Sunday, October 25, 2009 WISHFUL THINKING, Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley, edited by Will Shortz I’m not fond of quote puzzles, and this Sunday’s changes nothing -- MY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO BE A CLUE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE. I’VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE, BUT IT’S TRUE (23A. Start of a wish by 12-Across on 9/21/09), etc., along with PETER KING (112A. NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer) and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (94A. Magazine for which 112-Across writes). BIGMOUTHS and GET OVER IT are the other long entries, followed by six eight-letter answers -- ABBA EBAN; EPITOMES; ONE LITER; OXYMORON; ROID RAGE; TEST RIDE. Seven-letter -- CADETTE; DEFINER; EQUATES; FATTEST; I LOST IT; 73A. ISIDORE, the Laborer, patron saint of farmers; PUNKERS; SAID I DO; SAVANNA; SCARIER; TOOLBOX. Six -- ADELIE, AQUINO, AZO DyE, CEDRIC, DUNCES, DUNLOP, ENTERS, HOLMES, HOOVES, PACINO (Actor who said “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse), however, it’s BRANDO‘s line, SVELTE, UP-TIME, VASTER, YEOMeN. Five -- ADLER, AETNA, ARBOR, ARMEY, ARSON, ASKEW, A-TEST, BOYLE, END UP, ETUDE, EWERS, GEESE, GIZMO, IN-OUT, NALDI, OXEYE, OY VEY, RILLS, SAPOR, SASHA, SEDAN, SEGUE, SHEER, SIGIL, SEVEN, TONAL. Short stuff -- ADO and APU, AGE and AGIN, AIDE, ALEE and ALY, ANO, ANTS, ASH, ASOF, AYES, BAL, BAUM, COPE, DATS, DESI, DINA, EAR and ERA, ELM and ELY, ELSA and ELSE, EON, EST, ETH and ETCH, ETD and ETE, GAG, GHIJ, IAS, IDLE, ITOO, JETE, KNIT, LEY, MELC, MPH, NENA and NINA, NLER, NOVA, NSA, OMNI, ORT and TORT, OTTO, PAVE, RIEN, RIO, SCUM, SDAK (9A. Its motto is “Under God, the people rule”: Abbr.), SHOE, SOI and SOIL, SOLO, STL, TRI, TSE, USE, UTES, YEOH. ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.10.25.09
Not a Clue 
Sunday, October 25, 2009 WISHFUL THINKING, Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley, edited by Will Shortz I’m not fond of quote puzzles, and this Sunday’s changes nothing -- MY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO BE A CLUE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE. I’VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE, BUT IT’S TRUE (23A. Start of a wish by 12-Across on 9/21/09), etc., along with PETER KING (112A. NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer) and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (94A. Magazine for which 112-Across writes). BIGMOUTHS and GET OVER IT are the other long entries, followed by six eight-letter answers -- ABBA EBAN; EPITOMES; ONE LITER; OXYMORON; ROID RAGE; TEST RIDE. Seven-letter -- CADETTE; DEFINER; EQUATES; FATTEST; I LOST IT; 73A. ISIDORE, the Laborer, patron saint of farmers; PUNKERS; SAID I DO; SAVANNA; SCARIER; TOOLBOX. Six -- ADELIE, AQUINO, AZO DyE, CEDRIC, DUNCES, DUNLOP, ENTERS, HOLMES, HOOVES, PACINO (Actor who said “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse), however, it’s BRANDO‘s line, SVELTE, UP-TIME, VASTER, YEOMeN. Five -- ADLER, AETNA, ARBOR, ARMEY, ARSON, ASKEW, A-TEST, BOYLE, END UP, ETUDE, EWERS, GEESE, GIZMO, IN-OUT, NALDI, OXEYE, OY VEY, RILLS, SAPOR, SASHA, SEDAN, SEGUE, SHEER, SIGIL, SEVEN, TONAL. Short stuff -- ADO and APU, AGE and AGIN, AIDE, ALEE and ALY, ANO, ANTS, ASH, ASOF, AYES, BAL, BAUM, COPE, DATS, DESI, DINA, EAR and ERA, ELM and ELY, ELSA and ELSE, EON, EST, ETH and ETCH, ETD and ETE, GAG, GHIJ, IAS, IDLE, ITOO, JETE, KNIT, LEY, MELC, MPH, NENA and NINA, NLER, NOVA, NSA, OMNI, ORT and TORT, OTTO, PAVE, RIEN, RIO, SCUM, SDAK (9A. Its motto is “Under God, the people rule”: Abbr.), SHOE, SOI and SOIL, SOLO, STL, TRI, TSE, USE, UTES, YEOH. ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 WISHFUL THINKING, Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley, edited by Will Shortz I’m not fond of quote puzzles, and this Sunday’s changes nothing -- MY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO BE A CLUE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE. I’VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE, BUT IT’S TRUE (23A. Start of a wish by 12-Across on 9/21/09), etc., along with PETER KING (112A. NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer) and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (94A. Magazine for which 112-Across writes). BIGMOUTHS and GET OVER IT are the other long entries, followed by six eight-letter answers -- ABBA EBAN; EPITOMES; ONE LITER; OXYMORON; ROID RAGE; TEST RIDE. Seven-letter -- CADETTE; DEFINER; EQUATES; FATTEST; I LOST IT; 73A. ISIDORE, the Laborer, patron saint of farmers; PUNKERS; SAID I DO; SAVANNA; SCARIER; TOOLBOX. Six -- ADELIE, AQUINO, AZO DyE, CEDRIC, DUNCES, DUNLOP, ENTERS, HOLMES, HOOVES, PACINO (Actor who said “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse), however, it’s BRANDO‘s line, SVELTE, UP-TIME, VASTER, YEOMeN. Five -- ADLER, AETNA, ARBOR, ARMEY, ARSON, ASKEW, A-TEST, BOYLE, END UP, ETUDE, EWERS, GEESE, GIZMO, IN-OUT, NALDI, OXEYE, OY VEY, RILLS, SAPOR, SASHA, SEDAN, SEGUE, SHEER, SIGIL, SEVEN, TONAL. Short stuff -- ADO and APU, AGE and AGIN, AIDE, ALEE and ALY, ANO, ANTS, ASH, ASOF, AYES, BAL, BAUM, COPE, DATS, DESI, DINA, EAR and ERA, ELM and ELY, ELSA and ELSE, EON, EST, ETH and ETCH, ETD and ETE, GAG, GHIJ, IAS, IDLE, ITOO, JETE, KNIT, LEY, MELC, MPH, NENA and NINA, NLER, NOVA, NSA, OMNI, ORT and TORT, OTTO, PAVE, RIEN, RIO, SCUM, SDAK (9A. Its motto is “Under God, the people rule”: Abbr.), SHOE, SOI and SOIL, SOLO, STL, TRI, TSE, USE, UTES, YEOH. ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
