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Monday, July 28, 2008
Puzzle by Roger Baiocchi, edited by Will Shortz
START (1A. With 21-Across, begin from scratch) ATSQUAREONE (21A. See 1-Across), TAKECENTERSTAGE (41A. Move into the limelight) and ENDUPINLAST (59A. With 73-Across, be beaten by the rest of the field) PLACE (73A. See 59-Across) are the interrelated entries of this Monday back-to-work crossword, along with 72A. SITE-specific (like the answers at 1-, 41- and 73-Across).
On the grade of easy to difficult from Monday to Saturday, the start of the week always seems so friendly., perhaps because solvers never get a day off -- Monday’s are the closest to a vacation. One could just pile up a few days’ puzzles and knock ‘em off mid-week. However, for most it is a fix, an addiction, a must-do every morning along with a cup of JOE (40. Coffee, in slang). If you worked Sunday’s crossword, with its voluminous amount of some of the smallest entries one could possibly cram into one puzzle, plus glyphs of up, down, left and right -- well, then you certainly know what I mean when I say Monday starts the week in a friendly manner.
A few links: RELISH (24A. Hot dog topping); SYLVAN (36A. Woodsy); ANGEL (3D. Extremely well-behaved child); 57. OPTIC nerve; TEXAS (9D. Sam Houston served as its president, senator and governor); AJAX, MANX, MOON and NOME.
Have a great week -- start at square one, take center stage, and end up in first place!
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