09.26.08

No Sweat


Richard Harris in "A Man Called Horse", 1970

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Friday, September 26, 2008

Puzzle by Barry Silk, edited by Will Shortz

Five fifteen-letter across entries are the main feature of this Friday crossword:

NOBLEPEACEPRIZE (15. King’s honor);
CIAHEADQUARTERS (17.
Where moles may try to dig?);
STATIONARYORBIT (34.
An artificial satellite may have one);
AMANCALLEDHORSE (55.
Film about an aristocrat captured by the Sioux);
PIZZAMARGHERITA (58.
Dish named for the queen consort of Italy’s Umberto I).

A few more links: 14D. Kite flying destination?, NEST; 24A. Ones at home on the range?, BAKERS; 26D. Sluggish tree dweller, KOALA; 23A. Den HAAG, Nederland; BRONZE (42D. Like the Colossus of Rhodes); GANDHI (44D. Leader who said “There is no god higher than truth”); Katherine ORTEGA, 1983-89 Treasurer of the United States; WARDANCE (27A. Victory celebration, of sorts).

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