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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jul 25, 1999 Puns and Anagrams
40-Down : Wrong play made with some vim
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30
| 1 G | 2 L | 3 O | 4 R | 5 I | 6 A | | 7 R | 8 A | 9 M | 10 M | 11 E | 12 D | |
13 W | E | E | P | I | N | G | | 14 E | M | A | I | L | E | 15 D |
16 I | N | V | A | D | E | R | | 17 C | O | N | N | I | V | E |
18 S | U | E | | 19 E | R | A | 20 S | I | N | G | | 21 D | I | N |
22 D | I | R | 23 E | | 24 T | R | I | P | | 25 E | 26 L | I | A | S |
27 O | N | E | U | 28 P | | 29 I | L | E | 30 S | | 31 A | N | T | E |
32 M | E | T | R | I | 33 C | A | L | | 34 L | 35 E | D | G | E | R |
| | | 36 A | S | I | N | I | 37 N | I | T | Y | | | |
38 C | 39 O | 40 M | S | A | T | | 41 N | O | T | A | B | 42 L | 43 E | 44 S |
45 A | L | I | I | | 46 E | 47 G | E | R | | 48 S | U | L | L | A |
49 M | E | S | A | 50 S | | 51 A | S | T | 52 I | | 53 G | A | E | L |
54 P | A | M | | 55 K | 56 R | I | S | H | N | 57 A | | 58 N | C | O |
59 U | T | O | 60 P | I | A | N | | 61 M | A | G | 62 N | E | T | O |
63 S | E | V | I | L | L | E | | 64 E | N | T | E | R | O | N |
| 65 S | E | A | L | E | R | | 66 N | E | S | T | O | R | |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
7
13
Visibly upset over a little engine noise? :
WEEPING14
16
17
Engage in a plot on Vince :
CONNIVE18
Ambulance chaser's girl :
SUE19
21
22
Desperate town in CT? :
DIRE24
25
27
To outdo you peon :
ONEUP29
What slippery fish are heard around in France :
ILES31
A ten-cent contribution :
ANTE32
34
Redleg C.P.A. kept it :
LEDGER36
38
Signal relayer for mascot :
COMSAT41
V.I.P.'s missing some furniture :
NOTABLES45
A plus 52 others in Rome :
ALII46
Middle of the German/Hungarian river :
EGER48
Roman who upset us all :
SULLA49
A mess in high places :
MESAS51
It's a bubbly drink :
ASTI53
Scot who's known for windiness? :
GAEL54
Her mishap, not his :
PAM55
In India, his rank is high :
KRISHNA58
Sgt. at Lincoln Center :
NCO59
61
Men got a charge out of it :
MAGNETO63
64
65
66
Down
1
2
Animal always let outside :
LEVERET3
A post office returning W.W. II letters? :
OPA4
Have transportation in two of the original 13 states :
RIDE5
Like some chemicals I rent :
INERT6
7
8
Deity appearing after a Sun. :
AMON9
It makes Fido nag me :
MANGE10
11
Dig Neil dropping G's, e.g. :
ELIDING12
13
Knowledge of those who do swim :
WISDOM15
Like sender of stupidity :
DENSER20
23
Not the U.S. area, I gather :
EURASIA26
28
___ cake (easy Italian pastry) :
PISA30
33
___ seer (quote Nostradamus on vacation) :
CITE35
A set of Greek characters :
ETAS37
38
Place shown on U.S.C. map :
CAMPUS39
What chemists see a lot of :
OLEATES40
Wrong play made with some vim :
MISMOVE42
Allen or some other cowboy :
LLANERO43
One who's casting for role, etc. :
ELECTOR44
It has drinks on, also :
SALOON47
50
52
56
It sounds real bad :
RALE57
60
62
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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