IMPASSE
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Puzzle by Dave Tuller, edited by Will Shortz
ONE MOMENT PLEASE (3D. Old company telephone line) and TOSSIN AND TURNIN (11D. 1961#1 hit for Bobby Lewis) ooze fifteen squares down left and right in today’s maze of obscure trivia adorned with clues of extravagant nebulosity. AT AN IMPASSE (22D. Stuck) and BLACK BEAUTY (9D. Classic novel with a chapter titled “My Breaking In”) are the other two double-digit entries -- think about the possibilities for an eleven-letter answer for “stuck” -- or the thousands of chapter titles catalogued (or not) in the ISBN. The word impasse may also refer to any situation in which no progress can be made.
So, onwards! Saturday links -- ABE VIGODA; GESTATION; IGUANODON; RACIALISM; SAMOA TIME; SPONGE BOB; ELECTRA; HANG TEN; MANITOBA; PETREL; ELWES; ICTUS; KASHI; SEPOY; NOVA; SHUL and USE (43A. It may be fair).
Or not!
For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
For the complete post, go HERE.
Saturday, May 23, 2009Puzzle by Dave Tuller, edited by Will Shortz
ONE MOMENT PLEASE (3D. Old company telephone line) and TOSSIN AND TURNIN (11D. 1961#1 hit for Bobby Lewis) ooze fifteen squares down left and right in today’s maze of obscure trivia adorned with clues of extravagant nebulosity. AT AN IMPASSE (22D. Stuck) and BLACK BEAUTY (9D. Classic novel with a chapter titled “My Breaking In”) are the other two double-digit entries -- think about the possibilities for an eleven-letter answer for “stuck” -- or the thousands of chapter titles catalogued (or not) in the ISBN. The word impasse may also refer to any situation in which no progress can be made.
So, onwards! Saturday links -- ABE VIGODA; GESTATION; IGUANODON; RACIALISM; SAMOA TIME; SPONGE BOB; ELECTRA; HANG TEN; MANITOBA; PETREL; ELWES; ICTUS; KASHI; SEPOY; NOVA; SHUL and USE (43A. It may be fair).
Or not!
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For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
For the complete post, go HERE.
