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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

NY Times, Sun, Aug 21, 2011 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

28-Down : Do a RR fire

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35
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© 2011, The New York Times
Across
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Pure wit in author's account : WRITEUP
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Fasteners one has as an afterthought : HASPS
13
Nine toes examined : SEENINTO
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Scares L.A. Rams : ALARMS
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Damages in some panels : INJURIES
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Succeeded with ad time : MADEIT
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Put away doters : STORED
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Miss. doctrines : ISMS
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One revered by Auguste, in the end : STE
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Man with undergraduate degree, that is : ABIE
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One who's chatty a lot with clients : ATTY
24
Take Prince William's bride, for example : KATE
25
Kind of key : LAC
26
Where to find clerical names : MANSE
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Argue it could be boring : AUGER
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Flaw found at 600 feet : DEFECT
31
Andrew's custodians : WARDENS
33
Weak male : LAME
34
Italian guy in legal document : ALDO
35
Looked out for Oct. dues : SCOUTED
38
On which birds relax torsos : ROOSTS
41
Tall and thin like Ellen Kay : LANKY
42
Tree held dearly? Why not! : ALDER
44
Fellow's greetings : HIS
46
Just the insides of nylons : ONLY
47
Oh, it's the elevator guy : OTIS
48
Branch seen in intersection : SECT
49
Central model of a poem : ODE
50
Drinks for sale : ALES
51
Water added to tank, i.e. : INTAKE
53
Surfaces of panels : PLANES
55
Menace near the T : THREATEN
57
Like the weather on Everest, endlessly : SEVERE
58
Greet men who are newly independent : EMERGENT
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Stone attack : SETON
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Offspring of many fodders : DODDERS
Down
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Spoiled a wet band : WENTBAD
2
Delight Joe & Eric : REJOICE
3
Get used to U.N. ire : INURE
4
Become bored with Michelin, e.g. : TIRE
5
Eat up : ENID
6
Ill. Rep. follower : UTE
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Presumes where Spot is : POSITS
8
Porky : HAMMY
9
Regretful word a Scottish miss heard : ALAS
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Blue ads : SAD
11
Prophesy pears, e.g. : PRESAGE
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In love with mittens : SMITTEN
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Source of Lisa's rope : SISAL
15
Guides cattle : STEERS
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They manage things when stars wed : STEWARDS
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The day poker players kicked in : ANTEDATE
24
At dusk, nothing but praise : KUDOS
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Beefy matey : MEATY
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Came out on top : ACME
28
Do a RR fire : ARDOR
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Lucky to go by plane around Britain : FLUKY
32
Even parts of Karl Rove may be soothing : ALOE
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They sailed to Oslo: Sp. : SLOOPS
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Send Elsie a few for her cake : CANDLES
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A novel 'e produced while away : ONLEAVE
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Where matinee is at 3:00 : THEATER
40
Disgusts or makes fatter, as the lisper might say : SICKENS
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51 Teds in the phone book : LISTED
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Surgical tube in tents : STENT
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Noel's other name : OLSEN
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Place that gets a hand : STAGE
50
Sol preceder : AERO
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How one might feel after being taken for a ride : IRED
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Any dr., at heart : NERD
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Total of 10 : NET
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Insurance provider for Dr. Ohm : HMO
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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