Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Puzzle by Donna S. Levin, edited by Will ShortzMEN WALK ON MOON (20A. New York Times headline of 7/21/69), NEIL ARMSTRONG (28A. Subject of a photo beneath 20-Across), WE CAME IN PEACE (45A. With 55-Across, message left by 28-Across for future explorers), FOR ALL MANKIND (55A. See 45-Across) are the interrelated entries of this 40th anniversary of The New York Times newspaper reportage of the
first moon walk. It marks the first time the newspaper used 96-point type on a front-page headline. For more on the subject of that edition, go HERE.A few links -- DOPAMINE (38D. Pleasure-associated neurotransmitter); HORATIO (5D. Whom Hamlet calls “A Man that Fortune’s buffets and rewards / Has ta-en with equal thanks”); La DOLCE vita; ELIOT (64A. “Silas Marner” author); HENIE (33A. Old-time Norwegian skating sensation); ODETS (54D. “Waiting for Lefty” playwright); RELIC (31D. Archaeologist’s find) and STELA (39D. Inscribed pillar); ORGY (56D. Bacchanalian revelry).Walter Cronkite and the news of the landing on the moon,
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For today’s cartoon, go to
The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.For the complete post, go HERE.
