Jurassic Park, 1993
----------------- Friday, November 14, 2008
Puzzle by Brad Wilber, edited by Will Shortz DORSALFIN (15A. Worrisome sight at a beach) trolls to mind the film “Jaws” with its elusive monster shark, and TAILGATER (55A. Menace in the mirror), "Jurassic Park", with the rear view mirror of a Jeep reflecting the image of a T-Rex underlined with the phrase “Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear” -- it's on the wrong side of the vehicle -- the phrase appears only on the passenger side. Confusion aside, nothing is scarier than a COOPBOARD (17A. Screeners of would-be buyers) that nest of ILLHUMOR (12D. Sourness) as distant as a LAMASERY (34A. “Lost Horizon” setting) and as menacing as a TRAWLNET (14D. A sole might get caught in it).
Links: DISTICH (40D. Couplet); AEHOUSMAN; AMIN; ANGELA; DENIRO; LARUE; SEURAT; BERETTA; PECOS; STATE; LOO; and CAB and MAB. Da doom, da doom… da doom, da doom!
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