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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Oct 20, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
29-Across : Andy's one equivocal reply
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35
| 1 C | 2 L | 3 A | 4 M | 5 P | 6 S | | 7 M | 8 A | 9 D | 10 A | 11 M | 12 S | |
13 S | H | A | P | E | U | P | | 14 O | M | E | L | E | T | 15 S |
16 N | A | R | R | A | T | E | | 17 N | O | M | A | D | I | C |
18 O | R | I | O | N | | 19 A | 20 I | R | S | | 21 N | I | N | O |
22 O | L | A | N | | 23 A | R | N | O | | | | 24 A | G | O |
25 P | I | T | | 26 K | N | I | F | E | 27 S | | 28 S | T | E | P |
29 Y | E | S | 30 A | N | D | N | O | | 31 H | 32 A | T | E | R | S |
| | | 33 B | O | R | G | | 34 H | A | L | E | | | |
35 D | 36 A | 37 N | U | B | E | | 38 L | A | M | E | N | 39 T | 40 E | 41 D |
42 A | B | E | T | | 43 S | 44 C | A | R | E | S | | 45 E | V | A |
46 M | O | O | | | | 47 L | I | D | S | | 48 T | R | I | S |
49 A | R | N | 50 E | | 51 O | A | T | H | | 52 L | A | R | C | H |
53 S | T | A | T | 54 O | R | S | | 55 A | 56 C | E | T | A | T | E |
57 K | E | T | T | L | E | S | | 58 T | E | N | A | C | E | S |
| 59 D | E | A | D | L | Y | | 60 S | E | A | R | E | D | |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
They secure a hundred light fixtures :
CLAMPS7
Ladies with crazy mornings :
MADAMS13
Push a P.E. class to get fit :
SHAPEUP14
A lot seem to be eaten at brunch :
OMELETS16
What a ranter may do to a story :
NARRATE17
Main doc going place to place :
NOMADIC18
The heavenly Hunter O'Ryan, say :
ORION19
Puts a tax agency on TV :
AIRS21
22
Pearl Buck heroine in Poland :
OLAN23
18 on the periodic table: Abbr. :
ARNO24
25
26
Sticks iron into skin :
KNIFES28
__ __airw__ll __art :
STEP29
31
33
Cy on the tennis court :
BORG34
Heard a call for a taxi :
HALE35
Many a bend you will find in this river :
DANUBE38
42
To encourage some illegal gambling is to ___ ___ :
ABET43
... however, T doesn't give a hoot :
SCARES45
46
47
Every other of the Pleiades :
LIDS48
Speaker who caused a stir :
TRIS49
English composer in earnest :
ARNE51
Sign of a hot temper :
OATH52
Poplar/chestnut cross :
LARCH53
They help start so many motors :
STATORS55
Hole in one museum transparency :
ACETATE57
Leeks and teas in vessels for tea :
KETTLES58
Things at scene of bridge games :
TENACES59
What it could be to add lye :
DEADLY60
Mideast body of water with sides switched :
SEARED
Down
1
Name for a 52-Across, that is :
CHARLIE2
Cowboys throw them at liars :
LARIATS3
Pan or other kitchen item :
APRON4
Like guys without a heart :
MEAN5
Erect tepee around you :
PUT6
7
He's president no more :
MONROE8
Boy in a tam-o'-shanter :
AMOS9
Politico who's not one of dese :
DEM10
11
I teamed up to be a go-between :
MEDIATE12
Drink to enjoy while resting :
STINGER13
Cartoon dog and pony (so?) :
SNOOPY15
Reporters' favorite things at ice cream shops :
SCOOPS20
Foreign (but not Ger.) news :
INFO23
26
Hob ___ (nail protuberance) :
KNOB27
28
30
Not an if or an and :
ABUT32
What got Elsa drunk :
ALES34
Who had trash removed from the building site :
HARDHATS35
Item dat covers da face :
DAMASK36
37
38
___ person (French milkman) :
LAIT39
Area around the front, side, rear, etc. of a home :
TERRACE40
41
Features of t-r-a-c-k m-e-e-t-s :
DASHES44
What follows category X :
CLASSY48
50
Girl who's a sweet talker at heart :
ETTA51
City of Russian lore :
OREL52
Woman who's less fat :
LENA54
56
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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