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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jun 05, 2005 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 S | 2 P | 3 A | 4 T | 5 T | 6 E | 7 R | | 8 S | 9 A | 10 L | 11 S | 12 A | |
13 S | T | A | N | H | O | P | E | | 14 A | M | A | T | I | 15 S |
16 P | A | S | T | O | R | A | L | | 17 D | E | P | A | R | T |
18 I | N | S | E | R | T | | 19 I | 20 M | A | N | | 21 R | B | I |
22 E | T | A | S | | | 23 S | C | A | T | | 24 S | E | A | L |
25 L | O | G | | 26 S | 27 M | A | S | H | | 28 P | H | A | S | E |
29 S | N | E | 30 A | K | E | D | | 31 O | 32 P | I | A | T | E | S |
| | | 33 T | E | R | I | | 34 G | A | U | L | | | |
35 H | 36 A | 37 S | T | I | E | R | | 38 A | R | T | L | 39 E | 40 S | 41 S |
42 O | L | E | A | N | | 43 O | 44 U | N | C | E | | 45 M | A | L |
46 L | I | A | R | | 47 O | N | L | Y | | | 48 M | I | M | I |
49 D | E | M | | 50 L | A | S | S | | 51 A | 52 L | A | R | I | C |
53 U | N | I | 54 T | E | S | | 55 T | 56 O | L | E | R | A | T | E |
57 P | O | L | I | T | E | | 58 E | L | E | V | A | T | E | D |
| 59 R | E | N | T | S | | 60 R | E | C | I | T | E | S | |
© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Set trap for kitchen mess :
SPATTER8
Al's essay on dance music :
SALSA13
Carriage like one of the phaetons :
STANHOPE14
In Rome, he loves one's fine instruments :
AMATIS16
17
What de actor auditioned for :
DEPART18
19
Inaptly named supermodel :
IMAN21
22
Letters from the East :
ETAS23
24
Feature of fur sale :
SEAL25
Inedible kind of jam :
LOG26
28
Shape of the moon :
PHASE29
Played hide and seek, perhaps :
SNEAKED31
33
34
___ stone (old French gem) :
GAUL35
38
Without Carney? That's naïve :
ARTLESS42
Where Leona hails from :
OLEAN43
45
Small between the ends :
MAL46
Whom ethicists rail against :
LIAR47
48
She's stuck on the same note :
MIMI49
50
51
53
Puts nuts, i.e., with bolts :
UNITES55
57
Nice person from Warsaw has it :
POLITE58
59
What stern landlords demand :
RENTS60
Down
1
Chekhov canonized by Lincoln's war secretary :
STANTON2
3
What sent a poker player off :
ANTES4
Who hammered Roth? :
THOR5
It's found west of Oise :
TORT6
7
Antiques in circles starting off :
RELICS8
Statesman returning verbal flourishes :
SADAT9
Top male students? You said it! :
AMEN10
Collapsed in the middle :
LAP11
12
In Serbia, a military installation :
AIRBASE13
They often include lies: Sp. :
SPIELS15
They make it less difficult to get over fences :
STILES20
A hogan may use it for a fine cabinet :
MAHOGANY23
24
"Hush, everyone!" :
SHALL26
27
Paltry end for cash :
MERE28
Native American in a tie-up :
PIUTE30
Scent for a s-sailor :
ATTAR32
Average 100 in French recreation area :
PARC35
36
One who transfers title to an oiler :
ALIENOR37
Distance between Elias and me :
SEAMILE39
A term, i.e., for Mideast land :
EMIRATE40
Is steam used on these fabrics? :
SAMITES41
Like the meat at C's deli :
SLICED44
Result of Northern Ireland :
ULSTER47
Watering places at sea? So? :
OASES48
Revolutionary takes a tram :
MARAT50
51
52
54
Martinets, at heart :
TIN56
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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