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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jan 29, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 D | 2 I | 3 S | 4 P | 5 U | 6 T | 7 E | | 8 B | 9 R | 10 A | 11 E | 12 S | |
13 D | A | M | P | E | N | E | D | | 14 R | E | D | A | T | 15 E |
16 I | M | P | O | S | I | N | G | | 17 A | M | O | R | A | L |
18 P | A | R | R | O | T | | 19 A | 20 N | D | Y | | 21 L | I | D |
22 O | G | E | E | | | 23 B | R | A | Y | | 24 T | O | N | E |
25 L | E | S | | 26 B | 27 L | A | S | T | | 28 S | O | B | E | R |
29 E | S | S | 30 A | Y | E | D | | 31 U | 32 N | I | T | E | R | S |
| | | 33 B | R | A | G | | 34 R | I | L | E | | | |
35 H | 36 I | 37 P | B | O | N | E | | 38 A | L | A | M | 39 E | 40 D | 41 A |
42 E | L | L | E | N | | 43 R | 44 O | L | E | S | | 45 D | E | R |
46 P | L | A | Y | | 47 G | E | L | S | | | 48 D | O | V | E |
49 C | U | T | | 50 P | E | D | I | | 51 G | 52 N | O | M | I | C |
53 A | S | T | 54 E | R | N | | 55 V | 56 E | R | O | N | I | C | A |
57 T | E | E | T | E | R | | 58 E | M | U | L | A | T | E | S |
| 59 D | R | A | P | E | | 60 R | E | B | A | T | E | S | |
© 2017, The New York Times
Across
1
8
Features that the Scottish landscape bears :
BRAES13
14
Concerning a social engagement :
REDATE16
What the model said while at work :
IMPOSING17
18
Mechanically repeat standard nonsense :
PARROT19
Boy with all the vowels - A, E, I, O, U ___ :
ANDY21
22
23
Farm sound heard in one of the 8-Across :
BRAY24
What a note denotes :
TONE25
Boy in Eagle Scouts :
LES26
28
Like the judgments of officials in robes :
SOBER29
31
They diminish unrest, I think :
UNITERS33
34
35
Be hopin' for a body part :
HIPBONE38
City involved in an A.M.A. deal :
ALAMEDA42
Girl who's somewhat well-endowed :
ELLEN43
Parts for a loser :
ROLES45
46
Outer banks of Plymouth Bay :
PLAY47
48
Bird with a tail on its tail :
DOVE49
Skip, as a class at T.C.U. :
CUT50
51
Like a little fellow who's coming :
GNOMIC53
Isaac or Howard, e.g. :
ASTERN55
Lake seen in a cover of an old film magazine :
VERONICA57
The set theory, oddly :
TEETER58
59
Window dressing for an ad rep :
DRAPE60
These deals are best when gotten from manufacturers :
REBATES
Down
1
What the beaver's work does over time :
DAMAGES2
Strongly influence, as a Miss. rep :
IMPRESS3
Source of Sp. metal :
SPORE4
"Why do I have to ___ much to buy things in Mexico?" :
PESO5
Arian's predecessor :
UNIT6
7
Grades of literary awards :
EDGARS8
One of a TV bunch from Darby :
BRADY9
10
11
Where one doing a piercing can labor with ease :
EARLOBE12
Worker a furniture factory retains :
STAINER13
Nothing piled on an antenna :
DIPOLE15
20
23
24
Something Northwest Indians met to discuss :
TOTEM26
English poet next to Reagan :
BYRON27
Like Neal after dieting :
LEAN28
He is Al's partner :
SILAS30
It could be by a shrine :
ABBEY32
Line through Egypt :
NILE35
Wearer of the cap that says "I'm cool, man" :
HEPCAT36
37
39
With whom do I meet Esau? :
EDOMITE40
Gadgets for de seconds in command :
DEVICES41
44
Absolutely no foie gras :
OLIVER47
48
Nod at a 1930s film star :
DONAT50
51
Rise of a small town :
GRUB52
An ol' home for the Saints, informally :
NOLA54
Letter from B. to Ray :
ETA56
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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