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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
1 L | 2 A | 3 S | 4 I | 5 K | | | | 6 A | 7 L | 8 O | 9 O | 10 F | 11 L | 12 Y |
13 O | C | H | R | E | | | 14 F | L | E | W | S | O | L | O |
15 S | C | O | R | N | | 16 P | O | T | E | N | T | I | A | L |
17 T | O | E | | 18 T | 19 E | R | R | O | R | | 20 E | L | M | O |
21 P | U | P | | 22 S | P | I | T | S | | 23 S | O | S | A | |
24 E | T | R | 25 E | | 26 I | C | Y | | 27 Y | A | P | | | |
28 T | R | I | X | | 29 S | K | Y | 30 P | E | C | A | 31 L | 32 L | |
33 S | E | N | T | | 34 T | E | A | R | S | | 35 T | E | E | 36 M |
| 37 S | T | E | 38 E | L | D | R | U | M | | 39 H | A | V | E |
| | | 40 R | Y | E | | 41 D | N | A | | 42 Y | V | E | S |
| 43 A | 44 C | N | E | | 45 I | D | E | A | 46 S | | 47 I | R | S |
48 O | S | H | A | | 49 P | H | A | R | M | A | | 50 N | A | B |
51 C | H | I | L | 52 D | L | E | S | S | | 53 L | 54 E | G | G | O |
55 H | E | L | L | Y | E | A | H | | | 56 T | O | B | E | Y |
57 O | N | E | Y | E | A | R | | | | 58 S | E | E | D | S |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
1
Lay sick, say, at the ophthalmologist's :
LASIK6
How a snobbish celebrity might respond to a group of loyal fans :
ALOOFLY13
Meaty ___ (solid color) :
OCHRE14
Chose to work with zero fellows :
FLEWSOLO15
16
17
How far the first five encyclopedia volumes go :
TOE18
20
Mole seen on kids' TV :
ELMO21
22
Rains slightly on barbecue rods :
SPITS23
"Help" a noted baseball slugger :
SOSA24
Bit of market research in French :
ETRE26
Like dangerous roads in bicycling :
ICY27
28
29
Online conversation through Slack, Yelp :
SKYPECALL33
The net's email status :
SENT34
35
37
Must elder people play this instrument? :
STEELDRUM39
40
___ sense of humor (baker's asset) :
RYE41
Molecule in a str[ssorcA-14] :
DNA42
Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, they say: Fr. :
YVES43
Cane sugar causes it :
ACNE45
Half-baked ones might be set aside for later :
IDEAS47
First: second, third and fourth :
IRS48
Org. with regulations in RadioShack :
OSHA49
Livestock breedah or crop growah, say :
PHARMA50
Prohibition reversal :
NAB51
53
"Give me back my toy blocks!" :
LEGGO55
56
Name in "It Had to Be You" :
TOBEY57
58
Things found around seabeds :
SEEDS
Down
1
___gerel / Edu___ion / Standof___ :
LOSTPETS2
3
Evidence left behind by a hitperson :
SHOEPRINT4
5
Superhero family that runs 10Ks :
KENTS6
Lotsa singing voices :
ALTOS7
Drunkenly walk backward :
LEER8
9
Medicine type a host o' doctors practice :
OSTEOPATHY10
Byproducts from fish and flax, e.g. :
FOILS11
12
Embryologist, at heart :
YOLO14
16
Administered a shot to, maybe, for $100 per kid :
PRICKED19
Written pile set in the Bible :
EPISTLE23
25
27
What might Emma say politely? :
YESMAAM30
Landscaping tools that U.N. reps are using :
PRUNERS31
32
Exercised influence in an everglade :
LEVERAGED36
38
43
As white as Hanes clothing :
ASHEN44
Pot holder in Chipotle :
CHILE45
Start of a hire rumor :
IHEAR46
Preserves so it lasts, in a way :
SALTS48
Spanish number that's rounded up and down :
OCHO49
52
___ another day (reschedule at the salon) :
DYE54
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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