Abridged commentary of The NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD IN GOTHIC.
09.08.09
DANCE La Danse, 1910 by Henri MatisseTuesday, 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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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! 
