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Alex Eaton-Salners
NY Times, Sun, Aug 07, 2022 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
39-Down : Cool Al's last name
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
1 D | 2 E | 3 A | 4 D | 5 E | 6 N | 7 D | 8 S | | 9 A | 10 B | 11 S | 12 O | 13 R | 14 B |
15 I | N | D | E | T | A | I | L | | 16 D | R | A | P | E | R |
17 E | A | R | C | A | N | D | Y | | 18 L | A | R | E | D | O |
19 O | B | O | E | | 20 A | N | G | | 21 I | C | A | N | S | O |
22 F | L | I | N | 23 G | | 24 T | R | 25 I | B | E | | 26 A | C | K |
27 F | E | T | T | E | 28 R | | 29 I | D | S | | 30 O | R | A | L |
| | | | 31 T | I | 32 A | N | A | | 33 C | A | M | R | Y |
34 S | 35 C | 36 H | 37 L | U | B | S | | 38 H | 39 O | A | R | S | E | N |
40 T | R | O | O | P | | 41 C | 42 R | O | O | N | | | | |
43 R | U | T | S | | 44 H | O | E | | 45 F | S | 46 T | 47 O | 48 P | 49 S |
50 A | D | D | | 51 N | O | T | P | 52 C | | 53 T | E | N | E | T |
54 D | E | A | 55 L | E | R | | 56 A | A | 57 H | | 58 A | L | T | A |
59 D | O | T | O | A | T | | 60 S | N | A | 61 P | T | O | I | T |
62 L | I | E | S | T | O | | 63 T | O | L | E | R | A | T | E |
64 E | L | S | T | O | N | | 65 S | N | O | C | O | N | E | S |
© 2022, The New York Times
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How to address a mimic with a Ph.D. :
DRAPER17
Catchiest music any cared to hear :
EARCANDY18
19
Sh_rt _ass_on r_lative :
OBOE20
Lead-in to -le or Lee :
ANG21
Determined affirmation at a casino :
ICANSO22
24
26
27
29
30
Test of morale, in part :
ORAL31
You can't say she ain't a Disney princess :
TIANA33
My car - a Toyota :
CAMRY34
38
40
draoobrats foo etisooppOO :
TROOP41
Sing no rock, mostly :
CROON43
44
When repeated, cry from Santa while gardening :
HOE45
Settings por ratios op a camera's pocal length to the eppective aperture diameter :
FSTOPS50
51
Potentially offensive, as a Mac :
NOTPC53
Believe it either way :
TENET54
Leader at a card table :
DEALER56
Sigh heard at a spa's end :
AAH58
Place to ski in Gibraltar :
ALTA59
Perform perfectly - maybe a tad too :
DOTOAT60
Points at a cry to "Wake up!" :
SNAPTOIT62
Deceives like St. Leo I :
LIESTO63
64
Baseball's Howard with 10 career stolen bases :
ELSTON65
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1
Why craps game not completely fair :
DIEOFF2
Allow to open a bleacher partially :
ENABLE3
4
Remove from circulation, as the penny :
DECENT5
6
Gra_dm_'s _ickn_me :
NANA7
Abstained from tea in 2-D :
DIDNT8
N.Y. girl's mischievous look :
SLYGRIN9
"Bald is beautiful!" and other off-the-cuff remarks :
ADLIBS10
Support for a pair :
BRACE11
Odd parts of stairway :
SARA12
13
Re: cadres of old political paranoia :
REDSCARE14
Actresses Shields and Redgrave before their finales :
BROOKLYN23
25
Nothing had I to return here :
IDAHO28
Central distributor :
RIB30
Either/___ (rower's choice) :
OAR32
33
Thoroughfare in Toronto or Ottawa: Abbr. :
CANST34
35
36
Do Thetas make these for fraternity men? :
HOTDATES37
39
Cool Al's last name :
OOF42
Memo subject line about times gone by :
REPASTS44
Dr. Seuss character who's no Thor :
HORTON46
Rotate a place to stage operas :
TEATRO47
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49
51
A note that's "cool" :
NEATO52
Loose ___ (church law that's open to interpretation) :
CANON55
Part of polo stick gone forever :
LOST57
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