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 Michael Lieberman
 
        NY Times, Sun, Oct 31, 2021 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
        
        
            Author:
Michael Lieberman
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			1 I  | 2 M  | 3 P  | 4 A  | 5 S  | 6 S  | 7 E  | 8 S  |  | 9 E  | 10 A  | 11 S  | 12 T  | 13 E  | 14 R  | 
		
			15 C  | O  | R  | L  | E  | O  | N  | E  |  | 16 D  | I  | W  | A  | L  | I  | 
		
			17 I  | S  | O  | L  | A  | T  | E  | D  |  | 18 G  | R  | I  | P  | E  | S  | 
		
			19 C  | A  | N  | A  | L  |  | 20 M  | E  | 21 M  | E  |  | 22 N  | E  | C  | K  | 
		
			23 L  | I  | T  |  | 24 S  | 25 P  | I  | R  | E  |  | 26 V  | E  | N  | T  | I  | 
		
			27 E  | C  | O  | 28 N  |  | 29 S  | E  | S  | A  | 30 M  | E  |  | 31 A  | R  | E  | 
		
			 |  |  | 32 E  | 33 D  | Y  | S  |  | 34 T  | U  | X  | 35 E  | D  | O  | S  | 
		
			36 C  | 37 I  | 38 T  | R  | I  | C  |  |  |  | 39 R  | E  | L  | E  | N  | T  | 
		
			40 A  | T  | R  | O  | P  | H  | 41 Y  |  | 42 S  | A  | S  | H  |  |  |  | 
		
			43 S  | E  | A  |  | 44 S  | E  | A  | 45 G  | A  | L  |  | 46 I  | 47 R  | 48 A  | 49 S  | 
		
			50 A  | M  | I  | 51 G  | O  |  | 52 W  | A  | L  | S  | 53 H  |  | 54 A  | C  | T  | 
		
			55 N  | I  | T  | E  |  | 56 U  | N  | I  | T  |  | 57 A  | 58 S  | P  | C  | A  | 
		
			59 O  | Z  | O  | N  | 60 E  | S  |  | 61 N  | I  | 62 T  | R  | A  | T  | E  | S  | 
		
			63 V  | E  | R  | I  | T  | E  |  | 64 E  | N  | V  | E  | L  | O  | P  | E  | 
		
			65 A  | S  | S  | E  | S  | S  |  | 66 D  | E  | S  | S  | E  | R  | T  | S  | 
		
	
 
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            Across
            1
9
Holiday observed by Mother Teresa : 
EASTER15
16
17
Like one who sailed to a deserted island : 
ISOLATED18
Complaints from Regis P. : 
GRIPES19
"Is Mr. Gore capable?" : 
CANAL20
Viral video volunteer's shout : 
MEME22
_arrow s_ction of a chi_ _en : 
NECK23
What makes Poe polite : 
LIT24
Skyline feature seen from piers : 
SPIRE26
Popular coffee size in the 'seventies : 
VENTI27
29
It seems a common thing to see on a bagel : 
SESAME31
32
Certain ice cream dyes : 
EDYS34
36
Critic of lemons, e.g. : 
CITRIC39
Subject line of an Ash Wednesday memo : 
RELENT40
Decrease in size, as a prize : 
ATROPHY42
43
44
Square dance partner of 43-Across : 
SEAGAL46
50
Friend unlikely to go M.I.A. : 
AMIGO52
"America's Most Wanted" host who's four-fifths Welsh : 
WALSH54
55
56
Grp. providing computer help to the secretary general : 
UNIT57
Org. that might grasp cats, to some extent : 
ASPCA59
Areas between N's and P's : 
OZONES61
What picky complainers charge : 
NITRATES63
In "Oliver!" it exemplifies a style of cinema : 
VERITE64
65
66
Things a baker may be stressed about : 
DESSERTS 
        
	 
        
		
            Down
            1
Two-wheeler that doesn't start soundly : 
ICICLE2
I'm a co.'s work of art : 
MOSAIC3
4
5
Elsa's circus performers : 
SEALS6
7
People who see me in the worst light : 
ENEMIES8
9
10
___ apparent (smog) : 
AIR11
Shiraz, soave or sherry : 
SWINE12
13
14
To a skier it's most dangerous : 
RISKIEST21
25
Soul of a Korean rapper and a Cuban revolutionary : 
PSYCHE26
28
Emperor whose name has one "R" : 
NERO30
1,000 Russian mountains : 
MURALS33
iPods for a tippler : 
DIPSO35
Leaderless Indian city : 
ELHI36
Lover of California, South America, New Orleans and Virginia : 
CASANOVA37
38
How you might define it: rats or turncoats : 
TRAITORS41
42
45
47
Bird that isn't a parrot : 
RAPTOR48
Sees a pet to take in : 
ACCEPT49
51
Mil. leader - that is, one often seen in a turban : 
GENIE53
Split ___ (go halfsies on some game animals) : 
HARES56
58
Transfer of ownership in Jerusalem : 
SALE60
Endless online marketplace : 
ETS62
Appliances that are even parts of stoves : 
TVS 
        
	 
    
 
    
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