Word for Word
Monday, September 29, 2008
Puzzle by Sharon Delome, edited by Will Shortz
This Monday back-to-work crossword features four examples of homographs -- SEWERSEWER (18A. One who embroiders a waste conduit?); DRAWERDRAWER (26A. Sketcher of a bureau compartment?); SHOWERSHOWER (47A. Presenter of a bathroom stall?); TOWERTOWER (60A. One pulling a tall structure?). A homograph is one of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings are sometimes, but not necessarily, distinguished by different pronunciations. In today’s case, the duplicated words are pronounced differently.
Monday, September 29, 2008Puzzle by Sharon Delome, edited by Will Shortz
This Monday back-to-work crossword features four examples of homographs -- SEWERSEWER (18A. One who embroiders a waste conduit?); DRAWERDRAWER (26A. Sketcher of a bureau compartment?); SHOWERSHOWER (47A. Presenter of a bathroom stall?); TOWERTOWER (60A. One pulling a tall structure?). A homograph is one of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings are sometimes, but not necessarily, distinguished by different pronunciations. In today’s case, the duplicated words are pronounced differently.
Links: ALEUT (12D. Native on the Bering Sea); AMEER (55A. Mideast chief: Var.); HOWE (39D. Hockey legend Gordie); LEWIS (53D. Annual telethon host Jerry); MINEO (68A. Sal of “Rebel Without a Cause”); SHEPARD (10D. Astronaut Alan); TORI (17A. Actress Spelling); 51A. “The MALTESE Falcon”; STUNGUNS (20A. Police weapons that immobilize suspects); AMORE (52D. Love Italian-style); OPIUM (22A. Drug that’s smoked in a pipe); TOWIN (11D. Bring, as a disabled car to a garage).
Word for word, that’s that!
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Word for word, that’s that!
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