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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jul 12, 1998 Puns and Anagrams
51-Across : Losing to a Belli client
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33
| 1 R | 2 A | 3 D | 4 A | 5 M | 6 E | 7 S | | 8 A | 9 T | 10 T | 11 A | 12 R | |
13 P | E | D | I | M | E | N | T | | 14 D | I | A | L | E | 15 D |
16 E | M | A | C | I | A | T | E | | 17 D | E | L | E | T | E |
18 C | O | M | E | R | S | | 19 P | 20 L | E | D | | 21 N | R | A |
22 O | V | I | D | | | 23 S | H | O | D | | 24 S | C | A | T |
25 S | E | T | | 26 H | 27 A | T | E | D | | 28 E | N | O | C | H |
| 29 R | E | 30 D | U | C | I | N | G | 31 A | G | E | N | T | S |
| | | 32 O | L | E | G | | 33 I | N | G | E | | | |
34 P | 35 E | 36 R | F | O | R | M | 37 I | N | G | A | R | 38 T | 39 S | |
40 A | L | O | F | T | | 41 A | N | G | E | R | | 42 E | L | 43 A |
44 M | I | S | S | | 45 O | T | I | S | | | 46 T | R | A | P |
47 E | T | E | | 48 S | P | A | T | | 49 G | 50 R | A | N | T | S |
51 L | I | A | 52 B | L | E | | 53 I | 54 R | R | I | T | A | T | E |
55 A | S | T | R | A | L | | 56 A | C | E | T | A | T | E | S |
| 57 T | E | A | M | S | | 58 L | A | Y | E | R | E | D | |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
He was armed, as in "Aoda" :
RADAMES8
13
14
Laddie did it to call :
DIALED16
Having only tea, I came to lose lots of weight :
EMACIATE17
18
Whom did Morse see as promising? :
COMERS19
But Q was right behind :
PLED21
Gun enthusiasts ran it :
NRA22
Avoid a missing poet :
OVID23
24
This acts as a command :
SCAT25
26
Couldn't stand the D.A. :
HATED28
29
32
33
Author studied in Eng. 1 :
INGE34
40
41
42
Note drink to the left :
ELA44
Female state, in short :
MISS45
Whose aim is to elevate? :
OTIS46
T' shoot the breeze :
TRAP47
48
49
51
Losing to a Belli client :
LIABLE53
55
56
57
A Mets group and others :
TEAMS58
Like some haircuts with real dye :
LAYERED
Down
1
Who got rid of Rover? Me! :
REMOVER2
3
Cut 500 before Dec. 1 :
DICED4
Leader at a space station :
AMIR5
Same as ft. or in. :
MEAS6
It may be added to port :
ENT7
Chick's mother through remarriage? :
STEPHEN8
Dad and Ed said more :
ADDED9
10
Former world chess champion is totally centered :
TAL11
French city with one clan :
ALENCON12
13
OPEC's Texas locale :
PECOS15
20
23
24
26
Jacques Tati role earned 50 thou :
HULOT27
28
Headless bum Samantha :
EGGAR30
Takes off of F.D.'s :
DOFFS31
The heavenly Monsieur Egan :
ANGE34
She considers me a pal :
PAMELA35
36
Like an optimist or tease :
ROSEATE37
38
39
Like venetians on Delta St. :
SLATTED43
Quiet corners that are passi :
APSES45
European cars found on slope :
OPELS46
Mongol mixed up with 8-Across :
TATAR48
49
Odd parts of gardeny shade :
GREY50
___-minded (standing on ceremony) :
RITE52
54
Maker of a car radio :
RCA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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