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Michael Lieberman
NY Times, Sun, Sep 05, 2021 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
9-Down : 5-Down, A to B
Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 29
1 A | 2 B | 3 S | 4 O | 5 R | 6 B | 7 E | 8 D | | 9 R | 10 A | 11 S | 12 H | 13 A | 14 D |
15 R | E | U | N | I | O | N | S | | 16 I | L | L | I | N | I |
17 R | E | S | E | A | R | C | H | | 18 B | L | A | S | T | S |
19 E | T | S | | 20 S | O | L | A | 21 R | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
22 S | L | E | 23 D | | 24 N | O | R | A | | | 25 H | O | L | A |
26 T | E | X | A | 27 S | | 28 S | P | I | 29 N | 30 S | | 31 R | O | Y |
| | | 32 K | I | 33 T | E | | 34 N | O | T | 35 R | I | P | E |
36 C | 37 A | 38 R | A | F | E | | | | 39 T | R | A | C | E | D |
40 A | L | E | R | T | E | 41 D | | 42 L | E | A | D | | | |
43 R | I | C | | 44 S | M | O | 45 K | E | | 46 W | O | 47 M | 48 B | 49 S |
50 N | E | A | 51 R | | | 52 P | U | M | 53 A | | 54 N | A | R | C |
55 I | N | N | E | 56 R | 57 D | E | M | O | N | 58 S | | 59 R | E | O |
60 T | A | T | T | O | O | | 61 A | N | T | E | 62 A | T | E | R |
63 A | T | E | A | S | E | | 64 I | D | E | A | L | I | Z | E |
65 S | E | D | G | E | S | | 66 L | E | S | S | E | N | E | D |
© 2021, The New York Times
Across
1
Choice between doing crunches and sleeping :
ABSORBED9
Fellow with a reckless commercial :
RASHAD15
Alumni events for senior U.N. officials :
REUNIONS16
Big Ten team that's mostly killin' it :
ILLINI17
18
19
20
Mars, yes, lots of other planets, and the sun :
SOLARSYSTEM22
... while T and U followed :
SLED24
25
How to greet a Spaniard in the Arapaho language :
HOLA26
State with low taxes :
TEXAS28
Cuts the wrong way :
SPINS31
Ends of barrier to entry :
ROY32
Took it easy, in part, flying this :
KITE34
36
Container for Napa Valley, CA, fare :
CARAFE39
40
42
Play first after the deal :
LEAD43
___ K. Shaw, transportation provider :
RIC44
Stage effect at some K-pop concerts :
SMOKE46
Parts of Elmer Fudd's house :
WOMBS50
Close to two states bordering Mo. :
NEAR52
54
Drug dealers ran, see, from him :
NARC55
59
Old car exhibited by Baltimore Orioles :
REO60
61
Animal that you might rate a 10 :
ANTEATER63
64
Put Liza and Edie on a pedestal :
IDEALIZE65
What Swiss sales slips all have :
SEDGES66
Down
1
Hardly the rarest police action :
ARREST2
3
English county in 10 Seuss books :
SUSSEX4
Under the influence of Ecstasy :
ONE5
Ordinals #2, #4, #6 and #8 :
RIAS6
Yesterday's chemistry lesson ___ element no. 5 :
BORON7
8
9
10
Like the vowels in syzygy :
ALLY11
12
Forever famous, as an ostrich with an extra eye :
HISTORIC13
Open late to one playing on the range :
ANTELOPE14
Like a calendar that jumps from April to June :
DISMAYED21
___ of terror (hurricane) :
RAIN23
African city with a dark past :
DAKAR27
29
30
Shade of yellow in SW art :
STRAW33
35
Chemical element and/or noble gas :
RADON36
37
... but earthling still hungry :
ALIENATE38
41
Idiot who wrote an op-ed :
DOPE42
A newspaper, not a summer quaff :
LEMONDE45
South Asian man who traveled to U.K., Lima :
KUMAIL47
48
It wafts over some French cheeses, say :
BREEZE49
Got points for décors :
SCORED51
Put a great new price on :
RETAG53
Stakes for a nest :
ANTES56
Flower associated with Eros :
ROSE57
Imitates female deer :
DOES58
___ the day (inspirational slogan for sailors) :
SEAS62
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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