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Alex Eaton-Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun Dec 21, 2025 Puns and Anagrams

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
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B
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A
3
N
4
D
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A
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G
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E
8
S
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B
10
A
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S
12
I
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S
14
A
T
E
A
L
O
N
E
15
S
E
R
E
N
E
16
S
T
O
N
E
A
G
E
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A
R
C
A
N
A
18
S
I
P
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S
P
A
Y
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I
N
G
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R
E
F
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O
R
E
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S
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E
R
O
D
E
25
A
C
R
E
26
E
T
C
27
H
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D
U
E
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E
T
H
E
R
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A
I
31
D
E
32
A
33
Q
U
A
M
A
N
34
S
35
W
36
E
R
V
E
37
U
L
C
E
R
S
38
T
E
A
L
E
A
39
F
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H
E
E
L
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E
R
R
E
D
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E
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C
O
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R
I
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L
46
E
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N
E
W
T
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A
T
O
M
49
S
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P
A
N
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T
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O
H
O
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E
V
E
N
B
E
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T
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B
T
U
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P
E
R
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O
N
I
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T
R
U
E
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B
O
R
N
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A
R
M
A
D
A
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R
E
S
T
A
R
E
A
62
D
E
S
K
S
63
A
S
S
E
S
S
E
S
© 2025, The New York Times
Across
1
Number of years that music groups have been around : BANDAGES
9
What a B.S. is for graduate work : BASIS
14
Had dinner by oneself - a late one : ATEALONE
15
Calm, as Renee's composure : SERENE
16
Stage one of humanity's development : STONEAGE
17
Mysteries in ear canals : ARCANA
18
Greek letters recalled : SIP
19
Why gaps in canine breeding happen : SPAYING
21
Start to rain : REF
22
They rose from mines : ORES
24
'ow the cowboy left the 'omestead : ERODE
25
Something for a farmer to care for : ACRE
26
Writ__ wi__h a __ __isel : ETCH
28
Morning-____ (like the deadline for a quick assignment) : DUE
29
Air up there : ETHER
30
__ssistant's __ __ __ntity : AIDE
32
Hero of a Man U Q&A : AQUAMAN
34
Veer southwest : SWERVE
37
These are clues to some stomach pains : ULCERS
38
What a fortuneteller might feel at a reading : TEALEAF
40
Dog command he'll say : HEEL
41
Referred back : ERRED
42
Follower of Art D. : ECO
44
__a__se the hack__ __s of : RILE
47
It went up a stream : NEWT
48
A -> MMM : ATOMS
50
Jean's gasp : PANT
52
First person to leave Ohio : OHO
53
50% risk on what Eve bent : EVENBET
55
It's but a measure of heat: Abbr. : BTU
56
Part of wrapper on Italian beer : PERONI
58
Retro bun that's genuine through and through : TRUEBORN
60
Fleet in a drama : ARMADA
61
Stop requested from the rear seat : RESTAREA
62
Where programmers work on skeds : DESKS
63
Evaluates female donkeys : ASSESSES
Down
1
Who sings like a boss : BASSO
2
Good handle for Goodyear : ATTIRE
3
Virtual companion that can not pee : NEOPET
4
Rank in judo and aikido : DAN
5
__ __coholic s__rving__ : ALES
6
Flip out on page zero : GOAPE
7
Challenge from a grandee : ENGARDE
8
Goodbye letters read aloud : SEEYOU
9
Spiel's conclusion : BERG
10
Mid-March : ARC
11
"I have no clue where your cashmere is!" : SEARCHME
12
Heart : INNEREAR
13
Ocean flora sans reef : SEAFERNS
15
Shawnees, oddly : SANE
20
Thought that's almost perfect : IDEA
23
Like some clarets : SCARLET
25
How quickly paper fasteners move along : ATACLIP
27
10-Down follower : HIVED
29
Edmonton ___ (Canadian mathematician) : EULER
31
Org. that's mostly dead : DEA
33
What Canadian prov.? : QUE
34
Some paper used by poets and secretaries : STENOPAD
35
Mother's shout re her wee ones as everyone arrives : WEREHERE
36
Things you can't get out of your head - like more wars : EARWORMS
39
Party on the edge of feudal estate : FETE
40
Her mob's men : HOMBRES
43
 C
TRA : CONTRA
45
Struggles to use Oral-B's : LABORS
46
It's eaten in aspen trees : ENTREE
48
Shoe in a Latin road : AVIA
49
P__ __ __donymou__ __crivener : SEUSS
51
A nut's fish : TUNAS
53
Susp__ __ __ __ : ENDS
54
Head aliens going up : TETE
57
Tree that's A-OK : OAK
59
Degs. soon to follow : BAS
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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