Monday, August 3, 2009 Puzzle by Janet R. Bender, edited by Will Shortz SLUGGER WILLIE (20A. MAYS); PALE YELLOW COLOR (36A. MAIZE); LAB RAT’S MILIEU (57A. MAZE) are the interrelated entries of this pleasant Monday crossword. A few links, etc. -- OPOSSUMS (39D. Arboreal animals with pouches); ERNIE ELS (64D. With 34-Down, golf’s U.S. Open champion of 1994 and 1997); ENDING (8D. Part of a whodunit that reveals who done it); KENYA (24A. Home of Barack Obama’s father), incidentally, tomorrow is the President‘s birthday; LANA (35A. Actress Turner), and the quote for the day, 48A. “O'ER the ramparts we watched ...” For Jack-in-the-Maze, go HERE!
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