dannmann's NYT crossword puzzle ramblings

monday, december 24, 2007
mark sherwood / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
















difficulty factor: none




theme: well, the "theme" here looks largely accidental... but i s'pose it's best explained with the clue at 52D: word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-across

17A PARTY...LINES
27A CREDIT...LINES
33A LIFE...LINES
59A PICK-UP...LINES


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in the "notes of record" category
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i'm gonna think about this some...


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in the "most googled" category
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shouldn't be much here... maybe 6A I.M. PEI... or... 66A SNERD


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in the "cool mutiple word answer" category
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lots of 'em... later


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in the "abbreviations, truncations, etc." category
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in the "further elaboration" category
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later?!





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in the "your mileage may vary" category
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HE'S?????????? that's just wrong on almost every level...



keep on keepin' on...

dann
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