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The NYT Crossword in Gothic Digest

Abridged commentary of The NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD IN GOTHIC.

08.28.09

Fatal Error

43D. Shoulder inflammation? -- CAR FIRE
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Friday,
August 28, 2009
Puzzle by David Quarfoot, edited by Will Shortz
FATAL ERROR (53A. A bug may cause it) and TOOK IT EASY (24A. Chilled) are this multifarious Friday crossword’s two long entries, clocking in at ten letters each.
Variety and vitality continue throughout, a dozen-plus links --
ERIE CANAL (65A. Construction with many locks); FREE TIBET (1A. Rallying cry supported by some monks); PENNY LANE (67A. Where “all the people that come and go stop and say hello”); THE GRUDGE (17A. 2004 horror film about a passed-on curse); 45D. Legendary soprano ADELINA Patti; RIHANNA (2D. One-named Grammy winner of 2007); SHA LA LA (40D. Title syllables in a hit 1964 song); VAN DYKE (14D. Facial feature with a point); CAR FIRE (43D. Shoulder inflammation?); DA GAMA (30A. He sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day of 1497); SADIST (49D. Happily humiliating type); ACT IV (10A. When Antony says “I am dying, Egypt, dying”); INUIT (6D. Kayak propeller); SARIN (61A. Lethal compound); DIAZ (50A. Princess Fiona’s voicer in “Shrek”); HAL (19A. Memorable 1968 movie villain), TART (5D. Napoleon‘s cousin), [JKA].
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