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Friday, September 5, 2008
Puzzle by Kevin G. Der, edited by Will Shortz
The specter of summer is stirring for a few last gasps before ushering itself into oblivion, and this Friday‘s crossword puzzle dances with the ghost.
Featuring two fourteen-letter entries, IM FEELING LUCKY (5D. Phrase on a Google search button) and PUTTING TO SLEEP (16D. Boring the pants off) as its longest, this chock-full-of-original-entries crossword is a paragon of ethereality as demonstrated by the group of ten entries consisting of nine letters -- ATOMICAGE (3D. Explosive time in history?); AUTOPILOT (15A. Unthinking state); CRAZYTALK (57A. Hogwash); CREDULOUS (18A. Dewy-eyed); HOMEMOVIE (2D. One often seen at a family reunion); MRWHIPPLE (32D. Noted shopper scolder); PINETREES (33D. Pitch sources); SEEAGHOST (38A. Get spooked, maybe); STRIKEOUT (53A. Whiff); WOODNYMPH (30A. Butterfly with black-and-white eyespots).
Other links: CURACAO (7D. Ingredient in a Long Island iced tea); MTDANA (25A. Peak on the eastern edge of Yosemite Natl. Park); IVANI (29A. 14th-century Russian ruler called “the Moneybag”); ROUEN (12D. Hundred Years’ War siege site); LUST (One of seven in the film “Se7en“); ODIE (60A. Beagle in the funnies).
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