08.20.09

Parallelogram

The Making of a Galactic Parallelogram, NASA

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz

PARALLELOGRAM (36A. What’s revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order), along with the “special” squares containing 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, comprise the interrelated group of this fine Thursday crossword. The across entries with the numbers include 1SIE (20A. Toddler‘s attire) [onesie]; AGE 2 (21A. Time for potty training, maybe); TAKES 5 (22A. Rests); 4 DAY (51A. Nice kind of workweek); BIG 3 (53A. G.M., Ford and Chrysler). The down entries with the numbers -- DR1 (15D. Be an utter bore?) [drone]; EAS2OD (13D. Best Director of 1992 and 2004) [Eastwood]; 5 FOLD (24D. Like the symmetry of a starfish); IN4THS (41D. How mini-pizzas are usually cut) [in fourths]; 3 RS (55D. School basics).

A few more links -- ICE SKATERS (62A. Eight producers?); ASTERISM (12D. Constellation); VOLARE (44D. 1958 #1 song with the lyric “Let’s fly way up to the clouds”); 41A. IRENA Szewinska, Olympic sprinting gold medalist of 1964, 1968 and 1976; OORT cloud (region of comets far beyond Pluto).

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