Rose is a rose, etc...
Portrait of Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, 1906, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. When someone commented that Stein didn't look like her portrait, Picasso replied, "She will". ----------------- Thursday, July 2, 2009 Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz GERTRUDE STEIN (20A. Pittsburgh-born poet who was the subject of a Picasso portrait) supplies this Thursday crossword with a FLORAL DISPLAY (50A. Colorful decoration hinted at by 34-Across) with the entry of ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE (34A. Famous quote by 20-Across). The sentence "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." was written by Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily in which the first "Rose" is the name of a person, later using variations on the sentence in other writings with the resulting "A rose is a rose is a rose", regarded as meaning "things are what they are." A crossword in the Times last year featured a dozen roses -- HERE. The corresponding down entries of today’s puzzle containing squares with the glyph of a ROSE are [ROSE] RED (34. Snow White’s sister); MO[ROSE] (27. Gloomy); [ROSE] UP (37. Was revolting) and AMB[ROSE] (24. Writer Bierce). Thursday links -- SHOE FETISH (55A. Carrie Bradshaw had one in “Sex and the City”); AENEAS (23A. Virgil hero); POLISH (44D. Like Chopin); CAMUS (39A. Who wrote “Can one be a saint if God does not exist?”); “MARCI X” (2003 Lisa Kudrow film). Ah yes... a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose!
Portrait of Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, 1906, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. When someone commented that Stein didn't look like her portrait, Picasso replied, "She will". ----------------- Thursday, July 2, 2009 Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz GERTRUDE STEIN (20A. Pittsburgh-born poet who was the subject of a Picasso portrait) supplies this Thursday crossword with a FLORAL DISPLAY (50A. Colorful decoration hinted at by 34-Across) with the entry of ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE (34A. Famous quote by 20-Across). The sentence "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." was written by Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily in which the first "Rose" is the name of a person, later using variations on the sentence in other writings with the resulting "A rose is a rose is a rose", regarded as meaning "things are what they are." A crossword in the Times last year featured a dozen roses -- HERE. The corresponding down entries of today’s puzzle containing squares with the glyph of a ROSE are [ROSE] RED (34. Snow White’s sister); MO[ROSE] (27. Gloomy); [ROSE] UP (37. Was revolting) and AMB[ROSE] (24. Writer Bierce). Thursday links -- SHOE FETISH (55A. Carrie Bradshaw had one in “Sex and the City”); AENEAS (23A. Virgil hero); POLISH (44D. Like Chopin); CAMUS (39A. Who wrote “Can one be a saint if God does not exist?”); “MARCI X” (2003 Lisa Kudrow film). Ah yes... a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
