M, no -- P.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 M N O P, Puzzle by Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo, edited by Will Shortz Substituting the letter P for the letter M (M, no -- P. Get it? -- wink, wink…) of nine common phrases resulting in new corny phrases constitutes the interrelated across entries of this Sunday crossword. Smell the roses becomes SPELL THE ROSES (23. Give Axl and Pete a break?); mortal danger, PORTAL DANGER (33. Tripping over a threshold, perhaps?); The Mod Squad, THE POD SQUAD (45. Pea farmers?); boiling mad, BOILING PAD (51. Summer apartment with no air-conditioning?); full metal jacket, FULL PETAL JACKET (69. Floral Technicolor dreamcoat?); stud muffin, STUD PUFFIN (91. Strutting bird on an ice floe?); New York Mets, NEW YORK PETS (94. Residents at a Manhattan A.S.P.C.A.?); man-about-town, PAN ABOUT TOWN (105. Move a movie camera around a community?); mass confusion, PASS CONFUSION (122. Explanation for an interception?) -- all adding up to just one more substitute-a-letter crossword with question-marked clues to justify the switch, -- today it’s the letter P instead of M. ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 M N O P, Puzzle by Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo, edited by Will Shortz Substituting the letter P for the letter M (M, no -- P. Get it? -- wink, wink…) of nine common phrases resulting in new corny phrases constitutes the interrelated across entries of this Sunday crossword. Smell the roses becomes SPELL THE ROSES (23. Give Axl and Pete a break?); mortal danger, PORTAL DANGER (33. Tripping over a threshold, perhaps?); The Mod Squad, THE POD SQUAD (45. Pea farmers?); boiling mad, BOILING PAD (51. Summer apartment with no air-conditioning?); full metal jacket, FULL PETAL JACKET (69. Floral Technicolor dreamcoat?); stud muffin, STUD PUFFIN (91. Strutting bird on an ice floe?); New York Mets, NEW YORK PETS (94. Residents at a Manhattan A.S.P.C.A.?); man-about-town, PAN ABOUT TOWN (105. Move a movie camera around a community?); mass confusion, PASS CONFUSION (122. Explanation for an interception?) -- all adding up to just one more substitute-a-letter crossword with question-marked clues to justify the switch, -- today it’s the letter P instead of M. ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
