saturday, december 29, 2007
bob klahn / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
difficulty factor:
theme: none
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in the "notes of record" category
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ouch, bob!
keep on keepin' on...
dann
all elements of the puzzle (grid layout, clues, and answers), NYT, NY Times, and The New York Times logo are ©2007 The New York Times
1. modesty preserver, in some films11. "_ wondrous pitiful": "othello"15. old form of italian musical drama16. "_ nobody" (1983 chaka khan hit)17. public appearance preparers18. introduction to chinese?19. pixar's first feature-length film20. finger or toe22. mass appeals: abbr.23. you may be lost in the middle of it24. mckinley's first vice president27. it has a smaller degree of loft than a mashie28. cupule's contents29. sparkling30. list in a book's front: abbr.31. like racehorses32. spanish city that gave sherry its name33. _ marker, heroine of "bram stoker's dracula"34. rocket datum: abbr.35. where to pick up dates?36. fall production37. rich mine or other source of great wealth39. shuffles40. margay cousins41. siege site42. mountain sheep43. initiations47. graffitists' scrawls48. unexpected turn of events, as in a literary work50. puts away51. see-through sheets52. banks of note53. grant's position in presidential history1. shell, e.g.2. hair-raiser?3. bunch4. uniform armband5. you can make light of it6. squire7. draft picks8. private group9. even numbers10. fliers, e.g.11. meditative exercise12. end-of-year festival13. "common nonsense" author, 200214. insurance institute for highway safety concern 21. catawampus23. scoring units24. tries something25. mob rule26. one running for work?27. latin land descriptor 29. joins32. scolding wife: var.33. handle incorrectly?35. price-manipulating group36. retinue38. top-of-the-line39. rug rat41. it may be blind43. gasconade44. name equivalent to hans or ivan45. tear up46. military band49. father of hophni and phinehas, in the bible
all elements of the puzzle (grid layout, clues, and answers), NYT, NY Times, and The New York Times logo are ©2007 The New York Times
1. modesty preserver, in some films11. "_ wondrous pitiful": "othello"15. old form of italian musical drama16. "_ nobody" (1983 chaka khan hit)17. public appearance preparers18. introduction to chinese?19. pixar's first feature-length film20. finger or toe22. mass appeals: abbr.23. you may be lost in the middle of it24. mckinley's first vice president27. it has a smaller degree of loft than a mashie28. cupule's contents29. sparkling30. list in a book's front: abbr.31. like racehorses32. spanish city that gave sherry its name33. _ marker, heroine of "bram stoker's dracula"34. rocket datum: abbr.35. where to pick up dates?36. fall production37. rich mine or other source of great wealth39. shuffles40. margay cousins41. siege site42. mountain sheep43. initiations47. graffitists' scrawls48. unexpected turn of events, as in a literary work50. puts away51. see-through sheets52. banks of note53. grant's position in presidential history1. shell, e.g.2. hair-raiser?3. bunch4. uniform armband5. you can make light of it6. squire7. draft picks8. private group9. even numbers10. fliers, e.g.11. meditative exercise12. end-of-year festival13. "common nonsense" author, 200214. insurance institute for highway safety concern 21. catawampus23. scoring units24. tries something25. mob rule26. one running for work?27. latin land descriptor 29. joins32. scolding wife: var.33. handle incorrectly?35. price-manipulating group36. retinue38. top-of-the-line39. rug rat41. it may be blind43. gasconade44. name equivalent to hans or ivan45. tear up46. military band49. father of hophni and phinehas, in the bible
5 comments:
I'll never spoil a puzzle for anyone, but don't say you weren't warned ;). Glad you made it out with your mind still coherent enough to enjoy the Sunday puzzle.
Yup, this was off the charts on the bandage scale.
--Ellen Ripstein
howard and ellen (and anyone els who happens t' drop by),
way back in the dark days before the internet, when i thought i was the only one who rassled with these thangs, it was tougher to handle. comiseration goes a long way, doesn't it?!
as i said the other day (it was part of my father's favorite toast during these holidays:)
it is my strongest desire that we may all experience unconditional love, meaningful peace, enduring hope and unbounded blessings during this season and throughout the coming year!
here's t' "seein'" you all again real soon...
keep on keepin' on...
dann
I got through most of it, with some Google help certainly, but I refuse to believe that Mr. Klahn knew the word "ochlocracy" before he needed it for this puzzle. Peripeteia? Yes. Argali? Ok. Golconda? Maybe. But ochlocracy? No way.
vlad,
the real difficult stretch here, for me, is not in seeing ONE of those words in a puzzle... but ALL of them together... oh, and then just for giggles, throw in a variant form of socrates wife "xantHippe"...
it's just not right on a lotta levels!
dann
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