Sunday,
October 11, 2009AUTHOR! AUTHOR!, Puzzle by Randolph Ross, edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday crossword features 24 authors in twelve pairs with their last names doubling as a phrase of two words --
HARTE BURNS (22A. Bret and Robert’s treatise on acid reflux?); WEST LONDON (24A. Nathanael and Jack’s travel guide about Heathrow’s environs?); SWIFT WALKER (37A. Jonathan and Alice’s account of a pedestrian in a hurry?); SNOW WHITE (47A. C.P. and E.B.’s essay on purity?); CARR PARKER (59A. Caleb and Robert B.’s novel about valet service?); STEELE MANN (70A. Richard and Thomas’s book about a robot?); STOUT KING (83A. Rex and Stephen’s biography of Henry VIII?); WILDE SINGER (90A. Oscar and Isaac’s profile of Little Richard?); BROWN WOOLF (109A. Dan and Virginia’s story of a dark-colored predator?); POUND STONE (111A. Ezra and Irving’s memoir of a stand-up comic?); FOOTE BUNYAN (36D. Horton and John’s podiatry journal article?); WRIGHT PRICE (40D. Richard and Reynolds’s bargain hunting manual?).Other links --
The ARAPAHOE and the SIOUX are side-by-side in the crossword (85A. Ally of the Cheyenne, 86A. Another ally of the Cheyenne); ASTAIRES (45A. Old dancing duo); O CANADA (27A. It includes the line “The True North strong and free!”); HOW NOW (9D. Question to a brown cow); 58A. OREGON Treaty, establishing the 49th parallel as a U.S. border; AGNEW (14D. For whom Safire wrote the words “nattering nabobs of negativism); 9A. HONUS Wagner, player on an ultra rare baseball card; LENIN (74D. Big Red); TUBAL litigation.-----------------For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.For the complete post, go HERE.
