Friday, July 18, 2008
Puzzle by Mike Nothnagel, edited by Will Shortz
Lots of gnarly, twisty unclear (not to be confused with
nuclear) entries and clues in this Friday crossword, some seemingly interrelated, tried to give me a meltdown, but my core held up -- I‘ll now need a doctor‘s note to get through security.Two full-across entries have crossword company -- MUCHTOMYCHAGRIN (56A. “Unfortunately …”) lies above SAIDNOTO (60A. Denied) and SNAPSAT (62A. Replies to irritably);
CIRCADIANRHYTHM (17A. It helps you sleep at night) is directly over JETLAG (20A. 17-Across disrupter).The long entries going down seem to describe an actor in a role --
KEVINBACON (27D. “Diner” co-star, 1982), GAYFRIENDLY (10D. Inclusive, as some resorts), ENTRYLEVEL (11D. Like many low-paying jobs), FIREMARSHAL (22D. Person with a burning resentment).Some linkage --
WALLET (45A. Presidential portrait site?); IXIA (2D. Showy flower of the iris family); TRAJAN (5D. Emperor before Hadrian); NAPSTER (18D. Onetime foe of the recording industry); 25A. String BIKINI; MONISM (51A. Belief that all things are made of a single substance); 23A. Antoinette after whom the Tony Awards are named); 31D. Some dolls can do it, NEST; 38A. Chorus “instrument” in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”, ANVIL; 42A. Like some ‘39 New York World’s Fair buildings; 53A. Redwood National Park sight; 48D. Biotite and lepidolite; 53D. Offspring of Chaos, to Hesiod; and link-lessly -- 58D. Econ. Class topic (GNP -- certainly not GOP with a zero in the subject)."Too much information" -- that’s that other TMI!
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