Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Saturday, August 1, 2009 Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith, edited by Will Shortz This is one of those crosswords that starts and ends leaving the solver lost for words, which is both plaint and praise! Some of the people in the puzzle -- AGEE (43D. Posthumous Pulitzer winner of 1958); BEN (20A. “A friend to call my own,” per a Michael Jackson hit); JAMES DEAN (9D. “Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world” speaker); JERRY LEWIS (3D. Big name in slapstick); JULIETTE (32D. Girl Scouts founder Low); NOSFERATU (30D. Title vampire of film); UGARTE (47A. Black marketeer in “Casablanca”); WATTERSON (29A. Creator of a comic strip duo named after a theologian and a philosopher) and SON OF ZORRO (1947 western serial film). A few more links -- DIERESES (34D. Diphthong dividers); RIVIERAS (48A. Bygone Buicks); TAJ MAHAL (1A. Final resting place built in the 17th century); JERBOAS (32A. Desert rodents); 38A. British Columbia’s SELKIRK Mountains; PANZER (41A. Tank type); YEW (31A. Fine-grained wood). By the way, there‘s a Bollywood film of the romance of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his favorite wife, titled of course -- TAJ MAHAL! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
