Tuesday, July 22, 2008Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz
A very popular crossword gimmick is to insert an extra letter into several entries resulting in a second and goofy meaning, clued to suit the result, usually with a question mark.
In today‘s puzzle, removing the letter N from the interrelated entries of SNACKRACE (18A. Competitive noshers’ event?), SNORELOSER (23A. One cured of a sleep disorder?), SNIDELINE (35A. Sarcastic comment?), TURKEYSNUB (48A. Brushoff from the Ottomans?) and BABYSNITS (53A. Terrible-twos tantrums?) provides the more familiar sack race, sore loser, sideline (or snide lie), turkey sub and baby-sits.
Recent examples of the genre -- ID, 05.27.08; RT, 05.14.08; RR, 03.16.08; L on 12.16.07, and L again on 11.18.07.
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