Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Puzzle by Barry C. Silk, edited by Will Shortz
A dozen ten-letter entries in sets of three each with a tag-along nine-letter entry in the four corners constitutes the bulk of this Saturday crossword, graced by a very friendly center allowing pleasant passage from one set to the other in a crossword of beautiful symmetry!
Upper left across -- LITMUS TEST; OCEAN LINER; CONSCIENCE; INTERPRET -- with downs of LOCI; ICON; TENT; MASER; UNCROSS; SLIPON; TIER; ENNE; SECTS; TRE.
Upper right down -- ABDICATOR; REEXAMINED; PACESETTER; STORM DOORS -- with acrosses ARPS; BEAT; DECO; SIXER; SARCASM; ROAMED; TITO; ONTO; GREER; DRS.
Lower left down -- MADAGASCAR; AM I TO BLAME; NECTARINES; SENTIMENT -- with acrosses MAN; Elvis’s “A MESS of Blues“; DICE; ATTN; GOATEE; ABRIDGE; SLIMY; CANE; AMEN; REST.
Lower right across -- MINESHAFT; ACCESSIBLE; BEER COOLER; SELDOM SEEN -- with downs ABS; EMCEE; ICEL; NERD; ENESCO; GRISSOM; CHIOS; ABLE; FLEE; TERN.
The center of the crossword contains seven across entries: ROO, SNAP, RIOT, DIZZY, RAZZ, AYER and NIC. The center entries down: SRO, ARTY, ARIA, PIZZA, OZZY, DREG and EDY (43. Last name in ice cream) -- no “s” today for Edy’s!
Save the “s” for Silk, Shortz and symmetry!
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