GASP!
Adult size antique skeleton, Gothic Rose Antiques
Friday, August 21, 2009 Puzzle by Patrick Berry, edited by Will Shortz
GASP, HASH, RASH, SORT, CLUE, ALAS, WEEP, WARN, SNAG, NOES, POOP, STET! may sound like the utterances of a flummoxed solver, apt right down to the REMOTEST (54A. Least accessible) corner of the puzzle which teases with the entry of OPENEST (38D. Most accessible), what?! -- ah well, WILCO (44D. “Consider it done”)!
Links for notables include IVAN REITMAN and JACK DEMPSEY; ARTURO; “Ella and BASIE!” (1963 jazz album); a CHILEAN; LIAR LIAR; LORNE; OGRES (39A. Ungentle giants); 6D. Chad Mitchell TRIO (1960s folk band); WELK; ACROSTIC (1A. Feature of Psalm 119); AUTOHARP (10D. Zither with buttons); EURASIA (12D. “1984” superstate); WENT AT (41D. Attacked); and a SKELETON!------------------
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