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12.02.08
Sounds
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Puzzle by Matt Ginsberg, edited by Will Shortz DIN (41A. All the sounds in this puzzle together?) is the uniting entry for the -- Sounds of … an explosion, BOOM; … thunder, CLAP; … a mother with noisy kids, HUSH; … a toy train, CHOOCHOO; … a raindrop in a puddle, KERPLUNK; … a table tennis ball, PING and PONG; … brakes, SCREECH; … a basketball through a basket, SWISH; … a knock on a door, RAP; … Road Runner, BEEPBEEP; … grease in a deep fryer, SPLATTER; … a porker, OINK -- and the down “sounds” of … champagne glasses, CLINK; … a surprised German, ACH; … a hen, CLUCK; … a circusgoer, OOOH; … a doorbell, DONG; … a cheater in class, PSST; … a person sitting down; PLOP. A din, indeed! The entry likely to provide the most outrageous sound? -- 35A. Not enough room to swing ACAT!
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Puzzle by Matt Ginsberg, edited by Will Shortz DIN (41A. All the sounds in this puzzle together?) is the uniting entry for the -- Sounds of … an explosion, BOOM; … thunder, CLAP; … a mother with noisy kids, HUSH; … a toy train, CHOOCHOO; … a raindrop in a puddle, KERPLUNK; … a table tennis ball, PING and PONG; … brakes, SCREECH; … a basketball through a basket, SWISH; … a knock on a door, RAP; … Road Runner, BEEPBEEP; … grease in a deep fryer, SPLATTER; … a porker, OINK -- and the down “sounds” of … champagne glasses, CLINK; … a surprised German, ACH; … a hen, CLUCK; … a circusgoer, OOOH; … a doorbell, DONG; … a cheater in class, PSST; … a person sitting down; PLOP. A din, indeed! The entry likely to provide the most outrageous sound? -- 35A. Not enough room to swing ACAT! 
