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Sam Ezersky
NY Times, Sun, May 05, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
26-Across : {Case, carton, package, parcel}
Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32
| 1 S | 2 W | 3 O | 4 R | 5 E | 6 T | 7 O | | 8 S | 9 E | 10 T | 11 T | 12 L | 13 E |
14 S | C | O | R | E | P | A | D | | 15 U | M | B | R | A | S |
16 P | E | R | S | P | I | R | E | | 17 M | A | O | I | S | T |
18 A | N | D | O | R | | | 19 R | 20 U | M | I | N | A | T | E |
21 S | E | E | N | O | 22 T | 23 E | | 24 S | I | L | E | N | C | E |
25 M | I | D | | 26 B | O | X | 27 S | E | T | | | 28 G | A | M |
| | | 29 N | A | G | G | Y | | | 30 B | 31 I | L | L | S |
| 32 C | 33 A | P | T | A | I | N | 34 M | 35 A | R | V | E | L | |
36 N | A | C | R | E | | | 37 C | O | R | E | Y | | | |
38 E | R | R | | | 39 R | 40 U | S | S | I | A | | 41 O | 42 H | 43 M |
44 W | R | I | 45 T | 46 T | E | N | | 47 T | A | K | 48 E | T | E | A |
49 H | A | M | A | R | T | I | 50 A | | | 51 C | A | I | R | N |
52 A | D | O | N | A | I | | 53 R | 54 I | 55 G | A | T | O | N | I |
56 R | I | N | G | I | N | | 57 P | O | P | M | U | S | I | C |
58 T | O | Y | O | T | A | | 59 S | N | A | P | P | E | A | |
© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
8
Inhabit all but one bit of Seattle :
SETTLE14
Spare doc for recording points :
SCOREPAD15
Some, er, women's wear :
UMBRAS16
17
One with aims to communize China :
MAOIST18
NORAD conjunction :
ANDOR19
21
24
License requirement for a library :
SILENCE25
26
{Case, carton, package, parcel} :
BOXSET28
29
Like any thousands of complaints :
NAGGY30
Clinton's paper money :
BILLS32
36
Iridescent crane material :
NACRE37
Describing an apple's center :
COREY38
___ to the throne (make a royal mistake) :
ERR39
Onetime destination of USAir's flights :
RUSSIA41
44
Great : G + rate :: Britain : B + ___ :
WRITTEN47
How to turn a teacher into Cher :
TAKETEA49
51
Puerto Rican stone landmark :
CAIRN52
Commercial for artificial intelligence :
ADONAI53
56
57
58
Auto whose horn ya toot :
TOYOTA59
Quick and clever, by the sound of it :
SNAPPEA
Down
1
When nieces appeared in the play :
SCENEI2
Stated whom Rod needs, oddly :
WORDED3
"Daughter ___?" (birth question) :
ORSON4
Top bearer of unprincipled behavior :
REPROBATE5
6
7
Author of praiseful poetry :
ODER8
___ up (recap a mountain-climbing adventure) :
SUMMIT9
Everyday messages accessed in laptops, initially :
EMAIL10
11
Integral part of a percussion ensemble :
TRIANGLE12
"Yer out!" "Yer out!" --> "Yer out!" <-- :
LASTCALL13
Meets up between two directions :
ESTEEMS14
Spams uncontrollably :
SPASM20
22
23
Retiree from Squadron 9, e.g. :
EXGI27
Audibly goes down :
SYNCS29
News presenter in Hunan Province :
NPR30
31
Line heard by a hospital bed :
IVY32
Player of tunes on air or a CD while driving :
CARRADIO33
34
Great majority around Mount Everest :
MOST35
Part of "Ave Maria" that's sung :
ARIA36
Result of a cardiac transplant, so to speak :
NEWHART39
The optic nerve is near it :
RETINA40
41
N__ __ serv__ng a purp__ __ __ :
OTIOSE42
That woman, Ms. Vardalos :
HERNIA43
Like the crazed man I see :
MANIC45
Dance that's got an Argentine origin :
TANGO46
Extra-itchy interior quality :
TRAIT48
Really like taupe :
EATUP50
'Eavenly instruments :
ARPS54
One on a chemistry test :
ION55
Connector of moving parts :
GPA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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