La Porte Étroite
Friday, October 30, 2009
Puzzle by David Levinson Wilk, edited by Will Shortz
Twelve 15-letter entries are the main feature of this end-of-the-long-week crossword:
ONE MOMENT IN TIME; DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO; THE SAHARA DESERT (31A. Home for an addax and dorcas gazelle); DUPLEX APARTMENT; STRAIT IS THE GATE (48A. André Gide novel whose title comes from Matthew 7:14), La Porte Étroite; SWIMSUIT EDITION; AREA OF EXPERTISE; CHOCOLATE KISSES; FIELD CAPACITIES; NATIONAL ANTHEM; GONE OVER THE LINE; THIRD GENERATION
A few more links -- ANSAE (62A. Looped handles); FT ORD (1D. Mil. Base until 1994); NOONE (64A. “I’m Henry VIII, I am” singer); TAWNY (49D. Like a lion’s coat); TORAH (14A. Rite reading for some 13-year olds); VIG (30A. Bookie’s charge, for short)
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