PRISON, David Mc CamleyTuesday, March 3, 2009
Puzzle by Jeffrey Wechsler, edited by Will Shortz
Today’s crossword features a stretch of five interrelated entries of synonyms for prison -- FOUNTAIN PEN (17A. Prison for soda jerks?); MITER JOINT (24A. Prison for bishops?); CHAMPAGNE COOLER (39A. Prison for vintners?); HOKEY POKEY (49A. Prison for corny humorists?); WATERING CAN (62A. Prison for gardeners?) -- ah, home sweet home!
Links: DISMAY (1A. Loss of heart); 48D. JOCOSE (25D. Full of merriment); LINGUA franca; SNEERS (9D. Shows derision); ANIME (60A. Cartoon art genre); 43A. Bandleader Skinnay ENNIS; MONET (7D. “Haystacks” artist Claude); OWENS (50D. 1936 Olympics star Jesse); GAYE.
THAT IS ALL (11D. “Over and out”)!
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