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Joe DiPietro
Joe DiPietro

NY Times, Sun, Dec 04, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

12-Down : Lures with a scent, i.e.

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28
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A
2
P
3
E
4
X
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E
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M
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S
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C
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A
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R
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V
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E
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D
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L
I
V
E
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A
L
I
E
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E
L
A
I
N
E
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I
N
A
S
T
A
T
E
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D
E
N
O
T
E
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A
B
S
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E
N
E
M
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I
E
S
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L
I
P
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S
A
I
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D
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D
R
E
G
S
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F
A
C
E
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E
L
V
I
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S
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S
A
L
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S
I
T
E
S
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S
L
E
E
P
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Y
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F
O
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O
T
R
E
S
T
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H
E
A
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D
T
O
T
O
E
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P
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E
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C
A
N
P
I
E
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T
O
P
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O
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F
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F
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A
P
A
R
T
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A
R
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C
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D
I
N
A
R
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R
A
N
D
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U
N
C
A
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P
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T
A
R
E
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C
U
T
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S
T
E
L
L
A
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R
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T
E
E
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E
L
I
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C
I
T
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A
L
C
A
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T
R
A
Z
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L
E
N
O
R
E
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S
T
E
P
W
I
S
E
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S
T
A
G
E
R
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S
O
D
64
O
P
T
S
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
Unknown gorilla : APEX
5
Mmm mmm : EMS
8
Made a bust at a seedy rave : CARVED
14
Be false, as evil Elia : LIVEALIE
16
Woman back in denial, eh? : ELAINE
17
Perturbed by inhabiting New York or New Jersey : INASTATE
18
Mark de memo : DENOTE
19
Things crunched for a science degree : ABS
20
Bad men I see : ENEMIES
22
Edge of one LP : LIP
23
Expressed at a dais : SAID
25
Very worst of grades: A- : DREGS
26
Kind of plant seen at fall's end : FACE
27
Rock idol in Levis : ELVIS
29
Fellow from West Salem : SAL
30
Group that is set on a map : SITES
31
Eye LPs for dropping off : SLEEPY
33
Something designed to foster comfortable sitting : FOOTREST
35
ompletelyC : HEADTOTOE
37
Dessert with a nice pep to it : PECANPIE
40
Finish with a flourish - or what passengers in a convertible may ride with : TOPOFF
44
Se23415e : APART
45
Noah's ___ (indirect route to Ararat) : ARC
47
Money that's out of the ordinary : DINAR
48
Darn African currency : RAND
49
Open up can : UNCAP
51
Rate for uncharged-for weight : TARE
52
Let's start : CUT
53
Sell art that's out of this world : STELLAR
55
It's right before you : TEE
56
Bring out 52, etc. : ELICIT
58
What a czar at L.A. tried to escape from : ALCATRAZ
60
Classic poem by Ron Lee : LENORE
61
Y's on stairs : STEPWISE
62
Impresario to the greats : STAGER
63
Part of a groundskeeper's dos and don'ts : SOD
64
Decides to stop : OPTS
Down
1
Made-up names for a lassie : ALIASES
2
Encircled P : PINBALL
3
Vase I've deemed hard to get : EVASIVE
4
Sex marks : XES
5
Animal in most of Iceland : ELAND
6
Tools Mister Sawyer uses : MITERS
7
The rich or the poor me : SEEMEAFTERCLASS
8
It sounds like the pits : CEDES
9
Things for sale by the yard : ALES
10
Grand Central : RAN
11
Break, as rules ... et voilà! : VIOLATE
12
Lures with a scent, i.e. : ENTICES
13
Steeped as far down as possible : DEEPEST
15
Had tea and crumpets, perhaps : ATE
21
Home for one logo : IGLOO
24
Bruce Willis film I'd heard of : DIEHARD
26
Place to cook tripe, if necessary : FIREPIT
28
Worn-out Cross pens : SPENT
30
Rose by another name : STOOD
32
Pay up : YAP
34
Giant star seen above Oman : OTT
36
Relative of Enid A. : DIANE
37
Lots for sale from a scalper : PARCELS
38
E.U. plate decoration : EPAULET
39
Place to get beer from a tin can : CANTINA
41
Vacationing in a port : ONATRIP
42
There's a faster way to China here : FAREAST
43
Works of wall art, to an audience : FREEZES
46
Hail local tea : CALLTO
49
Butter shortening, say : UTTER
50
Finished second Noel : PACED
53
Give rise to : SIRE
54
Kind of scallion : RAP
57
Component of gears, initially : COG
59
Couple in Fort Worth : TWO
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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