Bimbo Eruption!
Monica Lewinsky by Tom Richmond / Mayan Volcano EruptionFriday, March 27, 2009
Puzzle by Paul Gamache, edited by Will Shortz
This Friday crossword is a self-described GRAB BAG (8A. Gallimaufry) that’s all over the place featuring a centerpiece of BIMBO ERUPTION (34A. Certain sex scandal, in slang), and twenty or so two-word entries with generally unhelpful clues.
More of the two-word-or-more entries -- ABOUND IN, BAD JOKE, BLOWS ON, BUST INTO, EGGED ON, ET VOILA, FAUX FUR, ICE CAVES, JUST RELAX, MR FIXIT, NOT MANY, OIL TUBE, SEA WARS, SWUNG BY, UP TO IT, YARD LINE.
STEP-CUT (57A. Diamond-shaping choice) and BAGUETTE (34D. Diamond-shaping choice) with their Shortzesque clues are the bridge from the two-word entries to the singular.
One-word mid-size entries -- ACUATE, CACAOS, CALMEST, CAPELLA, CICADA, DOYENS, EDAMAME, ENAMOR, GENTILE, GOBOTS, LEFTIE, RITZIER, SCRIBE, TESTATE, WAIVES.
Five-letter entries -- AGENT, BLEAK, ESSEX, ESTOS, FUDGE, KLUTE, PETER, PRNDL, RICED, RILKE, SABOT, SALUT, SCARF, TAINT.
Short stuff -- ALE and ALOE, BEIN, BTW, CAY, FICA, GLIB, IOS, ISS, IVO, LPS, LUCY, MEA and MEW, MINI, NEZ, OPT, RAGA, TINO, TUT (22A. Critical cluck).
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