07.16.09

It Adds Up...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz

ANAGRAM (35-Across. See 17- and 57-Across), ELEVEN + TWO (17A. 35-Across of 57-Across that equals 12-Down), TWELVE + ONE (57A. 35-Across of 17-Across that equals 12-Down), THIRTEEN (12-D. Either 17- or 57-Across) and IT ADDS UP (33D. Possible title for this puzzle) are the interrelated entries of this Thursday crossword. What a puzzlement!

Thursday links -- DIRIGIBLES (14A. Ships whose rudders don’t touch water); DAMASCUS (53A. Destination of Saul when he had his conversion, in the Bible); LATTICE (42A. Pie crust pattern), ISOLDE (9D. Singer of the Wagner aria “Liebestod”); NON+ED (46D. Puzzled); TILSIT (2D. Swiss cheese); 29A. French novelist Robert MERLE, upon whose work the 1973 thriller “The Day of the Dolphin” is based; YIN (6D. Feminine side).

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