Sunday, January 18, 2009 HIGH FIVE, Puzzle by Randolph Ross, edited by Will Shortz OBAMA last Sunday, OBAMA today! With the note “The answers to the nine italicized clues all contain five letters in common, reading left to right, not necessarily consecutively”, today’s crossword features nine interrelated across entries containing, as described, a high-five -- O-B-A-M-A! OLD BLACK MAGIC (23. *“That something” in an Arlen/Mercer tune); GLOBAL CLIMATE (25. *Kyoto Treaty topic); GOLF BALL MARKER (36. *Links accessory); COWBOY HAT MAKER (51. *Stetson, for one); GOD BLESS AMERICA (67. *Berlin production); ROBIN AND MARIAN (89. *1976 Connery/Hepburn film); ROBERT MCNAMARA (98. *Kennedy/Johnson cabinet member); HONOR BLACKMAN (112. *She played the Bond girl in “Goldfinger“); MOBILE ALABAMA (120. *Hank Aaron‘s hometown). Time for change! ----------------- For today’s cartoons, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
01.18.09
OBAMA II
Sunday, January 18, 2009 HIGH FIVE, Puzzle by Randolph Ross, edited by Will Shortz OBAMA last Sunday, OBAMA today! With the note “The answers to the nine italicized clues all contain five letters in common, reading left to right, not necessarily consecutively”, today’s crossword features nine interrelated across entries containing, as described, a high-five -- O-B-A-M-A! OLD BLACK MAGIC (23. *“That something” in an Arlen/Mercer tune); GLOBAL CLIMATE (25. *Kyoto Treaty topic); GOLF BALL MARKER (36. *Links accessory); COWBOY HAT MAKER (51. *Stetson, for one); GOD BLESS AMERICA (67. *Berlin production); ROBIN AND MARIAN (89. *1976 Connery/Hepburn film); ROBERT MCNAMARA (98. *Kennedy/Johnson cabinet member); HONOR BLACKMAN (112. *She played the Bond girl in “Goldfinger“); MOBILE ALABAMA (120. *Hank Aaron‘s hometown). Time for change! ----------------- For today’s cartoons, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
Sunday, January 18, 2009 HIGH FIVE, Puzzle by Randolph Ross, edited by Will Shortz OBAMA last Sunday, OBAMA today! With the note “The answers to the nine italicized clues all contain five letters in common, reading left to right, not necessarily consecutively”, today’s crossword features nine interrelated across entries containing, as described, a high-five -- O-B-A-M-A! OLD BLACK MAGIC (23. *“That something” in an Arlen/Mercer tune); GLOBAL CLIMATE (25. *Kyoto Treaty topic); GOLF BALL MARKER (36. *Links accessory); COWBOY HAT MAKER (51. *Stetson, for one); GOD BLESS AMERICA (67. *Berlin production); ROBIN AND MARIAN (89. *1976 Connery/Hepburn film); ROBERT MCNAMARA (98. *Kennedy/Johnson cabinet member); HONOR BLACKMAN (112. *She played the Bond girl in “Goldfinger“); MOBILE ALABAMA (120. *Hank Aaron‘s hometown). Time for change! ----------------- For today’s cartoons, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
