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Sam Ezersky
Sam Ezersky

NY Times, Sun, Jun 12, 2022 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

37-Across : Must elder people play this instrument?

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38
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© 2022, The New York Times
Across
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Lay sick, say, at the ophthalmologist's : LASIK
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How a snobbish celebrity might respond to a group of loyal fans : ALOOFLY
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Meaty ___ (solid color) : OCHRE
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Chose to work with zero fellows : FLEWSOLO
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'S on the cob : SCORN
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Lipton Tea possibility : POTENTIAL
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How far the first five encyclopedia volumes go : TOE
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True mistake : TERROR
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Mole seen on kids' TV : ELMO
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Two-headed dog : PUP
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Rains slightly on barbecue rods : SPITS
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"Help" a noted baseball slugger : SOSA
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Bit of market research in French : ETRE
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Like dangerous roads in bicycling : ICY
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Payback : YAP
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Three times 10 : TRIX
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Online conversation through Slack, Yelp : SKYPECALL
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The net's email status : SENT
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Audio levels : TEARS
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Crowd at a meet : TEEM
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Must elder people play this instrument? : STEELDRUM
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Shave off the top : HAVE
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___ sense of humor (baker's asset) : RYE
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Molecule in a str[ssorcA-14] : DNA
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Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, they say: Fr. : YVES
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Cane sugar causes it : ACNE
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Half-baked ones might be set aside for later : IDEAS
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First: second, third and fourth : IRS
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Org. with regulations in RadioShack : OSHA
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Livestock breedah or crop growah, say : PHARMA
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Prohibition reversal : NAB
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Not kidding : CHILDLESS
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"Give me back my toy blocks!" : LEGGO
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It's more than a "Heh!" yell : HELLYEAH
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Name in "It Had to Be You" : TOBEY
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Length of the Ne-Yo era : ONEYEAR
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Things found around seabeds : SEEDS
Down
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___gerel / Edu___ion / Standof___ : LOSTPETS
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Dresses up for a court case : ACCOUTRES
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Evidence left behind by a hitperson : SHOEPRINT
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Mirror fragment : IRR
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Superhero family that runs 10Ks : KENTS
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Lotsa singing voices : ALTOS
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Drunkenly walk backward : LEER
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Now possess : OWN
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Medicine type a host o' doctors practice : OSTEOPATHY
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Byproducts from fish and flax, e.g. : FOILS
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A mall animal : LLAMA
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Embryologist, at heart : YOLO
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TTTT36"- : FORTYYARDDASH
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Administered a shot to, maybe, for $100 per kid : PRICKED
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Written pile set in the Bible : EPISTLE
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_m_ll pou_h : SAC
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Former seabird supporter : EXTERNALLY
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What might Emma say politely? : YESMAAM
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Landscaping tools that U.N. reps are using : PRUNERS
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Removing A, C and D but ... : LEAVINGBE
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Exercised influence in an everglade : LEVERAGED
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My bosses in the Navy : MESSBOYS
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57-Across center : EYE
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As white as Hanes clothing : ASHEN
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Pot holder in Chipotle : CHILE
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Start of a hire rumor : IHEAR
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Preserves so it lasts, in a way : SALTS
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Spanish number that's rounded up and down : OCHO
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"_ _ _ _se!" : PLEA
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___ another day (reschedule at the salon) : DYE
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Its last letter stands for _mpl_y_r: Abbr. : EOE
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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