04.10.09


Not a Chance!

Custer’s Last Stand, Edgar Paxon, 1899
Friday, April 10, 2009
Puzzle by Manny Nosowsky, edited by Will Shortz
T.G.I.F.! Three 15-letter entries are the main feature of this not-a-chance-blank-at-first-sight Friday crossword -- ATE ONES HEART OUT (37A. Felt bitter anguish); GET MILEAGE OUT OF (36A. Obtain service from); NOT STAND A CHANCE (32A. Be doomed).
A few more links-- ALL FEMALE (6D. Like the pop group the Pussycat Dolls); ARTISTE (16A. Circus performer, e.g.); ENGULF (19A. Swallow); TOASTER (57A. Kitchen device first patented in 1921); SHISH (27A. Spit for a kebab); INGAS (23D. “Young Frankenstein” woman and others); 41D. RAMOS gin fizz; WRIST (9D. Where to wear an armilla).

Have a good weekend!
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