Columbus Day
First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World, after the painting by Discoro Téofilo de la Puebla Monday, October 12, 2009 -- Columbus Day
First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World, after the painting by Discoro Téofilo de la Puebla Monday, October 12, 2009 -- Columbus Day Puzzle by Richard Chisholm, edited by Will Shortz SWIMMING BAN (18A. Likely result of pollution along a beach), GENTLE BEN (23A. Title bear of 1960s TV), USED CLOTHING BIN (41A. Receptacle for some donations), C’EST SI BON (54A. “It’s so good,” in Paris) and HOT CROSS BUN (62A. Lenten treat) are the interrelated group of this Monday crossword -- BAN, BEN, BIN, BON and BUN. Monday links -- ARARAT (68A. Mount where Noah landed); MODEL T (44A. 1910s-’20s flivver); 39A. Charles Nelson REILLY, longtime “Match Game” panelist; ELGAR (10D. Sir Edward who composed “Pomp and Circumstance”); 28D. ELLIS Island (onetime immigrants’ arrival point); GALBA (27D. Emperor after Nero); NY MET (58D. Citi Field player, for short); STYNE (29D. Broadway songwriter Jule). Oh, and there's this from the History Channel on Columbus Day…
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