Saturday,
August 29, 2009Puzzle by Doug Peterson, edited by Will Shortz
Four 15-letter across entries are the main feature of this superior Saturday stumper --
CELL PHONE TOWERS (17. Some coverage providers), INTIMATE APPAREL (15. Revealing pieces), SECURITY COUNCIL (49. Russia, China and France are in it) and SKATEBOARD TRICK (46. Something shown off on a half-pipe).A dozen-or-so more links -- ATOMIZED (7. Like turbojet fuel); PLUTARCH (32. “On the Malice of Herodotus” author); MUSSINA (1A. 2001-08 Yankees pitcher with seven Gold Gloves); J’ACCUSE (8A. Headline during the Dreyfus Affair); HONESTY (51A. It can be brutal); CATHAY (34D. Old Silk Road destination); DESOTO (36D. Studebaker alternative); JAEGER (8D. Bullying seabird); MICMAC (1D. Algonquian language); ST LUKE (3D. He wrote of the prodigal son); JULES (27D. Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Feiffer); SASHA (44A. “Peter and the Wolf” bird) and SONIA (45A. “Peter and the Wolf” duck); TUG (47D. Harbor pusher).------------------
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