Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici by Andreas Cellarius, 1660
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Friday,
September 4, 2009Puzzle by Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz
Eight 15-letter entries are the main feature of this challenging and frigid Friday crossword -- ANTI-DEPRESSANTS; A THOUSAND AND ONE; CREASE RESISTANT; ENTREPRENEURIAL; INSURRECTIONARY; ISOLATION BOOTHS; NATIONALIZATION;
PTOLEMYAIC SYSTEM (3D. Long-disproven scientific theory).Eight-letter entries include NINTENDO; REASONED; SIDE DISH; SPICULES (7D. Sponge skeleton parts).Seven-letter -- AT LUNCH;
BATTEAU (8A. Small river craft: Var.); HASSLES; HYMNALS; ORIENTS; RAIL CAR; RIP SAWS; U S STEEL.Six -- AT COST; BENDED; CITIES; MOLARS; NEURAL; NO SALE; ROOKED; SEN-SEN (31A. Freshener since the 1890s).
Five -- AS BAD; CODAS; COPSE; HOIST; HOLED; LULLS; MATTS (40D. Swimmer Biondi and others); MODES; NENES; NONET; NO USE; NUKED; PANEL; POSES; SALAD; SILLS; STONE; TARDE; ’TISN’T.Short stuff -- ADAS; ARM; CRES; EAR; IAN;
Ravel’s “Ma Mère L'OYE,” a k a “Mother Goose; MUNI; NEUE; ROT; SOSA; TAO; TASS; TSOS; UNS; WET; ZIA.-----------------
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