10.13.09

Royal Flush

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Puzzle by Sharon Delorme, edited by Will Shortz

ROYAL FLUSH (58A. Poker player’s dream … and a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across), LITTLE JOHN (17A. Member of Sherwood Forest’s “merry band”), LETTERHEAD (25A. Company stationery), HEIR TO THE THRONE (35A. Prince Charles, beginning in 1952) and SARDINE CAN (50A. Cramped spot, slangily) are the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

A few more links --MATA HARI (3D. Seductive W.W. I spy), ONEIDA (55A. Five Nations tribe) and 64A. Elzie SEGAR, Popeye’s creator.

That's a flush!

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