Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Puzzle by Jerry E. Rosman, edited by Will Shortz
Fun puzzle! Four interrelated across entries actually help with the solution of this crossword!
CATCHES GLITCHES (17. Debugs computer programs, e.g.); SCRATCHES ITCHES (24. Responds to rashes); PATCHES BRITCHES (41. Does some mending); MATCHES STITCHES (54. Lines up the sewing). Once one gets a couple of the TCHES, other TCHES follow easy! Alas, no LATCHES SNITCHES (Incarcerates informers)...
ARISTA and ARTISTA, JESSE and JETSET, AIM HIGH and HIGHLY, ETCETC add to the puzzle’s pleasant repetitiveness.
Links of the day: ANSELMO and ANTIGUA, IN SEASON, O NEGATIVE and OPEN WEAVE, SELASSIE, WHARTON, CASBAH, DOPEY, HARSH, REVUE, TOOHOT.
…and then there’s The Sneetches!
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