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Andrew Ries
NY Times, Sun, Jan 24, 2021 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
1 S | 2 U | 3 B | 4 S | 5 I | 6 D | 7 E | 8 S | | 9 R | 10 O | 11 O | 12 M | 13 E | 14 R |
15 O | N | E | O | N | O | N | E | | 16 I | M | P | A | L | E |
17 P | E | N | N | A | N | T | S | | 18 L | A | T | H | E | D |
19 S | A | G | | 20 N | E | I | T | 21 H | E | R | | 22 A | V | A |
23 U | S | A | 24 G | E | | 25 C | E | O | S | | 26 O | R | A | L |
27 P | E | L | E | | 28 P | E | T | S | | 29 G | R | A | T | E |
| | | 30 R | 31 E | E | D | | 32 T | 33 R | A | I | N | E | R |
34 C | 35 A | 36 M | A | R | O | | | | 37 E | G | O | I | S | T |
38 A | G | E | L | O | N | 39 G | | 40 D | I | A | L | | | |
41 R | I | N | D | S | | 42 O | 43 M | A | N | | 44 E | 45 P | 46 E | 47 E |
48 O | T | T | O | | 49 T | R | E | Y | | 50 P | S | A | L | M |
51 L | A | O | | 52 H | I | P | S | T | 53 E | R | | 54 L | A | B |
55 I | T | R | 56 I | E | D | | 57 M | I | T | I | 58 G | A | T | E |
59 N | E | E | D | L | E | | 60 E | M | A | N | A | T | E | D |
61 A | D | D | A | M | S | | 62 R | E | S | T | L | E | S | S |
© 2021, The New York Times
Across
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Chips and a drink, at a sandwich shop :
SUBSIDES9
Boardinghouse resident, more or less :
ROOMER15
Pers_ _-to-p_rs_ _ c_ _f_rence :
ONEONONE16
"The sun's rays have never touched me" :
IMPALE17
Banners for Keystone State workers :
PENNANTS18
What the lad did to shape the bat :
LATHED19
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250 years, as of 2026: Abbr. :
USAGE25
26
Like some exams in Oregon and Alabama :
ORAL27
Sports star seen around people :
PELE28
Step in the wrong direction :
PETS29
30
32
34
Sports car that's successful at a macro level :
CAMARO37
One who always goes it alone :
EGOIST38
Gal gone for quite a while :
AGELONG40
Brand that might be laid in a soap dish :
DIAL41
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Otis, Orville or Oliver :
OMAN44
Blade in an orange peel :
EPEE48
___ biography (book about a Holy Roman emperor) :
OTTO49
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Lamps for a priest's reading :
PSALM51
Lasso with no curves :
LAO52
One who rips the mainstream trends :
HIPSTER54
Dog in "Li'l Abner" :
LAB55
Tidier way of saying "Gave it my best shot" :
ITRIED57
Scandal involving M.I.T. and I :
MITIGATE59
Bobbin, thread, pin ... every sewing thing you ___ be supplied :
NEEDLE60
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Not staying put in trestles, say :
RESTLESS
Down
1
Removes liquid from pea soups :
SOPSUP2
3
N.F.L. player using a lot of Ben-Gay :
BENGAL4
5
Like a lot of shenanigans, in retrospect :
INANE6
First square in the fourth row :
DONE7
8
9
Makes angry or slier :
RILES10
Fellow who's customarily hidden :
OMAR11
Pick part of a helicopter :
OPT12
Indian royal married to a hair man :
MAHARANI13
14
Serious warning for an arty dealer :
REDALERT21
W_ _'_ go_ the mic? :
HOST24
TV personality with a large do :
GERALDO26
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One in a high position? Nope! :
PEON29
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34
Christmas song in a Southeast area :
CAROLINA35
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When I'd eat my lunch, but not my supper :
DAYTIME43
Who hypnotized Mr. Smee :
MESMER45
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Emotionally connects without opening up :
ELATES47
Parts of gardens tended by a "Wizard of Oz" aunt :
EMBEDS49
Some nautical info, id est data for sailors :
TIDES50
Com_ute_ _ _s_ruction :
PRINT52
Direct a Rachel Maddow segment :
HELM53
A set of airport monitor figs. :
ETAS56
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Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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