Bingo!
Sunday, September 13, 2009 LET’S PLAY BINGO, Puzzle by Todd Gross, edited by Will Shortz Twelve entries corresponding to a bingo card in the center of the puzzle are the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword, all of which are clued as Mark your card! Across -- 1. B SEVEN; 25. G FORTY-NINE; 60. I SIXTEEN; 73. B FIFTEEN; 111. I SEVENTEEN; 124. N FORTY. The down entries -- 1. B TWELVE; 16. O SIXTY-ONE; 23. G FIFTY-THREE; 53. O SEVENTY-TWO; 75. I NINETEEN; 92. I TWENTY. Not being a bingo player, I’ll just reference Wikipedia on the subject of BINGO. Now, my only question is do we win!?! Sunday links across -- 19. 1960s-’70s Ford muscle car, TORINO; 22. The Pequod, e.g., WHALER; 31. Emperor who married his stepsister, NERO; 34. Like any channel between 30 and 300 Mhz, VHF; 44. Manfred EIGEN, 1967 Chemistry Nobelist; 45. Classic Disney film that includes “The Nutcracker Suite”, FANTASIA; 65. State with the least populous capital, VERMONT; 77. Genetic stuff, RNA; 80. Muscular Charles ATLAS; Writer Zora NEALE Hurston; 108. Vaughn’s co-star in “The Break-Up,” 2006, ANISTON; Genetic stuff, DNA. Down links -- 7. Jay who once hosted “Last Comic Standing”, MOHR; 10. Places of worship, PAGODAS; 17. “Walk Away RENEE” (1966 hit by the Left Banke); 42. World Economic Forum host city, DAVOS; 62. Number of wonders of el mundo antiguo, SIETE; 94. Popular 1940s radio show “ALLENS Alley”; 103. Like some pyramids, INCAN. Also, read Wordplay...
Sunday, September 13, 2009 LET’S PLAY BINGO, Puzzle by Todd Gross, edited by Will Shortz Twelve entries corresponding to a bingo card in the center of the puzzle are the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword, all of which are clued as Mark your card! Across -- 1. B SEVEN; 25. G FORTY-NINE; 60. I SIXTEEN; 73. B FIFTEEN; 111. I SEVENTEEN; 124. N FORTY. The down entries -- 1. B TWELVE; 16. O SIXTY-ONE; 23. G FIFTY-THREE; 53. O SEVENTY-TWO; 75. I NINETEEN; 92. I TWENTY. Not being a bingo player, I’ll just reference Wikipedia on the subject of BINGO. Now, my only question is do we win!?! Sunday links across -- 19. 1960s-’70s Ford muscle car, TORINO; 22. The Pequod, e.g., WHALER; 31. Emperor who married his stepsister, NERO; 34. Like any channel between 30 and 300 Mhz, VHF; 44. Manfred EIGEN, 1967 Chemistry Nobelist; 45. Classic Disney film that includes “The Nutcracker Suite”, FANTASIA; 65. State with the least populous capital, VERMONT; 77. Genetic stuff, RNA; 80. Muscular Charles ATLAS; Writer Zora NEALE Hurston; 108. Vaughn’s co-star in “The Break-Up,” 2006, ANISTON; Genetic stuff, DNA. Down links -- 7. Jay who once hosted “Last Comic Standing”, MOHR; 10. Places of worship, PAGODAS; 17. “Walk Away RENEE” (1966 hit by the Left Banke); 42. World Economic Forum host city, DAVOS; 62. Number of wonders of el mundo antiguo, SIETE; 94. Popular 1940s radio show “ALLENS Alley”; 103. Like some pyramids, INCAN. Also, read Wordplay... Signing off with a song ... BINGO!
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