Monday,
September 28, 2009Puzzle by Lynn Lempel, edited by Will Shortz
Synonymy with failure in the guises of bomb, bust, dud, flop, turkey and perhaps tank comprises interrelated group of this Monday gloom-and-doom crossword -- COLD TURKEY (17A. Abrupt way to quit), MILK DUD (40A. Chocolaty morsel munched at movies), CHERRY BOMB (63A. Round, red firecracker), DRUG BUST (11D. Narc’s raid); FLIP FLOP (39D. Beach wear) and maybe/maybe not TANK TOP (26D. Close-fitting sleeveless shirt). On top of it all, CRAP (16A. Losing roll in a casino) and RESIGN (67A. Quit one’s job) render this beginning-of-the-week puzzle even DIRER (18D. More grim)!
A few links --
RAMADAN, ZAMBEZI, AZALEA, MILLER (3D. Arthur who wrote “Death of a Salesman”), SONORA, LAPAZ, PEREZ, SARGE and the WAR of 1812.Ah, a paean to the pain of FAILURE!
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