Off With Their Heads!
Queen of Hearts: “Off with their heads!” -- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustration by Sir John Tenniel------------------
Sunday, August 3, 2008
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!, Puzzle by Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz
On the cutting edge of cunning and clever, this Sunday crossword allows the solver to slice through its meaty material like ripe cheese! By removing the initial letter of “double-word” entries, incomplete sentences are finished off with amusing results.
The interrelated across clues and their entries:
23. “Will the long-winded REVERENDEVEREND his sermon?” -- (reverend / ever end);
32. “The majority of British HISTORYISSTORY policy coming to fruition.” -- (history / is Tory);
48. “I noticed you use the SPOTLESSPOTLESS often than the tarnished one” -- (spotless / potless);
57. “The driver’s crew decided to make the PITSTOPITSTOP priority” -- (pit stop / it’s top);
67. “The parishioners ignored the MANDATEANDDATE meat on Friday” -- (mandate / and ate);
81. “The judges put the names of each FINALISTINALIST for the M.C. to read” -- (finalist / in a list);
94. “As one member of the crew LABOREDABORED co-worker leaned on his shovel” -- (labored / a bored);
110. “You won’t find any SONATINAONATINA Turner album” -- (sonatina / on a Tina).
Links for other long entries: GHOSTTOWNS (15D. Relics of the Wild West); DISCJOCKEY (68D. Record holder); LANDMASS (6D. Australia, e.g.); DIVEINTO (9D. Take up wholeheartedly); REYNOLDS (24D. English portraitist Sir Joshua); ISAOAOKI (85D. Japanese-born Hall of Fame golfer); MANTOMAN (107A. Box-and-one alternative).
Across links: 19. Hot rod rod; 26. Philosopher Kierkegaard; 30. Mark, Anthony and others: Abbr.; 44. One of five Norwegian kings; 54. Human GENOME Project; 74. Train head; 80. It might lead to a cloud formation, for short; 105. Company bought by Chevron in 2005; 109. Mushroom variety; 116. Daisy type;119. Tom Joad, e.g.
Down links: 1. Bad-weather gear; 3. Dwellers in Middle-earth; 5. Park in New York, say; 7. Automotive pioneer; 14. Franciscan home; 17. Derisive look; 18. Copper; 41. Al’s is almost 27; 43. Lady ASTOR, first woman to sit in British Parliament; 46. Mail for a knight; 50. “ENTRE Nous” (1983 film); 54. Bible distributor; 61. Receiver of lists; 65. Actress Holmes; 73. Baseball bigwig Bud; 87. Daredevil Knievel; 97. Greek marketplace; 98. Folk percussion instruments; 102. Smarmy smile; 107. MATA Hari; 111. Jazz cornetist Adderley.
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