Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Puzzle by Jonathan Gersch, edited by Will Shortz
KNOTS (36A Word than can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across) ties with SLIPOFTHETONGUE (17A Spoonerism, usually), WINDSORCASTLE (23A Sight along theThames), SQUAREDANCERS (51A Hoedown folks), and FISHERMANSWHARF (59A San Francisco tourist attraction) for 5 of the 132 entries of this crossword puzzle.
The trades of COXSWAIN (39D Crew’s leader), SQUIRE (46D Future knight), NCOS (50D Cpls. and others), FEDS (18D Gangsters’ foes), INTRO (24D Emcee’s delivery), PEREZ (1A Former U.N. chief Javier _____ de Cuellar), BARR (35A Actress Roseanne), KURTS (54A Author Vonnegut and others), TSO (55A General on a Chinese menu), FISHERMANSWHARF, REDS (67A Pete Rose’s team), AGNES (69A Actress Moorehead), ELLA (2D Singer Fitzgerald), EMP (Akihito’s title: Abbr.) RET (Abbr. After some generals’ names), ERA (29D Pitcher’s stat), KLEE (36d Swiss painter Paul), and DYER (6A Colorist) join together as clues or entries in reference to occupations for 18 of the132 entries.
FINIS (10D That’s all).
The last frame and blackout of "The Sopranos" is a direct reference to "The 400 Blows" (1959) and its memorable final shot... The haunted eyes of Antoine Doinel, Truffaut's autobiographical hero, in the freeze frame that ends "The 400 Blows." -----------------
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