10.01.09

Compass Rose
Thursday,
October 1, 2009
Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer & Rebecca Young, edited by Will Shortz
COMPASS ROSE (18A. With 55-Across, direction indicator), ELOP HTRON (6D. Toymaking center?), SOUTH PARK (33D. Long-running TV series set in Colorado), TNIOP TSEW (27A. Its motto is “Duty, Honor, Country”) and EAST ENDER (45A. Cockney, e.g.) are the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.
Thursday links -- ELEANOR (60A. “The Lion in Winter” queen) and HELEN (25A. Euripides play or its heroine).
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