Claude Monet (1840-1928) was a leader of the Impressionists—and in fact, the movement was named after one of his paintings, called Impression: Sunrise.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz
SUNRISESUNSET (36A. Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues); along with the across entries of DAWN (1. * Beginning); DARN (18. *”Rats!”); BARN (22. *Makeshift hangar); 33. *BURN center; TURN (41. *Right face, e.g.); TURK (53. *Relative of an Azerbaijani); TUSK (59. *Narwhal feature); DUSK (66. *End), are the inter-related entries of this clever and enjoyable crossword.
Some of the across clues: 5. Year of Pope Sabinian’s death; 16 Eats at a bar; 17. Major money maker; 27. Peter who wrote “Underboss”; 31. Sight from Lake Victoria; 49. Some particulates; 57. They’ve got a lot of pull; 61. Attorney with the autobiography “My Life on Trial”; 65. Porter GOSS, former C.I.A director.
A few of the downs: 1. Mater DOMINI (Mary, in Latin prayers); 3. Angelina’s “Girl, Interrupted” co-star; 6. Bell parts; 10. Portion of a trick-or-treater’s haul; 13. J.F.K. visitor, once; 24. British arms; 36. Heaviest member of the weasel family; 48. Title subject of a 1922 documentary in the National Film Registry; 58. “Dirty Sexy Money” airer.
An OLIO of content, like life itself, full of surprises! This is a masterful little puzzle containing the gift of a day with it’s beginning of DAWN, it’s central entry of SUNRISESUNSET, and DUSK at its very end.
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