Copperstate Design------------------ Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Puzzle by Henry Hook, edited by Will Shortz GOOGLING (1D. Solver’s online recourse) has changed the world of crossword puzzles as surely as it has changed the world. Authors (or constructors) of crosswords, along with solvers are falling further and further into the pit of electronic entries -- even the clues are being affected. The crossword puzzle constructor has forced the issue -- it is possible to find a justification for almost every combination of letters in any corner of the puzzle into which the constructor has been painted. It doesn’t take a vast array of knowledge or exhausting tactile research to come up with a Mann’s “Der TOD in Venedig”. Change that clue --GOOGLING (1D. Crossword constructor's online recourse). Like it or not, it's here to stay! So Google this! GENTLEONMYMIND (20A. 1968 Glen Campbell hit); GEORGIAONMYMIND (34A. 1960 Ray Charles hit); and ALWAYSONMYMIND are this Wednesday’s inter-related entries. Across: 1. Taunt; 5. Slalomer’s moves; 9. “ALLI ask is a tall ship…”; John Masefield; 16. “Present” in bad kids’ Christmas stockings; 18. Bellini two-actor; 23. Daughter of Muhammad Ali; 25. Mouse who’s always throwing bricks at Krazy Kat; 40. Peace-and-quiet venue; 42. Title lover in a 1920s Broadway hit; 44. Little fingers or toes; 47. He wrote “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invest him”; 57. False deity; 59. New Jersey’s SETON Hall University; 61. 1961 “space chimp”; 63. Accordion part.
Down: 4. Title locale in a Cheech Marin flick; 5. Actor Billy of “Titanic”; 6. “What AGOOD boy am I!”; 8. Super Bowl XXI M.V.P., first to say” I’m going to Disney World!”; 11. Longtime Cowboys coach Tom; 32. Singer DiFranco; 35. Things people are trained in?; 36. Van Susteren of Fox News; 42. Burial place of King Arthur; 49. N.H.L. Eastern Conf. team; 54. Department store section.
Today's Shortzesque twin clues? 15- and 48- Down, Senate tally, NAYS and AYES.
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