Ringo Starr, detail from portrait by Al Hirschfeld
Tuesday,
November 17, 2009 -- Leonid Meteor ShowerPuzzle by John Farmer, edited by Will Shortz
RINGO (52D. Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across), DURAN DURAN (16A. With 2-Down, group with the only James Bond theme to hit #1), BLING BLING (18A. With 10-Down, flashy jewelry), TWINKLE TWINKLE (39A. With 25-Down, start of a nightime nursery rhyme), SUGAR SUGAR (61A. With 50-Down, #1 hit of 1969) and KNOCK KNOCK (65A. With 54-Down, intro to a joke) are the interrelated group of this stellar Tuesday crossword.Tuesday links --
CUFFLINKS (42A. Dress shirt accessories); WIREPHOTO (34A. A.P transmission); FROMAGE (43D. French cheese); SPUMONI (57A. Italian ice cream treat); GITMO (24A. Cuban base in the news, in brief); OCULI (12A. Eyelike windows); RIGEL (46A. Bright double star in Orion); WIGAN (40D. City near Manchester); SKUA (53A. Arctic seabird); USA for Africa.With a little help from his friends, here‘s
RINGO!------------------
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