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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Dec 31, 2017 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Across Lite, PDF
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© 2017, The New York Times
Across
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Abandons wastelands : DESERTS
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ACDE ... WXYZ B : BLAST
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If you do this to Matt, you'll incur Matt's ire : MISTREAT
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Concerning junkyard dogs : RECURS
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Turn sergeant off : ESTRANGE
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Weak cinema : ANEMIC
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Shake our sea : AROUSE
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In cinema, star canine : ASTA
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Ms. Rice : AVA
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President after Barack O., informally : DONT
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1 p.m.'s kids acting up : IMPS
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Cast-iron core : STIR
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What covers Robin's midriff : OBI
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A woman's name, at any rate : TANYA
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Bit of S.C. hip-hop : SCRAP
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Diminish, for a few : WEAROFF
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U.A.R. list of ceremonies : RITUALS
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Said one Continental letter to the next, "I'm N and ___" : EURO
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Returning ill-gotten gains : TOOL
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Whose voice will not rest : STENTOR
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Angola's computers : ANALOGS
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What a sled dog at the front does : LEADS
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Big name to men in painting : MONET
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Tap : PAT
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Arthur's crafts : ARTS
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Damages a planet : MARS
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He's able to speak Hungarian : BELA
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Semi-crisis : CRI
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__russ__ __s's nei__hborhood: Abbr. : BELG
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Like the verb "are" in "all are up" : PLURAL
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Sanka's state : KANSAS
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Push away from a tea line : ALIENATE
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Things an Indian star is playing : SITARS
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Not a term of importance : NOMATTER
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Odd N.Y. fool : NODDY
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Where Sean was in Wales : SWANSEA
Down
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So bride will do this on her wedding night : DISROBE
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A site on Russia's western border : ESTONIA
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Trust in swagger : STRUT
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Pitch__ __s' st__t__ : ERAS
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French ne'er-do-well : RENE
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Twang, oddly : TAG
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Hot, like my seat : STEAMY
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Miscreants in ladies' undergarment and tees : BRATS
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Girl who sounds skinnier : LENA
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Grim finish : ACE
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Source of Indonesia's traumas : SUMATRA
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A third of a jury in a court case : TRIVIAL
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A mowed grassy area : MEADOW
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Slopes accommodating cars: Sp. : SCARPS
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Fight colors of Michigan State athletes : SPARTANS
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Tell Pacino "no tux required" : INFORMAL
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"Bonehead" : SCULL
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People whose racetrack tips tease you so : TOUTS
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How's that for a hairdo? : AFRO
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Toast for a fur : STOAT
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Rips nerds : RENDS
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1:1 girl : IONE
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At Saks, Elsie bought them : SLACKS
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Land for a trainer : TERRAIN
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A note: It can corrode : EATINTO
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Telephone button "8" : OPERATE
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Festive beverage for Pygmalion's love : GALATEA
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What a salter will prevent food from becoming : STALER
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Instruments you might play rags on : ORGANS
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Like the cafeteria after a G.I.s' meal : MESSY
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Be nuts or slightly bats : BUNTS
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Grayback : BARD
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Tribe on one map of the Southwest : PIMA
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Gravitate toward low-fat : LEAN
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Di__ __ppointe__ : SAD
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Like the hoot of an owl : LOW
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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