----------------- Saturday, December 27, 2008 Puzzle by Karen M. Tracey, edited by Will Shortz Clue-wise, this is a Saharan crossword puzzle! A dozen 10-letter entries are the main feature -- ADIOS AMIGO; BOTTOM LINE; DONKEY KONG; INHIBITION; I SUSPECT SO; JACK HORNER; LATIN LOVER; OBSESSIONS; PAAVO NURMI; PRIVILEGES; TIME FACTOR; TREBLE CLEF. Mid-size entries -- ANTOINE; BOOKREST; EYESTALK; GENTIAN; GLISTENS; SAHARAN; SISTINE; SONOGRAM. Five-letter -- AFORE; ALOES; ANGER; ASPEN; ATARI; PANDA; POBOX (58A. Letter getter); REESE; TAINT; TENPM. Four-letter -- ADEE, ALSO, ANON, ARES, BOSN, DEAN, DESK, EGOS, ENZO, ETES and ETTU, FEES, HOAR, IONA and IONE, JABS, LADY, MINI, MTGE, NAIR, NEHI, NOUN, NSEC, ONZE, OMOO, PAID, PROM, REOS, RIOT, ROXY, SNOG, TBAR, VIBE, WHIP, and WISP, YENS (60D. Pines), a suitable clue for YEWS. No breeze today! ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
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