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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jul 13, 2008 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
13-Across : Giant G, I see
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 R | 2 E | 3 P | 4 A | 5 S | 6 T | 7 S | | 8 G | 9 U | 10 A | 11 V | 12 A | |
13 G | I | G | A | N | T | I | C | | 14 I | N | P | A | R | 15 T |
16 O | V | A | L | T | I | N | E | | 17 S | I | E | R | R | A |
18 F | U | L | L | E | R | | 19 N | 20 O | M | S | | 21 M | A | S |
22 E | L | I | S | | | 23 D | E | V | O | | 24 A | I | N | T |
25 R | E | T | | 26 E | 27 L | I | S | E | | 28 B | I | N | G | E |
29 S | T | E | 30 P | P | E | S | | 31 R | 32 O | U | S | T | E | D |
| | | 33 L | I | S | P | | 34 T | H | I | N | | | |
35 D | 36 E | 37 F | A | C | T | O | | 38 U | N | L | E | 39 A | 40 S | 41 H |
42 E | V | A | N | S | | 43 S | 44 C | R | O | D | | 45 C | P | A |
46 P | A | N | T | | 47 B | A | R | N | | | 48 T | E | A | L |
49 O | S | A | | 50 B | E | L | A | | 51 B | 52 L | O | T | T | O |
53 S | I | T | 54 S | O | N | | 55 M | 56 A | R | I | N | A | T | E |
57 E | V | I | N | C | E | | 58 P | R | I | V | A | T | E | S |
| 59 E | C | L | A | T | | 60 S | T | E | E | L | E | R | |
© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
8
Mostly, a vague kind of fruit :
GUAVA13
14
A print, to some extent :
INPART16
17
To the rear is the Western mountain :
SIERRA18
More brimming with fuel left and right :
FULLER19
French names requiring Miss or Mrs.? :
NOMS21
Sam returns to family members :
MAS22
The Spanish is for some Ivy Leaguers :
ELIS23
Rock group to which Ted is attached :
DEVO24
Is it an ungrammatical term? :
AINT25
26
28
29
"The 39 ___" (classic film set in the U.S.S.R.) :
STEPPES31
33
Slip of the tongue :
LISP34
It's athothiated with Thatan :
THIN35
Actual (as said of cadet) :
DEFACTO38
42
Who sold moving vehicles on the Internet? :
EVANS43
Fish caught with S.C. gear :
SCROD45
Who put a cap on spending? :
CPA46
Give T. a bad review :
PANT47
Declare N. off-limits :
BARN48
Cousin of a smew, mallard et al. :
TEAL49
50
He was able to play Dracula :
BELA51
Not quite your A numbers game :
BLOTTO53
Squelches? It isn't so :
SITSON55
57
58
Parts of soldiers seen in a shower room :
PRIVATES59
Acclaim for what Elsie ate :
ECLAT60
N.F.L. player heard to be a thief :
STEELER
Down
1
2
With it, "Eagle" is a cry of the French Revolution :
EGALITE3
Tires out everyone in postscript :
PALLS4
5
Ado in Belfast, Ireland :
STIR6
Material in some plating :
TIN7
In which writers see sense :
SCENES8
Gadget for smog, I gather :
GISMO9
French word in U.S. :
UNIS10
11
12
13
They do errands around forges :
GOFERS15
Stated "tried a little bit" :
TASTED20
23
24
River nowhere near Siena :
AISNE26
27
Lent from north to south :
LEST28
Reportedly sent invoices to set up :
BUILD30
32
Exclamation in N.H. circles :
OHNO35
What de model strikes :
DEPOSE36
Eaves with ivy can be slippery :
EVASIVE37
39
A tea, etc., introduces this material :
ACETATE40
41
44
100 ways to get on or off highways :
CRAMPS47
___ B'rith (writer Stephen's religious organization) :
BENET48
Not L.A. kind of music :
TONAL50
ABC has nothing in Florida hotspot :
BOCA51
Short, condensed cheese :
BRIE52
Wickedness on the rise :
LIVE54
Ellen's TV offering :
SNL56
It comes before I choke :
ART
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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