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Alex Eaton-Salners
NY Times, Sun Nov 24, 2024 Puns and Anagrams
Author:
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 29
1 E | 2 L | 3 E | 4 M | 5 E | 6 N | 7 T | 8 S | | 9 I | 10 C | 11 E | 12 C | 13 A | 14 P |
15 M | O | N | A | L | I | S | A | | 16 S | O | C | A | N | I |
17 B | A | C | K | S | L | A | P | | 18 M | A | R | V | I | N |
19 O | T | O | E | | 20 E | R | I | 21 S | | 22 S | U | E | M | E |
23 S | H | R | U | 24 B | | 25 S | E | T | 26 A | T | | 27 R | A | S |
28 S | E | E | P | E | 29 D | | 30 N | O | G | | 31 G | A | T | O |
| | | | 32 L | I | 33 T | T | L | E | 34 A | N | G | E | L |
| 35 I | 36 S | 37 O | L | D | E | | 38 E | N | S | U | E | S | |
39 C | O | M | M | A | N | D | 40 A | N | T | S | | | | |
41 O | W | E | S | | 42 O | I | L | | 43 S | E | 44 V | 45 E | 46 R | 47 E |
48 C | A | L | | 49 U | T | U | R | 50 N | | 51 S | I | X | E | S |
52 A | C | T | 53 A | S | | 54 M | E | O | 55 W | | 56 R | I | F | T |
57 T | R | E | N | T | 58 A | | 59 A | L | I | 60 T | A | L | I | A |
61 E | A | R | N | E | R | | 62 D | I | L | I | G | E | N | T |
63 A | B | S | E | N | T | | 64 Y | E | T | T | O | S | E | E |
© 2024, The New York Times
Across
1
9
Police captain's cold heart :
ICECAP15
Somalian woman with an enigmatic smile :
MONALISA16
"Same here!," at a casino :
SOCANI17
18
Vain Mr. Martian of cartoons :
MARVIN19
C__rnhusker S__ate pe__pl__ :
OTOE20
She got a rise out of Athena with the Golden Apple of Discord :
ERIS22
Snarky comeback to author Grafton and I :
SUEME23
25
Attack, as a test :
SETAT27
Regulators at school, initially :
RAS28
Spot someone on the street, informally :
SEEPED30
Holiday drink sometimes chased with gin :
NOG31
Goat : cabra :: cat : ___ :
GATO32
35
Oldies woman of legend :
ISOLDE38
39
41
Predecessor of "peas" and "cues" :
OWES42
Resource extracted from soil :
OIL43
Like the demeanor of Keanu Reeves in "John Wick" :
SEVERE48
49
51
52
Impersonate part of a cast :
ACTAS54
Response to "You hurt?" from a toddler or a cat :
MEOW56
Drift without a heading :
RIFT57
Natter about an Italian number :
TRENTA59
Airline once used by actor Mahershala and actress Shire :
ALITALIA61
Person nearer to making a living :
EARNER62
Hard-working bloke from the capital of East Timor :
DILIGENT63
Blood type transmitted :
ABSENT64
Down
1
2
3
Encouraging cry in the E.R., once :
ENCORE4
Manufacture cosmetics :
MAKEUP5
Some trains for a golf champ :
ELS6
Line on a map of Africa :
NILE7
Stars of old Russia :
TSARS8
9
Every other winsome belief :
ISM10
Where a Scot can find St. Andrews and Aberdeen :
COAST11
Part of a pie crust that's light brown :
ECRU12
Troglodyte's fury at a middling grade :
CAVERAGE13
14
Liquid to clean ski poles in :
PINESOL21
German bread said to be taken by thieves :
STOLEN24
Label on a "Twilight" costume :
BELLA26
They might get Nas more money :
AGENTS29
31
___ jersey (sports apparel at the zoo) :
GNU33
34
35
Flowering tree I owe a grouch, reportedly :
IOWACRAB36
Term less wordy than "ore processing factories" :
SMELTERS37
They're chanted in bedroom suites :
OMS39
Oct. ace with a stimulating drink :
COCATEA40
44
Female warrior with a vigor that's unsurpassed :
VIRAGO45
Polynesian locales after rising ocean levels, say :
EXILES46
Email subject line contesting a ticket :
REFINE47
What's left of a tea set :
ESTATE49
Mich.-to-N.D. highway in tunes :
USTEN50
"Honest, O'Neil!" :
NOLIE53
55
__hat th__rsty p__an__s do :
WILT58
60
Small songbird either way :
TIT
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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