TV Ark
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Puzzle by Paula Gamache, edited by Will Shortz
Six interrelated across entries are the main feature of this back-to-work crossword -- DEADHEAD (63. Jerry Garcia fan … or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take); the word dead can head both words in the entries of BODYHEAT (16. *1981 film starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner); AIRBALL (25. *Hoopster’s complete miss); LASTLETTER (32. *Z, alphabetically); CENTERLINE (43. *Painted highway divider); ENDZONE (49. *Touchdown site), resulting in dead body, dead heat,
dead air, dead ball, dead last, dead letter, dead center, deadline, dead end and dead zone.For the complete post, go HERE.
