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Alex Eaton-Salners
NY Times, Sun May 14, 2023 Puns and Anagrams
30-Down : Certa__n Ga__ __h__ standa__d be__rer
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
1 A | 2 R | 3 E | 4 A | 5 C | 6 O | 7 D | 8 E | | 9 D | 10 A | 11 L | 12 L | 13 A | 14 S |
15 R | E | D | G | I | A | N | T | | 16 I | C | I | E | S | T |
17 M | E | G | A | S | T | A | R | | 18 G | R | E | A | S | E |
19 A | L | I | T | | 20 S | T | A | 21 G | | 22 E | N | D | O | R |
23 D | I | N | E | 24 S | | 25 E | D | A | 26 M | S | | 27 T | O | O |
28 A | N | G | | 29 W | 30 I | S | E | L | Y | | 31 M | I | N | I |
| | | 32 P | A | N | T | | 33 L | I | 34 K | E | M | A | D |
35 S | 36 T | 37 R | A | N | D | | | | 38 D | U | R | E | S | S |
39 T | R | A | N | S | I | 40 T | | 41 M | O | R | E | | | |
42 R | U | T | S | | 43 R | I | 44 B | A | L | D | | 45 N | 46 A | 47 M |
48 E | E | L | | 49 Y | A | C | H | T | | 50 S | 51 T | A | T | E |
52 A | L | I | 53 C | E | | 54 S | U | I | 55 T | | 56 W | E | B | S |
57 M | O | N | A | M | 58 I | | 59 T | S | A | 60 R | I | N | A | S |
61 E | V | E | N | E | D | | 62 A | S | P | I | R | A | T | E |
63 R | E | S | I | N | S | | 64 N | E | E | D | L | E | S | S |
© 2023, The New York Times
Across
1
9
All ads for this 1980s show featured Larry Hagman :
DALLAS15
Celestial body with a color gradient :
REDGIANT16
Like Fairbanks among all major U.S. cities :
ICIEST17
Hollywood great Sam Elliot, for one :
MEGASTAR18
Ancient ___ (stovetop woe) :
GREASE19
Came down in quality :
ALIT20
22
What an elevator operator, interior decorator and color commentator all do :
ENDOR23
25
27
28
29
"Use the 25th letters with care," said Tom ___ :
WISELY31
32
33
Favor a classic humor magazine tremendously :
LIKEMAD35
38
You wearing clothes by force :
DURESS39
Start in one place and end in another :
TRANSIT41
42
Bo__ing ro__ __ine__ :
RUTS43
Like many bridal shower jokes :
RIBALD45
48
Fish in free lunches :
EEL49
50
52
C__rro__l t__tle chara__t__r :
ALICE54
Business attire for clubs, say :
SUIT56
We speak nonsense about these snares :
WEBS57
My friend in two states around North America :
MONAMI59
Sinatra's "Catherine and Alexandra" :
TSARINAS61
Everyone, including singer Sheeran :
EVENED62
63
Confessional email subject :
RESINS64
Unnecessary phonographh partss :
NEEDLESS
Down
1
Give guns to a prosecutor :
ARMADA2
Land inside the tree line :
REELIN3
$1,000 dinge trim option :
EDGING4
Small type of marble :
AGATE5
6
7
8
Brokerage back in a noted art exhibit :
ETRADE9
Really like every other part of 3-Down :
DIG10
11
___ over (happy situation for a debtor) :
LIEN12
10 minutes for a deli meat order, maybe :
LEADTIME13
Immediately when in a lasso on a saddle :
ASSOONAS14
Is stored with some banned substances :
STEROIDS21
24
They fly SAS & Northwest :
SWANS26
Fan's cry far exceeding a mild "Yo!" :
MYIDOL30
Certa__n Ga__ __h__ standa__d be__rer :
INDIRA31
32
Cookware with zero-star reviews :
PANS34
Bean ___ (bop some Turks over the head) :
KURDS35
Banner for an online broadcaster :
STREAMER36
37
Nautical ropes that might lead to latrines :
RATLINES40
Deer ___ (cleaning antlers and hooves, e.g.) :
TICS41
44
High place for a bun hat :
BHUTAN45
Negative-sounding dance :
NAENAE46
Twitter handle for a vampire :
ATBATS47
Clutters a thousand curves :
MESSES49
Enemy of Saudi Arabia :
YEMEN51
__ __ist __n spi__a__s :
TWIRL53
Inca child's question :
CANI55
Recording from Evita Peron :
TAPE58
60
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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