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01.16.09
ALLOK!
Friday, January 16, 2009 Puzzle by Mike Nothnagel, edited by Will Shortz I have often returned to New York and looked down from the aircraft as it passed over my apartment building with regret that I could not parachute home rather than continue on to the airport and travel through traffic back to Manhattan. So, it was with some interest to observe that U. S. Airways landed a large aircraft at the end of my street into the Hudson River -- careful what you wish for! Everyone is ALLOK (49D. Perfectly good), but their luggage? Oh well, that’s nothing new, is it? Next?…an ocean liner landing at LAG! Long story short, my thoughts are everywhere but this crossword -- a humdinger! The entries by size and alphabetical order: Ten-letter entries -- ETHANHAWKE (27D. Oscar nominee for “Training Day,” 2001); HOURLYRATE; ICESKATING; IMPULSEBUY; LESSISMORE; MRUNIVERSE (53A. Arnold Schwarzenegger, four times); OPENSEASON; PERSISTENT; SINGLESBAR; YOUKNOWWHO. Seven-letter -- ATTUNES; EASESBY; HOT MILK (39D. Béchamel sauce ingredient); OKSHOOT; SHOWBIZ; YESWEDO. Six-letter -- ELSIES; HEMSIN; HENLEY; INTHAT; REVEAL; TALESE; TENTHS; TROYER (46A. Verne of Austin Powers films); WASHOE. Five-letter -- ANGST; BASSOS; DESAC; GOODY; LASSO; NOTRE; PRATE; SPREE; SWEDE; WASPS (48D. With 64-Across, sight under the eaves, at times) and the four-letter NEST (64A. See 48-Down). Four-letter -- ALMA; ANKE; ASST; ATKA; ATON; DAYS; DIME (34D. Torch site); ERGO; ERNS; ESSO; ESTA; EWES; EZER; HUME; KATO (41A. He fought Robin on an episode of “Batman”); KURD; OCTO; OMOO; PORK; POPE (2D. Poet who wrote “Hope springs eternal in the human breast”); RBIS; RICE; RUER; SANS; SKEE; SHOP; SLOW; TAME; TWOD; UPTO; WNET; Soprano YING Huang. …and it’s cold!
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Friday, January 16, 2009 Puzzle by Mike Nothnagel, edited by Will Shortz I have often returned to New York and looked down from the aircraft as it passed over my apartment building with regret that I could not parachute home rather than continue on to the airport and travel through traffic back to Manhattan. So, it was with some interest to observe that U. S. Airways landed a large aircraft at the end of my street into the Hudson River -- careful what you wish for! Everyone is ALLOK (49D. Perfectly good), but their luggage? Oh well, that’s nothing new, is it? Next?…an ocean liner landing at LAG! Long story short, my thoughts are everywhere but this crossword -- a humdinger! The entries by size and alphabetical order: Ten-letter entries -- ETHANHAWKE (27D. Oscar nominee for “Training Day,” 2001); HOURLYRATE; ICESKATING; IMPULSEBUY; LESSISMORE; MRUNIVERSE (53A. Arnold Schwarzenegger, four times); OPENSEASON; PERSISTENT; SINGLESBAR; YOUKNOWWHO. Seven-letter -- ATTUNES; EASESBY; HOT MILK (39D. Béchamel sauce ingredient); OKSHOOT; SHOWBIZ; YESWEDO. Six-letter -- ELSIES; HEMSIN; HENLEY; INTHAT; REVEAL; TALESE; TENTHS; TROYER (46A. Verne of Austin Powers films); WASHOE. Five-letter -- ANGST; BASSOS; DESAC; GOODY; LASSO; NOTRE; PRATE; SPREE; SWEDE; WASPS (48D. With 64-Across, sight under the eaves, at times) and the four-letter NEST (64A. See 48-Down). Four-letter -- ALMA; ANKE; ASST; ATKA; ATON; DAYS; DIME (34D. Torch site); ERGO; ERNS; ESSO; ESTA; EWES; EZER; HUME; KATO (41A. He fought Robin on an episode of “Batman”); KURD; OCTO; OMOO; PORK; POPE (2D. Poet who wrote “Hope springs eternal in the human breast”); RBIS; RICE; RUER; SANS; SKEE; SHOP; SLOW; TAME; TWOD; UPTO; WNET; Soprano YING Huang. …and it’s cold! 
