03.02.09

Imaginary Menagerie

Monday, March 2, 2009

Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz
Monday puzzle containing a menagerie of literary creatures of various colors -- PINK PANTHER (17A. Inspector Clouseau movie, with “The”); PURPLE COW (35A. Poet Gelett Burgess wrote that he never saw one); WHITE RABBIT (56A. Lewis Carroll character who’s late); GOLD-BUG (11D. Edgar Allan Poe story, with “The”); RED PONY (40D. John Steinbeck book, with “The”).
...and then there's also an ELAND (53A. Antelope with a hump and twisted horns).
Click here for the one that’s pink!
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