Graf Zeppelin Airship------------------ Saturday, June 7, 2008 Puzzle by Karen M. Tracey, edited by Will Shortz Long entries dominate this Saturday crossword with four thirteen-letter entries, EXTRAVAGANZA (5D. Big production), LAKETITICACA (21D. High water?) KATZENJAMMER (22A. Hangover) and GRAFZEPPELIN (45A. 1929 globe circumnavigator), four ten-letter entries, SWEATSHIRT (17A. Track cover-up?), ITALIANICE (54A. Summer cooler), COLUMNISTS (11D. Some opinion offerers) and MAINLANDER (26D. Many a Hawaiian tourist), and six nine-letter entries, ISOMERISM (31A. Quality of glucose and fructose), CANVASSED (38A. Solicited), SCHIZOIDS (6D. Some sufferers of personality), STEAMIRON (10D. Audible small appliance); WAVEFRONT (30D. Any one of the concentric circles in a ripple, in physics), and OLDYELLER (32D. 1957 film with the 1963 sequel “Savage Sam”). Middle-sized entries include LORRAINE (20A. Nancy’s home), ALLOCATE (50A. Earmark), TRIAGED (35A. Sorted, sort of), LATOSCA (37A. 1887 play on which a 1900 opera is based), SPINELS (7D. Red gemstones), ENPLANE (39D. Go into a cabin), AMORE, ANODE, ASYLA, CANON, GSUIT, INTOW, LAUDE, LENOX, MINER, NANAS, OZAWA, PATIO, ROARK, RUNTO, SOREN, SUNRA. The short entries: AKIN, ALS, BOER, CPOS, ECOL, ELOI, ELON, ENA, ESSE, EZRA, INB, INS, ITEN, JAMA, LENS, MAWS, MEWL, NINE, NYET, ONEO, REM, ROTC, SATI, SCAM, SCOT, SST, STS, TINY, TONI, TORT, UNDO and VIOL. Oh yes, and SSSS (6A. Deflation indication)… ----------------- For today’s cartoons, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
