Popeye, E. C. Segar
Tuesday,
October 20, 2009Puzzle by Gary Cee, edited by Will Shortz
Four circled anagrams of GEARS contained in the entries of ROSE GARDEN (17A. View from the Oval Office), CHIVAS REGAL (25A. Premium Scotch whiskey), OLD TIMER’S GAME (37A. Event featuring sports stars of yesteryear) and SAUSAGE ROLL (52A. Pastry sold at pizzerias) along with answer/clue SHIFT GEARS (61A. Make an abrupt change … and a hint to this puzzle’s theme) are the interrelated group of this business-as-usual Tuesday crossword. Of the four anagrams of GEARS,
SEGAR (Elzie Crisler Segar was a cartoonist whose claim to fame was being the creator of everybody's favorite spinach-eating seaman Popeye the Sailor Man) and SAGER are usable puzzle words, while ASREG and ERSGA (search-engine oddities) are not. Left out are the possibilities of SARGE, RAGES and RE-GAS. Am I skipping a gear?A few links -- ASIAGO (11D. Panini cheese); FESTER (10D. Addams Family uncle); ORANGE (22D. Tropicana fruit); USA USA (48D. Patriotic chant); LOGIC (5D. Mr. Spock’s forte); WEILL (1A. Compose Kurt).Eat your spinach!-----------------
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