Wednesday,
September 2, 2009Puzzle by Jim Hyres, edited by Will Shortz
BROADWAY runs diagonally in life and in this crossword across the grid of numbered avenues represented here by EIGHTH NOTE (27D. Quaver), SEVENTH DAY (13D. Like some Adventists), SIXTH SENSE (24D. Intuition) and FIFTH WHEEL (9D. Superfluous person).Times Square and the theater district are further represented in the crossword with the entries of CARUSO (12A. Legendary opera star), who appeared at the old Met on 39th Street and Broadway for the aficionados of opera, and from the balcony of the Knickerbocker Hotel on 42nd and Broadway singing the same arias gratis to the hoi poloi. MERMAN (62A. Mythical sea creature) cannot help bring to mind that other incredible voice, albeit brassy, of Ethel -- both Ethel Merman and Enrico Caruso could be heard by thousands without amplification -- the naked, pure and powerful voice!A few more links -- ABBA (1A. Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit), PEACE (23D. Cry in “Hair”); SHA Na Na; SCHAEFER (18A. “The one beer to have when you’re having more than one” sloganeer); AURORAS (4D. Night lights); REOPEN (22A. Come back following renovations, say); INCAN (6D. Like the sun god Inti); Gen XERS.
Encore!...
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