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01.15.09
The Devil Wears Nothing
Thursday, January 15, 2009 Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer, edited by Will Shortz BREAKIN (38. Burglary … or a hint to 17/18-, 26/29-, 47/51- and 62/63-Across), JOSEPHI NEBAKER (17. With 18-Across, “J’ai Deux Amours” singer), MANDARI NORANGE (26. With 29-Across, tangerine), RAINRAI NGOAWAY (47. With 51-Across, wet-day wish), STUMBLI NGBLOCK (62. With 63-Across, temporary setback), are the marginally interrelated entries of this odd crossword -- do four misplaced black squares do anything for you? To be fair, the result includes breaking the IN in half in each of the combined entries... Oooh, cut me a slice of that! Other seven-letter across entries are AMASSES, ARABIAN, BEGORRA, ESOBESO, GALPALS, SESAMES, SUBLETS and SUREBET. That makes a grand total of seventeen seven-letter entries in all, a bit unusual for a crossword, but facilitated by the division of the crossword grid down the center by two six-square black bars separated by the entry of TAZ (35. Looney Tunes nickname) in dead center being the only connection between the two halves of what is essentially two crossword puzzles pasted together. Further, within the two divisions are three nearly-separate sections in each, requiring the solver to traverse through seven sections, including the center, in order to complete the task. TSK (68. “Shame on you!”) is on the bottom line of the remaining across entries which include AKA, ASHY, DORM (36. Rice pad), EBBS, EDEL, ELMO, HEP, OTT, PAT (11. One way to get something down), RENT, RUIN, SAKI, SLIM, SOT, SPR, YEO, ZENO. RIP (5. It may be written in stone) is at the beginning of the short down entries which include ANI (7. What causes Fred to be fired?), ASET, BAJA, BARB, BRER, EROS, ETAS, GASH, GUM (64. Bazooka, e.g.), ICEE, INGA, KENS, LOBS, MKTS, NOOK, NSA, PEKE (11. Chow alternative), RAH, SINE, SSGT, SULK, TORS. Down entries of more length include in AIELLO, AKELA, AISLE, BALLAD, EMPTY, GRETA, INSIST, MAYER, OBEYED, PSEUDO, ROBBER, MAYER, NAOMI (28. She renamed herself Mara, in Scripture), NOHOW, ONRAMP, PSEUDO, RUMBLES and SENSEN. Need a break? Heeeere’s TAZ!
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Thursday, January 15, 2009 Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer, edited by Will Shortz BREAKIN (38. Burglary … or a hint to 17/18-, 26/29-, 47/51- and 62/63-Across), JOSEPHI NEBAKER (17. With 18-Across, “J’ai Deux Amours” singer), MANDARI NORANGE (26. With 29-Across, tangerine), RAINRAI NGOAWAY (47. With 51-Across, wet-day wish), STUMBLI NGBLOCK (62. With 63-Across, temporary setback), are the marginally interrelated entries of this odd crossword -- do four misplaced black squares do anything for you? To be fair, the result includes breaking the IN in half in each of the combined entries... Oooh, cut me a slice of that! Other seven-letter across entries are AMASSES, ARABIAN, BEGORRA, ESOBESO, GALPALS, SESAMES, SUBLETS and SUREBET. That makes a grand total of seventeen seven-letter entries in all, a bit unusual for a crossword, but facilitated by the division of the crossword grid down the center by two six-square black bars separated by the entry of TAZ (35. Looney Tunes nickname) in dead center being the only connection between the two halves of what is essentially two crossword puzzles pasted together. Further, within the two divisions are three nearly-separate sections in each, requiring the solver to traverse through seven sections, including the center, in order to complete the task. TSK (68. “Shame on you!”) is on the bottom line of the remaining across entries which include AKA, ASHY, DORM (36. Rice pad), EBBS, EDEL, ELMO, HEP, OTT, PAT (11. One way to get something down), RENT, RUIN, SAKI, SLIM, SOT, SPR, YEO, ZENO. RIP (5. It may be written in stone) is at the beginning of the short down entries which include ANI (7. What causes Fred to be fired?), ASET, BAJA, BARB, BRER, EROS, ETAS, GASH, GUM (64. Bazooka, e.g.), ICEE, INGA, KENS, LOBS, MKTS, NOOK, NSA, PEKE (11. Chow alternative), RAH, SINE, SSGT, SULK, TORS. Down entries of more length include in AIELLO, AKELA, AISLE, BALLAD, EMPTY, GRETA, INSIST, MAYER, OBEYED, PSEUDO, ROBBER, MAYER, NAOMI (28. She renamed herself Mara, in Scripture), NOHOW, ONRAMP, PSEUDO, RUMBLES and SENSEN. Need a break? Heeeere’s TAZ! 
