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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Aug 06, 2000 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
45-Down : Hot-tempered you are, life
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31
| 1 A | 2 P | 3 P | 4 A | 5 R | 6 E | 7 L | | 8 A | 9 R | 10 I | 11 A | 12 S | |
13 A | L | L | U | S | I | V | E | | 14 G | A | N | G | E | 15 S |
16 F | L | I | G | H | T | A | T | 17 T | E | N | D | A | N | T |
18 F | O | G | | 19 Y | E | S | S | I | N | G | | 20 T | E | E |
21 O | T | H | 22 O | | 23 S | I | G | M | A | | 24 R | I | G | A |
25 R | E | T | R | 26 O | | 27 O | O | O | | 28 M | E | N | A | D |
29 D | E | S | T | A | 30 I | N | | 31 N | 32 A | I | V | E | L | Y |
| | | 33 O | S | S | | | | 34 L | E | I | | | |
35 P | 36 A | 37 L | L | E | T | 38 S | | 39 S | I | N | L | 40 E | 41 S | 42 S |
43 A | L | I | A | S | | 44 C | 45 I | O | | 46 S | E | T | O | N |
47 M | I | N | N | | 48 B | U | R | P | 49 S | | 50 S | I | L | O |
51 E | M | E | | 52 D | I | D | E | R | O | 53 T | | 54 E | A | R |
55 L | E | A | 56 V | E | S | O | F | A | B | S | 57 E | N | C | E |
58 A | N | G | E | L | O | | 59 U | N | E | A | R | N | E | D |
| 60 T | E | X | A | N | | 61 L | O | R | R | I | E | S | |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
It's advertised in L.A. paper :
APPAREL8
Songs as light as air :
ARIAS13
Having lots of references to evil Saul :
ALLUSIVE14
16
18
It obscures a froggy, oddly :
FOG19
This is, e.g., N.Y.'s affirmative action :
YESSING20
21
Emperor who gave a hoot :
OTHO23
24
___ mortise (Latvian joint?) :
RIGA25
Torre, a k a the Rocket :
RETRO27
28
Bacchus named her :
MENAD29
Get rid of the dye instead :
DESTAIN31
How any live ingénue behaves :
NAIVELY33
Spy group in La Crosse :
OSS34
___-away plan (Oahu disposal operation?) :
LEI35
A.P. tells about these beds :
PALLETS39
Perfect lines between double curves :
SINLESS43
32-Down as someone else :
ALIAS44
It's united behind nun :
CIO46
47
1,000-tavern locale: Abbr. :
MINN48
Results of a baby back rub: Sp. :
BURPS50
Where corn oils are kept :
SILO51
Scottish uncle in the middle of Yemen :
EME52
He found it odder to philosophize :
DIDEROT54
55
58
59
60
Next, a Bush, e.g. :
TEXAN61
Down
1
One getting part of an ole tale :
ALLOTEE2
Difficulties ending stoplights :
PLIGHTS3
Dog in every other plunge :
PUG4
Like Hay's sickly face :
ASHY5
Civil ___ (nonreligious weddings?) :
RITES6
7
Words that get legs to move :
LETSGO8
Stage in an age of rocketry :
AGENA9
Vocal follower of Boomer? :
RANG10
Like one North Dakota politician: Abbr. :
IND11
Anita, e.g., is like a rock :
AGATINE12
Where did Lee snag a lion? :
SENEGAL13
Have money for a T-Taurus :
AFFORD15
How the cool person stayed :
STEADY17
I'm not from Athens -- he is :
TIMON22
Is Lorna to get the bird? :
ORTOLAN24
Verbally abuses in six reels :
REVILES26
Seas o' water, seemingly :
OASES28
___ to an end (lineman's looks?) :
MIENS30
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35
She considers me a pal :
PAMELA36
37
38
C.D.'s you owe in old Italian money :
SCUDO39
40
Frenchman is almost nineteen :
ETIENNE41
42
45
Hot-tempered you are, life :
IREFUL48
Animal is so in container :
BISON49
Like judges in their robes :
SOBER52
Ware's introduction :
DELA53
Fallen star of 1917 :
TSAR56
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Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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