09.08.09

DANCE

La Danse, 1910 by Henri Matisse
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld, edited by Will Shortz
DANCE (71A. Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36- 44-, 54- and 64-Across), CREDIT LINE (17A. Borrower’s limit), POT BELLY (21A. Joe Six-Pack’s protrusion); GARTER SNAKE (36A. Harmless-to-humans slitherer); BASEBALL FAN (44A. Typical visitor to Cooperstown); ACID RAIN (54A. One cause of deforestation); CRIMEAN WAR (64A. Conflict settled by the Treaty of Paris in 1856) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.
…and then there‘s this guy!
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