Thursday, February 14, 2008
Puzzle by David J. Kahn, edited by Will Shortz
Eight ♥’s form a central heart (connect the ♥’s) which are contained in the entries:
LION♥ (22A. Brave one) and LOST♥ (4D. Gave up); OPEN♥ (9D. Symbol of generosity) and ♥LINE (25A. Palm reader’s reading); CAPTIVE♥ (11D. Michael Redgrave war movie, with “The”) and ♥ED (42A. Ending with soft or light); DIS♥ENS (24D. Depresses) and NOW♥HIS (40A. “Listen up!”); AT♥ (37A. Intrinsically) and ♥OFDIXIE (39D. Alabama nickname); HADA♥ (55A. Was sympathetic) and ♥LAND (56D. Middle of the country); ♥BEAT (58A. Exam measurement unit) and ♥FELT (58D. Genuine); ♥BREAKER (65A. Jilter) and ♥HS (65D. Family gathering places).
Valentine's Day has elicited a very fine greeting from The New York Times for the aficionados of words -- reminding us all that a picture is worth a thousand!
Continuing with words of love and affection, the puzzle is peppered with clues that bring the trials and tribulations of romance to mind and warm the ♥!
Across: 1. Words ending many riddles; 8. Montmartre : Paris :: Rabat : MOSCOW; 14. POR favor; 15. Mind; 16. Place for combs; 17. On a lounge chair, maybe; 19. It’s under an eyeglass frame; 20. O’Toole of “Cat People”; 21. “Shut your mouth!”; 23. Running around; 28. Furnish; 29. “The Canterbury Tales” pilgrim; 31. “Well, Did you EVAH?” (Cole Porter song); 32. Uncle LEO of “Seinfeld”; 34. “Vamoose!”; 40. "Listen up!"; 36. Australian ranch pest; 43. Great Leap Forward figure; 44. SLOE-eyed; 45. There are eight of these before “baby” in Elvis’s “A Big Hunk of Love”; 47. Like car radios; 49. Bub; 51. “Sesame Street” subject; 57. That, to Tomas; 59. Sat around; 61. Fix up for a museum, maybe; 63. Revenue worker; 66. Familiarize (oneself); 67. Rise; 68. Bastille Day season; 69. Changes; 70. “Don’t change”; 71. Piglet’s pal.
Down: 1. Dismay; 2. Cult figure; 3. Like some T-shirt designs; 5. Life lines?; 6. Inflammatory ailment; 7. Cyanine, e.g.; 8. MATA Hari; 10. Fresh as a daisy, e.g.; 12. Magic on a scoreboard?; WYE Accords, 1998 Israeli-Palestinian agreement; 18. Three-time U.S. Open champ; 21. Alternative to first-class; 26. Handle; 27. Israel’s Olmert or Barak; 29. Takes in; 30. Wet; 33. Coast Guard officer: Abbr.; 35. General on a menu; 37. Asian domestic; 38. Author Janowitz; 41. Courted; 46. Native-born Israeli; 48. Crazies; 50. 2007 Eddie Murphy comedy; 52. It has a big mouth; 53. Reached in total; 54. Typical lead-in?; 60. Tolkien race; 62. ERLE Stanley Gardner; 63. Low digit; 64. Fortify.
♥♥♥♥!
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