Singer Building at Night, Charles Vezin (1858-1942)
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Saturday,
March 28, 2009Puzzle by Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz
This Saturday’s crossword features eight 15-letter entries -- four across -- INTERNAL REVENUE (15. Estate taxes, e.g.);
SCARLET TANAGERS (17. Grosbeak relatives); A LOT ON ONE’S PLATE (50. Tons of work to do); PLEASURE CRUISES (53. Carnival offerings); and four down -- UNCONDITIONALLY (2. Without reservations); STAND ON ONE’S TOES (3. Try to get a better view, say); ONE MOMENT PLEASE (12. Operator’s line); EUROPEAN THEATER (13. It included the Eastern and Western fronts).Saturday linkage -- BISCOTTI (36A. Crunchy café treats); APTERAL (22D. Having no aisles, in architecture); SEA MAPS (35D. Oceanographers’ references); TASTERS (55A. Intrepid palace employees); BE MINE (36D. Words from the heart?); 35A. SINGER Building, company headquarters erected in 1908 in New York City, at the time the tallest building in the world); AETAT (43D. Old tombstone abbr. meaning “at the age of”); 22A. Joseph ALOIS Ratzinger, birth name of Pope Benedict XVI; PONTE (18A. Common sight in Venezia); TOSCA (27D. Object of Cavaradossi’s affection); ANSA (42A. Looped vase handle); AVAS (10D. Prizes for video production); ULEE (45A. Title apiarist of a 1997 film); EDO (25A. Nigerian native or language); 28A. La MER Caspienne; TIR (48A. French shooting match).The preponderance of white squares and minimal black squares may be of interest to those concerned with the visual and statistical aspects of a crossword puzzle -- it’s actually a rather solver-friendly diagram and its’ structure will probably be seen time and again in the future.
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