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Disparate Hapax

Juliette Binoche in “The English Patient”

Friday, November 6, 2008

Puzzle by Doug Peterson, edited by Will Shortz

The miscellaneous wordage of this Saturday crossword is led by two 15-letter entries, JULIETTE BINOCHE (8D. “The English Patient” Oscar winner) and REEL-TO-REEL TAPES (33A. Some audiophiles’ collections) cross in the center of this Friday crossword, followed by four of ten letters, ACETIC ACID (24D. Wood distillation product); EXPERIMENT (12D. It often has controls); GREEN ONION (25D. Its bulb is small); PEACE PIPES (11D. They go around on reservations).

More -- ALPHA MALE (16A. Leader of the pack); I CLAUDIUS (52A. John Hurt played Caligula in it); SERENGETI (57A. Where some buffalo roam); PAGANS (23A. Solstice celebrators); TRAJAN (5D. A Tall Roman column is named after him); AKELA (43D. Kipling’s “great gray Lone Wolf”); 19A. “The Ballad of JOSIE,” 1967 comedy western; ORGAN (10D. Source of ballpark pitches?); TALUS (32D. Fibula neighbor); VIOLS (54A. They had C-shaped sound holes); AROD (31D. Baseball nickname that‘s a portmanteau).

Words, words, words…

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