08.07.09

ANSWERS

Palomar at Night, photograph by Greg Redfern

Friday, August 7, 2009

Puzzle by Manny Nosowsky, edited by Will Shortz

Six fifteen-letter across answers are the main feature of this mystifying but manageable Friday crossword -- MAYTAG REPAIRMAN (1. “The loneliest guy in town”), ONE MOMENT PLEASE (16. “Hold on”), STRIKES A BALANCE (17. Handles things evenhandedly), NORSE LITERATURE (54. Viking stories, e.g.), GOT INTO HOT WATER (57. Took flak for something one said, say) and STARS IN ONE’S EYES (58. Bedazzlement).

A few more links -- P T BARNUM (9D. Businessman/entertainer who was once mayor of Bridgeport, Conn.); ANSWERS (42D. “Jeopardy!” fodder); ASCENTS (14D. Balloonists’ doings); LESOTHO (38D. Basutoland, today); PALOMAR (51A. Mount from which people can see far away); YEREVAN (3D. Capital of Armenia); AYESHA (39A. “Mother o f the believers”).

For the wrap-up, 48A. “Say SI SI” (1940 Glenn Miller hit)…

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