From Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, with an image of the human brain depicted behind that of God, from a brain surgeon‘s Website.
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Puzzle by Charles Barasch, edited by Will Shortz Opening with two Shortzesque double-clued entries GUESSER (1A. One taking a shot) and GUNMAN (1D. One taking a shot); REND (7D. Split) and DASHED AWAY (8D. Split); along with a third set, VEERED (54A. Went [off]) and ERRED (56A. Went off), and a near fourth set, ASSTDA (17A. Second in court?: Abbr.); LATTER (30A. Second); this crossword is a poser, right down to the last entry of SEERESS (57A. Girl with a future?).
In between are the intriguing entries, MARRIEDWITHKIDS (18A. Like a family man); ITSLOVE (35D. Song from Bernstein’s “Wonderful Town”); QUALITYTIME (38A. What most couples try to have together); RISK (9D. Gamble); FATWALLET (15D. It’s stuffed with dough); and LEADADOUBLELIFE (46A. Be like Clark Kent) and SADDENED (11D. Brought down).
Other entries of note include OSTINATO (10D. Repeated musical phrase); PIRSQUARED (25D. Area of interest to Archimedes); SLASHER; FAISAL (15A. Mideast royal name); UNIATE (2D. Certain Christian); SPEAR (36A. Sticker); DORE, IOWE, and SWAN. For more matter, go HERE, but it doesn’t matter -- it’s just gray matter! ---------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
