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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Aug 17, 2014 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
7-Down : Like Kenya's thieves
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 C | 2 L | 3 A | 4 M | 5 O | 6 R | 7 S | | 8 F | 9 O | 10 N | 11 D | 12 A | |
13 C | H | I | M | E | D | I | N | | 14 A | N | O | I | N | 15 T |
16 H | A | V | E | D | O | N | E | | 17 C | A | S | S | I | A |
18 O | P | I | N | E | R | | 19 A | 20 M | E | N | | 21 H | M | S |
22 R | E | N | D | | | 23 S | K | I | S | | 24 C | R | A | T |
25 D | A | G | | 26 S | 27 T | A | Y | S | | 28 S | L | A | T | E |
29 S | U | S | 30 T | A | I | N | | 31 H | 32 O | M | A | G | E | S |
| | | 33 A | L | E | C | | 34 M | B | A | S | | | |
35 C | 36 O | 37 M | P | O | R | T | | 38 A | I | R | P | 39 O | 40 R | 41 T |
42 A | V | I | A | N | | 43 I | 44 N | S | E | T | | 45 N | E | O |
46 D | E | N | S | | 47 N | O | A | H | | | 48 P | A | S | S |
49 E | R | G | | 50 B | A | N | C | | 51 A | 52 M | A | T | I | S |
53 T | A | L | 54 K | E | D | | 55 H | 56 O | R | O | L | O | G | E |
57 S | T | E | E | L | E | | 58 O | V | A | T | I | O | N | S |
| 59 E | D | G | A | R | | 60 S | I | L | E | N | T | S | |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
Calms or makes a lot of noise :
CLAMORS8
Film star who's more affectionate in Boston :
FONDA13
Added a comment, as about a church bell :
CHIMEDIN14
Provide oil for nation :
ANOINT16
17
18
19
It can mean "You said it!" :
AMEN21
Initials for 259 shipmates :
HMS22
Preceder of send and tend :
REND23
What a Winter Olympian might kiss for luck :
SKIS24
25
26
28
It consists of at least three candidates :
SLATE29
31
33
34
Degrees ambassadors may have :
MBAS35
38
Where to go for an arrival or a trip :
AIRPORT42
Scanned-in finish for a Norwegian or Swede :
AVIAN43
45
One start for a conservative :
NEO46
Places a lion ends up :
DENS47
48
49
50
___ of America (the Supreme Court) :
BANC51
Instruments at Siam concert :
AMATIS53
55
Classic timepiece with a hero logo :
HOROLOGE57
Old essayist whose work seems like a bargain :
STEELE58
Cheers when nothing is on a TV :
OVATIONS59
60
Down
1
2
3
4
One you might deem an ancient Iranian :
MEDE5
It might waft through a door :
ODOR6
7
8
9
Biblical character in "Bonanza" :
ONAN10
What makes Stan tan :
NOS11
Gossip + a paper that publishes gossip :
DISHRAG12
13
Extension ___ (tacked-on musical sounds) :
CHORDS15
20
His has 2,000 ingredients all mixed in :
MISHMASH23
24
It can hold a toupee on a scalp :
CLASP26
Nola's Beauty Parlor :
SALON27
___ drop (part of a stadium collapse) :
TIER28
They transport people to the north :
SMART30
32
Award that sounds offensive with its sides switched :
OBIE35
Students at East D.C. Academy :
CADETS36
37
Mixed in, like the government of 16th-century China :
MINGLED39
40
Renews a contract and calls it quits :
RESIGNS41
44
47
Andre voted for him in 1996 :
NADER48
Plain-speaking Sarah :
PALIN50
51
Sea in Asia rallying from near extinction :
ARAL52
It's a tiny thing to me :
MOTE54
Kay, for example, finds beer here :
KEG56
Start for an egg in a movie :
OVI
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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