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07.03.09
Time Warp
Friday, July 3, 2009 Puzzle by Kevin G. Der, edited by Will Shortz In this Friday crossword, “In one era and out the other” phenomenon is a TIME WARP, which opens the crossword at 1A, whereupon getting to the last entry, REAL EASY (63A. Like duck soup), it is not. Skewed clues render this puzzle an absurd exercise in HOOPLA (18A. Smoke and mirrors) somewhere between CANNY (51D. Sharp) and OBTUSE (45D. Not sharp). These are clues?! -- HULA SKIRT (13D. Grassy bottom); MILK MAID (24D. Girl with considerable pull?); STAGE SETS (14D. Things to get a grip on?); TAX EVADER (31D. One cooking a return); WAXWORK (35A. One might stand in a chamber of horrors) -- oh, these weekend OLIOS (50D. Gallimaufries)! A few links -- COQ AU VIN (58A. Certain fricassee); O SOLE MIO (15A. Basis of Tony Martin’s “There’s No Tomorrow”); SWAZILAND (30D. Its flag includes a shield and two spears); ATTILA (54A. Historical figure on whom a Verdi opera is based); DRYADS (62A. Tree dwellers); KEITHS (9A. Pianist Jarrett and others); 39A. “Joy to the World” penner Hoyt AXTON; MOIRE (3D. Waves on garments); ZERO G (43A. What you may experience when going around the world?). The term time warp is commonly used in science fiction. It sometimes refer to Einstein's theory that time and space form a continuum which bends, folds or warps from the observer's point of view, relative to such factors as movement or gravitation, but are also used in reference to more fantastic notions of discontinuities or other irregularities in space/time not based on real-world science.
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Friday, July 3, 2009 Puzzle by Kevin G. Der, edited by Will Shortz In this Friday crossword, “In one era and out the other” phenomenon is a TIME WARP, which opens the crossword at 1A, whereupon getting to the last entry, REAL EASY (63A. Like duck soup), it is not. Skewed clues render this puzzle an absurd exercise in HOOPLA (18A. Smoke and mirrors) somewhere between CANNY (51D. Sharp) and OBTUSE (45D. Not sharp). These are clues?! -- HULA SKIRT (13D. Grassy bottom); MILK MAID (24D. Girl with considerable pull?); STAGE SETS (14D. Things to get a grip on?); TAX EVADER (31D. One cooking a return); WAXWORK (35A. One might stand in a chamber of horrors) -- oh, these weekend OLIOS (50D. Gallimaufries)! A few links -- COQ AU VIN (58A. Certain fricassee); O SOLE MIO (15A. Basis of Tony Martin’s “There’s No Tomorrow”); SWAZILAND (30D. Its flag includes a shield and two spears); ATTILA (54A. Historical figure on whom a Verdi opera is based); DRYADS (62A. Tree dwellers); KEITHS (9A. Pianist Jarrett and others); 39A. “Joy to the World” penner Hoyt AXTON; MOIRE (3D. Waves on garments); ZERO G (43A. What you may experience when going around the world?). The term time warp is commonly used in science fiction. It sometimes refer to Einstein's theory that time and space form a continuum which bends, folds or warps from the observer's point of view, relative to such factors as movement or gravitation, but are also used in reference to more fantastic notions of discontinuities or other irregularities in space/time not based on real-world science. 
