Bircham Windmill ------------------ Thursday, December 11, 2008
Puzzle by Jim Hilger, edited by Will Shortz
Seven squares containing some sort of glyph for the word TURN, or the word itself if one prefers, constitute the interrelated entries of this Thursday clever turn of a crossword.Across: 1. (TURN)PIKE, Part of a pay-as-you-go plan?; 18. TWIST AND (TURN), Meander, as a road; 33. MAKES A U (TURN), Reverses course; 39. RE(TURN)ED, Like some calls left on answering machines; 61. (TURN) TO STONE, Petrify; 61. (TURN)ING POINT, Crucial moment; 71. OVER(TURN), Upset. Down: 1. (TURN)KEY, Fully equipped and ready to go; 13. SA(TURN), Roman god of agriculture; 36. (TURN)(TURN)(TURN), 1965 #1 hit by the Byrds; 61. (TURN) UP, Eventually appear; 60. TO A (TURN), Perfectly.A few links for other entries: BRADBURY (21A. Author of “Something Wicked This Way Comes); EASTLA; LIONESS (47A. Cub raiser); SKIBOB (8D. Winter vehicle); SONORA (48D. Neighbor of Arizona); SWEDEN (24D. Where the Riksdag meets); ELENA (17A. 2008 Olympics tennis champion Dementieva); KAZOO (35D. Instrument unlikely to be heard at Carnegie Hall); NEMEA (68A. Scene of Hercules’ first labor); TESLA (23A. Inventor depicted in “The Prestige”).Tina Turner? Not today, just keep on turning!-----------------
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