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Sam Ezersky
Sam Ezersky

NY Times, Sun Feb 18, 2024 Puns and Anagrams

40-Across : Pick: figure in: a) comedy; b) romance; ___) fantasy

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33
Notepad: In print, the clue for 20-Down has the letters N E X T U P arranged in a ring.
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P
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O
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O
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H
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P
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O
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O
8
H
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H
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A
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I
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L
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S
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A
U
T
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T
U
N
E
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C
A
T
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A
P
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I
C
E
W
A
T
E
R
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O
W
E
S
T
O
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N
H
L
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S
H
N
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O
O
K
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T
E
N
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T
I
L
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D
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E
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O
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N
K
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B
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N
G
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S
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U
L
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R
A
D
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A
R
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I
E
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S
A
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M
S
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E
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F
F
E
C
T
S
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B
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A
T
T
L
E
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C
U
R
A
T
E
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T
E
M
P
E
S
T
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K
N
I
T
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A
V
I
A
S
40
O
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R
C
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C
H
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A
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I
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N
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B
E
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N
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W
W
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A
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A
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U
R
I
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N
O
N
P
R
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O
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T
H
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L
A
G
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O
O
N
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O
C
T
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A
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V
I
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N
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A
G
H
A
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T
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F
L
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L
A
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R
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F
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F
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© 2024, The New York Times
Across
1
Bear repeating : POOHPOOH
9
F and G are healthy, but ... : HAILS
14
"Little Deuce Coupe" or "Brand New Cadillac" : AUTOTUNE
15
Afternoon activity in which you can tap out : CATNAP
16
When they served the crew tea, I drank this : ICEWATER
17
OO2 : OWESTO
18
Sports org. that's alternately in a hole : NHL
19
Quiet corner for a simp : SHNOOK
21
Evening hour in 12-Down : TEN
22
___ cows come home (for de longest time) : TILDE
25
Sound from an animal that's pink with a round head : OINK
26
Search engine's endless game of chance : BING
27
___ food (kimchi, e.g.) : SEOUL
28
"__e__lly __ope!" : RAD
29
Palmer whose Masters wins are, in total, four : ARNIE
30
"Club" with mass appeal : SAMS
32
Film staples heard around Fox : EFFECTS
34
Competition for a tablet : BATTLE
36
Price of copper, to a chemist : CURATE
37
Doest a fill-in job : TEMPEST
38
Li__e ma__y m__ __tens : KNIT
39
Shoes bought with a Visa card : AVIAS
40
Pick: figure in: a) comedy; b) romance; ___) fantasy : ORC
42
China island group : CHAIN
46
"___, baby, ___!" (Swiss tourist slogan) : BERN
47
BBaaddggeerr SSttaattee: Abbr. : WWII
48
A neat insurance company : AETNA
49
S-name connection : URI
50
Con : NONPRO
52
Article in Mother Jones : THE
53
Goal on an atoll : LAGOON
55
Roman emperor on vacation : OCTAVIAN
58
Turkish leaders + Turkish leader : AGHAST
59
Naval formation that'll fill a lot of ocean : FLOTILLA
60
Ask Terry again : RETRY
61
"Iron, Elsa, iron!" : FEELSAFE
Down
1
Brushes or pats in colors : PAINTS
2
O U X E : OUCHIE
3
Opera seen in hotel lobby : OTELLO
4
Question not of "who" : HOW
5
Apt org. for a bake sale : PTA
6
P__p-__p hi__ __, often : OUTS
7
It's in the middle of nowhere, so not many people live here : ONEHORSETOWN
8
That woman, actress Long : HERNIA
9
Bird that Mark Wahlberg holds back : HAWK
10
Fe__s__ __d : ATE
11
Sch. in Connecticut: Abbr. : INSTINCT
12
When an E! title airs on TV, informally : LATENITE
13
Cleaning items for one's GPS : SPONGES
15
Company approval to use a stove : COOK
20
N P E U X T : ONDECKCIRCLE
23
Cleaning item you don't need to stand up to use : DUSTPAN
24
Thrills in "The Late Show" : ELATES
26
The bare advice for meditating : BREATHE
29
Where to be in a Friday before California : AFRICA
31
Sports org.'s metric units : MLS
33
Gus's predecessor : FUN
34
It's one A away from a B average : BEVERAGE
35
Air might be this - do you agree? : AMIRIGHT
37
Like a brutal array of data : TABULAR
41
"What a ___!" (unhappy Band-Aid buyer's cry) : RIPOFF
43
Who, in the fifth century, alit at Rome : ATTILA
44
Final "H" split : INHALF
45
Dance that a Scot declines twice : NAENAE
47
Refuse a custom : WONT
50
... Q R T U V W X Z : NOSY
51
Zero + a low digit : OTOE
54
A woodworker might fashion one from a trimmed board : OAR
56
N.L. East team in Great Lakes : ATL
57
6's, on grandfather clocks : VIS
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle.

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