The Snow Queen, illustration by Edmund Dulac
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
“SOUNDS LIKE IT’S COLD IN HERE” Puzzle by Paula Gamache, edited by Will Shortz
The title of this Sunday puzzle refers to the insertion of the cliché sound "BR"(rrr...) utilized for indicating coldness into a common expression containing the shorter plosive B, resulting in WHERES THE BRIEF (23A. Question to a paralegal?); BRAND IN BOSTON (38A. Red Sox franchise?); BRIER BEWARE (45A. Warning sign outside of Br’er Rabbit’s home?); KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BRAWL (63A. Useful advice for a ring referee?); MEDICINE BRO (80A. Clinician in the “hood?); BREAST SELLERS (87A. Silicone implant companies?); FLAT BREAD TRUCK (108A. Matzo mover?), thus producing twists on where’s the beef?, banned in Boston, buyer beware (caveat emptor), keep your eye on the ball, Medicine Bow, best sellers, and flat-bed truck. This puzzle might be popular HERE.
A few links Across: 1. 18th-century Venetian fresco painter; 20. It’s lighter than air; 21. Site of two ecumenical councils; 30. “Sugar Lips” trumpeter; 33. Figure in an Edmund Spenser poem; 35. Ancient name for Great Britain; 44. Symbol on the back of a dollar bill; 57. London’s SLOANE Square; 83. Canadian prov.; 86. Ancient Egyptian kingdom; 96. Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thomas;105. Beloved of Pyramus. A few downs: 6. Boxer nicknamed “The Bear”;13. Hunt overseas; 17. Philly money maker; 36. Doctor Zhivago’s love; 50. Bête NOIRE; 57. “The Lion King” character voiced by Whoopi Goldberg; 63. KAMA Sutra; 72. Egyptians symbols of royalty; 80. Architect MIES van der Rohe; 91. French engineer Gustave; 105. Old theaters once owned by Howard Hughes. ----------------- For today’s cartoons, go to
