06.13.09

Now You See It...

Picture from the Space Shuttle Endeavour of the southern aurora…

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Puzzle by Barry C. Silk, edited by Will Shortz

In this Saturday stumper, MAGNETIC EQUATOR (35A. Line on which a dip needle is horizontal) crosses WIENER SCHNITZEL (8D. Dish akin to cotoletta alla Milanese).

The magnetic equator is the aclinic line, along which the needle of a magnetic compass always remains horizontal, e.g., an imaginary line around the earth near the equator, where the lines of force of the earth's magnetic field are parallel with the surface of the earth and where a magnetic needle will consequently not dip.

As for cotoletta alla Milanese, the clue for Wiener Schnitzel, Cotoletta (from Italian: costoletta = "little rib", because of the rib that remains attached to the meat during and after the cooking) is an Italian word for a breaded veal cutlet -- alla milanese (milanese after its place of origin, Milan).

…and now you don’t!

Saturday links -- LITHUANIA (15A. Neighbor of Kaliningrad); SUN UP AT DAWN (58A. Crowing cue and 3D. When 58-Across occurs); ALDER TREE; EZIO PINZA; PEACH BOWL; MALE ALTO; MANASSAS; BRAZOS; ORGANS; ANNAN; KHMER and thats 'nuf, YEP (31A. “I reckon so“).

Now, about that WIENER SCHNITZEL!…

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