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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Feb 14, 2016 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

Author:Mel Taub
Editor:Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: , Blocks: 33, Across Lite

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© 2016, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Inspiration for a seaman : SALTAIR
8. Left depot : TOPED
13. It could be natural to have or secure : RESOURCE
14. Paths leading to ouster : ROUTES
16. Occupation of a former redcap : EXPORTER
17. A p-position of a m-model : APPOSE
18. German bars have them in sets : STEINS
19. Things camels 'ave : UMPS
21. End of term : ITE
22. One's place in the reading : HERE
23. Pans a picture : SNAP
24. What lids did on a slippery counter : SLID
25. Elf's leader : ITS
26. Embarrass at a big party : ABASH
28. Something viewed, so to speak : SCENE
29. People who might fool us dopes : PSEUDOS
31. Sees a sure finger pointer : ACCUSER
33. Sham ____ (not a real expression of disbelief) : POOH
34. Pigeon-____ (flying amphibian) : TOAD
35. Let Arab find oil here : ALBERTA
38. Sort of roof seen on Earth and Mars : MANSARD
42. A line for a vine : LIANE
43. No other Irish poet is yet as great : YEATS
45. Light of ____ (what the Roman dawn gods bring) : DEI
46. 50+ : LAND
47. Folds back and sews, as mesh : HEMS
48. BEANIES, E.G. : CAPS
49. What suffix do I often put on planet? : OID
50. ID of a dog : FIDO
51. Quiet around a Hawaiian city's battle site : SHILOH
53. 100 years in 1876, 240 years in 2016, etc. : USAGES
55. Air "The Steve & Eli Show" : TELEVISE
57. Cartridges that rest on a printer's shelf : TONERS
58. Fabrics for matinees : ETAMINES
59. Goat babysitter : NANNY
60. Tried a thousand pedals : SAMPLED
 1. Singing groups in Estes, TX : SEXTETS
2. Slander Parsees : ASPERSE
3. Officer in john, i.e. : LOOIE
4. Where t'go t'get coffee : TURN
5. Crafts in 3rd, 2nd, 5th and 6th place : ARTS
6. Not behind : ICE
7. Nurser of old TV shows : RERUNS
8. "It's a ____!" (response to a trick question about "The Sound of Music") : TRAPP
9. Comment after mistaking goose eggs and peas : OOPS
10. Kind of pet : PUP
11. Stars, to Elise : ETOILES
12. Predetermine its need : DESTINE
13. Send back or perish : RESHIP
15. One who plants cedar, say : SEEDER
20. Wise ones using a sham A.T.M. : MAHATMAS
23. Did a showy walk or easy dash : SASHAYED
24. Cuss 500 missiles : SCUDS
26. Love a pair of musical notes : ADORE
27. O, to be in Italy! : BOOT
28. Reads South Carolina articles : SCANS
30. Suspends no S's : UPEND
32. See cereal covering : COAT
35. Out out out out out out ... : ALLOUT
36. In Laos I had a relationship : LIAISON
37. B & a : BANDANA
39. Do a postscript about her : ADALINE
40. Rested as peers do : REPOSED
41. Gossips about food servings : DISHES
44. Acts badly, it would seem to everyone : EMOTES
47. Is shy about a kind of fit : HISSY
48. Like 157 polite people : CIVIL
50. Plant in an inferno : FERN
51. Criticize alms : SLAM
52. Rope material seen in them parts : HEMP
54. Eng. military figure : GEN
56. Ate up : ETA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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