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Sam Ezersky
NY Times, Sun, Nov 05, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33
1 T | 2 E | 3 R | 4 E | 5 S | 6 A | | | 7 C | 8 O | 9 L | 10 L | 11 A | 12 B | 13 S |
14 O | C | E | L | O | T | 15 S | | 16 A | N | Y | I | D | E | A |
17 P | O | L | L | U | T | E | | 18 T | U | E | S | D | A | Y |
19 C | H | I | | 20 P | I | X | 21 I | E | S | | 22 T | I | P | S |
23 H | O | S | 24 T | | 25 C | C | S | | | 26 T | E | N | A | M |
27 E | T | H | E | 28 R | | 29 H | I | 30 T | 31 S | I | N | G | L | E |
32 F | E | E | L | S | | 33 A | S | W | A | N | | | | |
| 34 L | S | E | V | 35 E | N | | 36 I | M | G | 37 A | 38 M | 39 E | |
| | | | 40 P | A | G | 41 E | S | | 42 O | R | A | L | 43 B |
44 P | 45 I | 46 N | 47 T | E | R | E | S | T | | 48 D | I | N | E | R |
49 A | N | T | E | D | | | 50 P | S | 51 A | | 52 D | I | C | E |
53 S | H | U | N | | 54 D | 55 O | N | O | R | 56 S | | 57 P | T | A |
58 T | A | P | E | 59 S | O | N | | 60 F | E | E | 61 D | E | R | S |
62 A | L | L | T | I | M | E | | 63 F | A | C | E | D | I | T |
64 S | E | E | S | R | E | D | | | 65 S | T | O | I | C | S |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
Mother who observed Easter :
TERESA7
Superior of Maj. Test Sites :
COLLABS14
Coolest animals at the zoo :
OCELOTS16
"N-E-I-D ... uh - say, do you know?" :
ANYIDEA17
Bad thing a pol let you do :
POLLUTE18
19
___ Rho (Egyptian fraternity) :
CHI20
22
"Don't spit in public" and others :
TIPS23
25
Emails about dosages :
CCS26
Time meant for coffee breaks :
TENAM27
29
What's he listing on the Billboard Hot 100? :
HITSINGLE32
Senses one is missing from selfie :
FEELS33
34
Four-fingered gesture that might be played in battleships :
LSEVEN36
Terse identification from Sorry or Monopoly :
IMGAME40
Gapes at Senate workers :
PAGES42
Labor brand in the bathroom :
ORALB44
Website with ideas for teen trips :
PINTEREST48
Place to eat if you have endless moolah :
DINER49
Italian poet heading to the rear :
ANTED50
Ad a keepsake keeps :
PSA52
Break ___ (get d'party going) :
DICE53
54
Ones providing rondos for free :
DONORS57
Group a school principal might tap for help :
PTA58
Affixes with no paste, say :
TAPESON60
62
Nothing but one newsmagazine :
ALLTIME63
Decided to accept one decaf tea :
FACEDIT64
65
Is cost something they will react to? :
STOICS
Down
1
2
Green lodging that makes CeeLo hot :
ECOHOTEL3
Really enjoys hot dog toppings :
RELISHES4
5
6
Room in a lattice :
ATTIC7
Girl introducing categories :
CATE8
"Don't put such a burden ___!" :
ONUS9
10
11
Getting a 500 + 500 gain :
ADDING12
Friend of actress Arthur :
BEAPAL13
Bully's retort 'bout his fav'rite bagel :
SAYSME15
21
"Egyptian goddess is, too!" :
ISIS24
Marketing head outside of temple :
TELE26
One doting on a self-important sort :
TINGOD28
Said 505 reps would attend :
RSVPED30
Helps two stiffs open their drinks :
TWISTSOFF31
35
37
Like a desert raid :
ARID38
Treatment in which beauticians dampen eyes :
MANIPEDI39
Campaign slogan for Ocasek or Flair :
ELECTRIC41
Shower of th_ U._. O_e_ :
ESPN43
Turkey parts that basters baste :
BREASTS44
Like all the letters from B's and C's on :
PASTAS45
How some early American patriots trusted :
INHALE46
Unspecified series in an LP tune :
NTUPLE47
51
Bare-assed hiding places :
AREAS54
Mode of finishing a building :
DOME55
Like something done linearly :
ONED56
What a Shiite leader, etc., leads :
SECT59
61
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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