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Joel Fagliano
NY Times, Sun, Dec 20, 2015 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
61-Across : Like a can-do tale
Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28
1 I | 2 N | 3 S | 4 T | 5 A | 6 G | 7 R | 8 A | 9 M | | 10 C | 11 A | 12 N | 13 A | 14 L |
15 N | O | T | A | T | R | A | C | E | | 16 I | M | A | C | S |
17 S | U | R | P | L | U | S | E | S | | 18 G | O | M | A | D |
19 I | V | E | S | | 20 M | C | S | Q | 21 U | A | R | E | D | |
22 D | E | E | | 23 S | P | A | | 24 U | N | R | A | T | E | 25 D |
26 E | A | T | 27 E | N | | 28 L | 29 A | I | C | | 30 L | A | M | E |
31 S | U | S | S | E | 32 X | | 33 S | T | U | 34 D | | 35 G | Y | M |
| | | 36 C | A | F | 37 E | T | E | R | I | 38 A | | | |
39 E | 40 B | 41 B | | 42 K | I | L | O | | 43 L | E | T | 44 S | 45 I | 46 N |
47 T | E | R | 48 P | | 49 L | O | R | 50 D | | 51 T | O | W | N | E |
52 H | E | A | R | 53 K | E | N | | 54 E | 55 D | S | | 56 E | D | T |
| 57 L | I | O | N | S | G | 58 A | T | E | | 59 N | A | I | F |
60 B | I | L | B | O | | 61 A | N | E | C | 62 D | O | T | A | L |
63 I | N | L | E | T | | 64 T | O | S | C | A | N | I | N | I |
65 N | E | E | D | S | | 66 E | S | T | A | T | E | T | A | X |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
10
Could Gore dig it? :
CANAL15
16
Computers used in a big-screen theater :
IMACS17
18
Become crazy about dogma :
GOMAD19
Composer who gives 80% :
IVES20
Show host in an equilateral rectangle :
MCSQUARED22
23
Where some people aah, initially :
SPA24
Like a nude art film, often :
UNRATED26
Like a hearty meat entree :
EATEN28
30
Description of a lackluster meal :
LAME31
Uses excess area in England :
SUSSEX33
35
Where to hear Jim working out :
GYM36
What might serve a feta rice dish :
CAFETERIA39
Shrink, as Jeb Bush's core :
EBB42
43
47
Pert college athlete :
TERP49
51
Where no wet people live, quaintly :
TOWNE52
54
#6, #8 and #3 on the masthead :
EDS56
Summer setting for Ted: Abbr. :
EDT57
59
Newbie with one fan :
NAIF60
Blob I identified as a hobbit :
BILBO61
63
Intel on a place to moor :
INLET64
Conductor whose name contains "I" :
TOSCANINI65
Eden's requirements :
NEEDS66
Concern for heirs in most of Texas state :
ESTATETAX
Down
1
2
Modern French to use on Eva :
NOUVEAU3
Model T's steer down them :
STREETS4
5
It borders Lat. America :
ATL6
7
8
Foursome in a case of cards :
ACES9
Barbecue flavoring that quiets me down :
MESQUITE10
11
Spoken test in the morning :
AMORAL12
13
School entered when the day came to enroll :
ACADEMY14
21
Web address for the Tar Heels :
UNCURL23
Move like a snake in the grass :
SNEAK25
Supporter of government med. programs, often :
DEM27
29
Place in New York City to roast :
ASTOR32
Things labeled .txt or .docx :
XFILES34
Edits to a weight-loss book :
DIETS37
Where to enter a North Carolina university :
ELONGATE38
39
The old verb suffix :
ETH40
41
The blind make liberal use of it :
BRAILLE44
Worry about what wits eat :
SWEATIT45
It's an aid in the Midwest :
INDIANA46
Streaming service with nearly all of next film :
NETFLIX48
One side of a mattress debate :
PROBED50
What de students study for :
DETEST53
Have-___ (people whose shoelaces are tangled) :
KNOTS55
___ cards (funny employees of a record label) :
DECCA58
Parts of rainbows that aren't odd :
ANOS59
How many people a nun can marry :
NONE60
Receptacle for a nib :
BIN62
"Is ___ a base?" (slangy question for a computer scientist) :
DAT
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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