Fiddle Dee Dee!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
FIDDLE DEE DEE, Puzzle by Michael Torch, edited by Will Shortz
In this Sunday crossword, substituting DD for TT results in the interrelated entries of UDDER NONSENSE; PUDDIN ON THE RITZ; CADDY REMARKS; SHUDDER SPEED; LADDER DAY SAINTS; ONLINE BEDDING; BIDDER COLD; FADDY ACIDS.
None of the remaining entries in the puzzle are more than eight letters.
Across links: 1. Objects of core workouts, ABS; 20. Landlord’s schedule, RENTROLL; 47. Labyrinth parts, WALLS; 51. Monkey, pony or alligator, DANCE; 54. Source of the word “clan”, OLDIRISH; 59. New York town with Playland amusement park, RYE; 76. “Zip-ADEE-Doo-Dah”; 94. Losing admiral in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914, SPEE; 105. Actress Beverly who played Patsy Cline in “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, DANGELO; 109. Sponges, TOSSPOTS. Down links: 5. Some signs, NEONS; 10. Style expert Klensch and others, ELSAS; 27. Fox News opinionator, HANNITY; 35. County next to Mayo, SLIGO; 43. Robert of “The Sopranos”, ILER; 56. Anglers’ baskets, CREELS; 67. Sources of milk for chèvre cheese, GOATS; 77. “Desperate Housewives” role, BREE; 86. Some underwear, BOXERS; 96. Rock group whose members wear red flowerpots on their heads, DEVO. Fiddle dee dee, INDEED (55D. “Definitely!”)…
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