Easy Does It!
“Easy Does It” For the 2-Toed Sloth ------------------
Friday, October 31, 2008
Puzzle by Jim Page, edited by Will Shortz
“Easy does it!” is the clue for both of the intersecting entries of 6-Down, WHATSTHEBIGRUSH and 33-Across, TAKEADEEPBREATH -- and might also be advice to the solver of today’s crossword, as easy doesn’t do it! Notwithstanding the grueling mystery of two 15-letter entries with the Shortzesque clues of “Easy does it!“ which could be any remark one might spout, decent or obscene, there are also four corners of eight-letter trios with somewhat vague clues, making this truly hard-core Friday fare!
Upper right across: WHOCARES; HANDMADE; AGELIMIT. Upper left down: ADAMWEST; DAMEEDNA; OVERBOOK. Lower right down: ASKABOUT; TOILETTE; HUNTRESS (38D. Artemis or Atalanta). Lower left across: HONOLULU; OPERATES; SISSYISH.
A few more links: DAVIES (14A. Companion of Hearst at San Simeon castle); 26A. Maestro EDO de Waart; HAGAR (7D. Sammy nicknamed “The Red Rocker”), NORRIS (42A. “Good Guys Wear Black” star, 1978); SETONS (13D. Sisters of Charity founder and family); AMENRA (17A. Dualistic deity); BADEN (24. Black Forest resort); BARI (40. Capital of the Apulia region); RAMADA (11. Open-sided porch); 24. BARRIO (24. Chicago’s Little Village, e.g.); RENNES (44. Capital of the Brittany region).
For anything else…well, easy does it!
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