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02.28.09
ELECTRIC BLUE
Saturday, February 28, 2009 Puzzle by Frank Longo, edited by Will Shortz ELECTRIC BLUE (27. Hue similar to cyan), ON LEAVE (36. Off for a stretch), and ALEC GUINNESS (38. Oscar winner for “The Bridge on the River Kwai”) are the only connections between the four corners of a quadrupuzzle crossword. Links: 1A. Hindenburg’s predecessor as German president, EBERT; 2D. Summer headgear, BOATER; 9D. Like some tracts, DIGESTIVE; 10A. Longtime name in news-gathering, TASS; 11D. Alveoli, e.g., AIR CELLS; 41A. Water-skiing variety, SLALOM; 57A. Toe trouble, GOUT; 28D. Stationery topper, LOGO; 34D. Court crowd-pleaser, ALLEY OOP; 35D. Executed part of a 34-Down, LEAPED UP; 47A. First holder of the title Supreme Governor of the Church of England, ELIZABETH I; 56A. Epithet coined for the 2002 State of the Union address, AXIS OF EVIL; 59A. Toy with tassels, TRIKE; 44D. Butcherbird or woodchat, SHRIKE; 48D. Locale of Theban ruins, LUXOR; 51D. Catullus’s “Odi et AMO”; 52D. U.K. equivalent to an Oscar, BAFTA, and Guinness won that too!
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Saturday, February 28, 2009 Puzzle by Frank Longo, edited by Will Shortz ELECTRIC BLUE (27. Hue similar to cyan), ON LEAVE (36. Off for a stretch), and ALEC GUINNESS (38. Oscar winner for “The Bridge on the River Kwai”) are the only connections between the four corners of a quadrupuzzle crossword. Links: 1A. Hindenburg’s predecessor as German president, EBERT; 2D. Summer headgear, BOATER; 9D. Like some tracts, DIGESTIVE; 10A. Longtime name in news-gathering, TASS; 11D. Alveoli, e.g., AIR CELLS; 41A. Water-skiing variety, SLALOM; 57A. Toe trouble, GOUT; 28D. Stationery topper, LOGO; 34D. Court crowd-pleaser, ALLEY OOP; 35D. Executed part of a 34-Down, LEAPED UP; 47A. First holder of the title Supreme Governor of the Church of England, ELIZABETH I; 56A. Epithet coined for the 2002 State of the Union address, AXIS OF EVIL; 59A. Toy with tassels, TRIKE; 44D. Butcherbird or woodchat, SHRIKE; 48D. Locale of Theban ruins, LUXOR; 51D. Catullus’s “Odi et AMO”; 52D. U.K. equivalent to an Oscar, BAFTA, and Guinness won that too! 
