"See Saw Margery Daw", ca 1920 by Jennie Harbour Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- Mexican Independence Day Puzzle by Maura B. Jacobson, edited by Will Shortz TWO FOR THE SEESAW (64A. 1962 Robert Mitchum/Shirley MacLaine film … or the outcome of 17- and 40-Across?); TWENTY-ONE SWINGS (17A. Playground situation #1) and TWENTY-THREE KIDS (40A. Playground situation #2) comprise the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword. See SEESAW. A few more links -- IN THE U S A (21A. Where Springsteen was born); IN A TUB (20A. Place for three men of verse); MAHER (29D. Bill who said of his TV monologues “It’s all been satirized for your protection”); NADA and NASA. See Saw Margery Daw, / Jacky shall have a new master; / Jacky shall earn but a penny a day, / Because he can't work any faster.
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