Charlie Chaplin, left, and Jackie Coogan appear in a scene from Chaplin's 1921 silent film, "The Kid." Chaplin was one of the founders of United Artists studios
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Puzzle by Caleb Madison, edited by Will Shortz
UNITEDARTISTS (39A. Classic film company … or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across?); BLACKSMITH (17A. Singers Clint + Patti); PETTYCASH (32A. Singers Tom + Johnny); YOUNGLOVE (46A. Singers Neil + Courtney); BROWNSTONE (65A. Singers James + Sly) are the inter-related entries in this Tuesday crossword with the “artists“ all being “singers“ -- Clint Black, Patti Smith, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Courtney Love, James Brown and Sly Stone, none of which it appears ever had any association with United Artists.
Seven- and eight-letter entries include ELYSIAN, GETSMART, LITHGOW, MASSEUR, NAUTILUS, ROOSTED. Six-letter entries, ACIDIC, BUMRAP, CLENCH, DILATE, EARWAX, ERASED, NOODLE, RETORT. Five-letter, CIRRI, IDEAL, IDEAS, INTOO, LORCA, OATHS, SEEDS. Four-letter, ARCS, AGOG, ANTS, AZUL, BALD, CEDE, COOS, EDEL, HAIR, ISIS, ITEM, LIKE, NARC, NOSE, OSLO, SARA, SRAS, STOA, TEAL, TOTE, UDON, URNS. Three letter, ABS, ARI, AZO, BAA, BAN, BAR, DIO, EAN, EAT, ELI, EMI, FDA, FYI, GEM, MIT, NON, ODE, ORA, RIO, SAX, SHE, STE, THO, TOR.
Seems both this puzzle and United Artists are on CRUISECONTROL.
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