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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Nov 04, 2007 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
14-Across : It's not important to rival it
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
| 1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 L | 5 E | 6 T | | 7 S | 8 T | 9 R | 10 I | 11 P | 12 S | |
13 P | R | E | L | A | T | E | | 14 T | R | I | V | I | A | 15 L |
16 H | E | A | T | H | E | R | | 17 R | U | B | E | L | L | A |
18 R | A | T | E | R | | 19 M | 20 A | I | D | S | | 21 L | I | T |
22 A | M | I | R | | 23 P | I | N | K | Y | | 24 D | I | E | T |
25 S | E | N | | 26 A | R | N | I | E | | 27 L | E | O | N | E |
28 E | D | G | 29 E | D | O | U | T | | 30 S | A | I | N | T | S |
| | | 31 M | E | S | S | A | 32 G | I | N | G | | | |
33 R | 34 E | 35 V | I | L | E | | 36 L | A | T | E | N | 37 E | 38 S | 39 S |
40 E | X | I | L | E | | 41 P | O | L | E | S | | 42 M | A | C |
43 P | A | L | E | | 44 T | O | O | L | S | | 45 L | A | V | A |
46 A | L | L | | 47 M | A | S | S | E | | 48 S | O | N | A | R |
49 S | T | A | 50 T | U | T | E | | 51 O | 52 V | E | R | A | G | E |
53 T | E | G | U | L | A | R | | 54 N | E | G | A | T | E | S |
| 55 D | E | T | E | R | S | | 56 S | T | O | N | E | D | |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
1
What home does Elsie heat? :
CHALET7
R walks safely while ... :
STRIPS13
14
It's not important to rival it :
TRIVIAL16
17
What Miss Fitzgerald's masseur will do :
RUBELLA18
One who could err at assessment :
RATER19
Hotel is mad at sloppy ones :
MAIDS21
22
He rules with one arm :
AMIR23
Reddy's washed-out cousin :
PINKY24
25
Half-chosen member of Cong. :
SEN26
He and Tiger are in the P.G.A. :
ARNIE27
No eel can be found in Sierra ___ :
LEONE28
30
31
33
36
Why was Elsa sent to detention? :
LATENESS40
Martinique, e.g., after disappearing? :
EXILE41
Sticks for Europeans :
POLES42
43
44
Overly '50s implements :
TOOLS45
Did it bury Avalon? No, no! :
LAVA46
The works for shallow show-off :
ALL47
It could ruin seams of pool table :
MASSE48
Detector of sub arson :
SONAR49
___ of Liberty (law guaranteeing freedom) :
STATUTE51
53
Like, e.g., ultra tile arrangement :
TEGULAR54
Renders N.E. airport areas ineffective :
NEGATES55
56
Nothing tends to make sense to a person who's this :
STONED
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Season in le territoire :
ETE6
Name that Americans use for something, at the end :
TERMINUS7
What the Amalgamated Bowling Workers call? :
STRIKE8
She has tea with Giuliani :
TRUDY9
Spare items for kids :
RIBS10
11
12
Entails what's most important :
SALIENT13
A shaper of words produces it :
PHRASE15
The latest at Starbucks :
LATTES20
23
... but Q remained seated :
PROSE24
The great ___ (V.I.P.'s condescend) :
DEIGN26
She has a mark to get rid of :
ADELE27
Neal's drive uses them :
LANES29
He established Internet distance :
EMILE30
Eye ___ (sockets) :
SITES32
Captain Neal's log noted them :
GALLEONS33
Concerning a tense meal :
REPAST34
35
37
Manatee with its tail up front :
EMANATE38
Brutally attacked in Vegas ad :
SAVAGED39
What an unsolicited caress does :
SCARES41
Tough questions for sitters :
POSERS44
Asian goodbye (registered trademark symbol) :
TATAR45
Ran ol' navigation system :
LORAN47
It's half horse shoe :
MULE48
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52
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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