The Nightmare, Johann Heinrich Füssli
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Puzzle by Rich Norris, edited by Will Shortz
“A nightmare is a dream which causes a strong unpleasant emotional response from the sleeper, typically fear or horror, or the sensations of pain, falling, drowning or death. Such dreams can be related to physical causes such as a high fever, or psychological ones such as psychological trauma or stress in the sleeper's life, or can have no apparent cause. If a person has experienced a psychologically traumatic situation in life, for example, a person who may have been captured and tortured, the experience may come back to haunt them in their nightmares. Sleepers may waken in a state of distress and be unable to get back to sleep for some time.” -- Wikipedia
I declare this puzzle a nightmare!
Ten-letter across entries -- SHORTSTRAW (1. Not a very good drawing); MEDIUMRARE (15. A little red); IRONMAIDEN (17. Band with the 1982 platinum album “The Number of the Beast”); BRAINCHILD (56. Bean product?); ERICTHERED (59. 10th-century exile from Iceland); DARKHORSES (61. Upsetting types).
Nine-letter down entries -- TRIVALENT and YARDSTICK.
Eight-letter-down entries -- OILPAINT, RASPUTIN , STAYSMAD, TITICACA, TRIALRUN, and WATERSKI.Seven-letter entries -- ASHANTI, OPENAIR, RADIXES, and STRAPIN.
Six-letter -- ATSTUD, DABBED, DEPAUL, HERALD, HERESY, LATEST, ODOULS, POLLEE, READDS, SMILEY, STAIRS, TAXLAW, TIGRIS, TORTES, WENTAT, and WISHES.
Five-letter -- AREEL, LAUDS, OCALA, OCHER, RINDS, SPUNK, TERRA and TIARA.
Four-letter -- ACID, ARIA, BENT, DANE, DOLE, ELLS, GPAS, HART, MATE, MEDE, NAPE, OCHO, OTOE, PDAS, STOW, WILT, NAPE, VIET, NAPE, SAWN, SCUM, STAT, TORI and TUMS.
Three-letter -- LAR, NTH, SMA, SPR, YDS and YIP.
Pleasant dreams!
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