painting : LADANSE
13
Darned E! : EMENDED
15
Car rental frequency : HERTZ
21
Keepsake from the General Assembly : UNPEN
24
Skin eruptions on her ass : RASHES
27
Time's up! : EMIT
28
Billie reported having one change in eyelash : EILISH
31
Counterpart of a grand exit : EPICENTER
33
Poe's stance : POSE
35
Wiped out one Tate : ATEIT
37
Its dept. is like a pig at a roast : SPITTED
38
Physics Nobelist with no peers : PENROSE
39
Enravel half of an old sitcom duo : LAVERNE
40
No. of years since the Pilgrims landed : MASSAGE
42
Like none of the consonants in "La Plata" : PALATAL
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It's lasted an aeon, per tennis historians : OPENERA
44
Jogs between Tenn. and Ind., to a revolutionary : TROTSKY
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Shoofly, shepherd's and sweetie : SPIES
50
Kni__ht's adv__nturou__ __al__ : GESTE
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Loath to shorten a conjunction : ALTHO
55
Writer's final passage : ITER
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Guy who goes around in bus transport : BURT
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Speaker's idiosyncrasies : TIX
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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