Thursday, July 3, 2008
Puzzle by Keith Talon, edited by Will Shortz
PROOFREADINNG (20A. What this answer could use?), TYPOGRPAHICAL (37A. Like this answer’s error) and MISPELLEDWORD (53A. This answer contains one) give the solver a little more irritation than needed on this Thursday get-away-for-the-Fourth-of-July weekend. This past April 27th crossword included ten commonly misspelled words, hopelessly confusing the spell-check function when proofreading for a misspelled word or a typographical error.
Which brings up the clue for YOSEMITE (38D. Home of the 1,612 foot Ribbon Falls) -- is it Fall or Falls? -- World Waterfall Database, the fairly reliable Wikipedia and the empiric Encylopaedia Britannica all say Fall. Hmmm... Three other eight-letter entries are STERLING (5D. First-rate), HEDGEROW (39D. Property divider) and VIRGINIA (11D. Atlantic Coast Conference team), all of which pass muster.
A few links: DENALI (28A. Alaska vacation destination); 44A. “Sweet DREAMS”; SALOON (3D. Watering hole); TIEROD (35D. Steering system part), LATKE, NOOR, WHAM, and EOS.
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