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11.13.09
NUTS
A scene from William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress (1735) set in Bedlam, London's main hospital for the insane at the time. ----------------- Tuesday, January 13, 2008 Puzzle by Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel, edited by Will Shortz MIXEDNUTS (63A. What 17-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across contain), AUNTSELMA (17A. Marge’s sister, to Bart Simpson); SIGHTUNSEEN (26A Not a good way to buy a car), NOGUTSNOGLORY (38A. Risk-taker’s credo), and MIDNIGHTSUN (52A. Seasonal Arctic phenomenon) are the interrelated entries of this Tuesday crossword. KANGAROO (3D. Outback hopper) and EMU (2D. Outback runner) lead off the animal parade which includes a PIG and a SOW, ROANS and URSI, and a Jockey with a cry of WHOA. A few links: KAHN (25D. Madeline of “Young Frankenstein), ATRAIN (35A. Transport in Duke Ellington’s theme song), GULAG (22D. Soviet labor camp), OOMPH (7D. Get-up-and-go). IHOP and KANGAROO, together in the same puzzle? -- that‘s NUTS!
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A scene from William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress (1735) set in Bedlam, London's main hospital for the insane at the time. ----------------- Tuesday, January 13, 2008 Puzzle by Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel, edited by Will Shortz MIXEDNUTS (63A. What 17-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across contain), AUNTSELMA (17A. Marge’s sister, to Bart Simpson); SIGHTUNSEEN (26A Not a good way to buy a car), NOGUTSNOGLORY (38A. Risk-taker’s credo), and MIDNIGHTSUN (52A. Seasonal Arctic phenomenon) are the interrelated entries of this Tuesday crossword. KANGAROO (3D. Outback hopper) and EMU (2D. Outback runner) lead off the animal parade which includes a PIG and a SOW, ROANS and URSI, and a Jockey with a cry of WHOA. A few links: KAHN (25D. Madeline of “Young Frankenstein), ATRAIN (35A. Transport in Duke Ellington’s theme song), GULAG (22D. Soviet labor camp), OOMPH (7D. Get-up-and-go). IHOP and KANGAROO, together in the same puzzle? -- that‘s NUTS! 
