thursday, december 27, 2007
jim leeds / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
difficulty factor: i was not at all "on" for this puzzle... too, too many distractions!
theme: the five longish across answers start with a 'c', altering fairly common items
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in the "notes of record" category
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the seasonal revelry continues... alas, the time for "all things puzzle" suffers!
jim leeds / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
difficulty factor: i was not at all "on" for this puzzle... too, too many distractions!
theme: the five longish across answers start with a 'c', altering fairly common items
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in the "notes of record" category
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the seasonal revelry continues... alas, the time for "all things puzzle" suffers!
including spelling... thanx, anon 1!
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. palms (off on) 5. egyptian symbols of royalty 9. casino equipment 14. "_ the agent" (old comic strip) 15. place 16. "if_you..." 17. certain marine biologist's test? 19. gainsay 20. _ kooser, former u.s. poet laureate 21. cultural stuff 22. tops 23. one way to get into a gang's headquarters? 26. splits 28. f.d.r. agcy. 29. wrinkly fruit 30. "breaker morant" people 32. lived 35. eskimos in an igloo? 39. many a person on the u.s.s. enterprise: abbr. 40. stomach contents 41. "'starts with f' for a thousand, _" 42. cartoon pooch 43. prepare trout, in a way 45. pictures of slinkys? 51. part of a. sap. 52. prefix with -phile 53. _ canto 56. wombs 57. witches' pots, pans, etc.? 59. cling plus brand 60. novelist seton 61. kiss in kensington 62. "_ we all?" 63. zest 64. 1910s heavyweight champ _ willard 1. "is that a _?" 2. poulenc's "sonata for _ and piano" 3. coos and hoots 4. triton's realm 5. red lights and flares 6. musical interval 7. _ pudding (british dish) 8. arithmetic exercise 9. beef cut 10. hebdomadally 11. five-time horse of the year, 1960-64 12. verdi aria 13. "what _ thou?" (biblical query) 18. word with bus or memory 22. dried coconut meat 24. poet who wrote "at night there is no such thing as an ugly woman" 25. windblown deposit 26. time-honored name 27. expressionist schiele 30. thin pancakes 31. let pass 32. poisonous flower 33. western hemisphere abbr. 34. hot 36. utmost distance from the eye at which an image is clear 37. triton's realm 38. not be resolved 43. kind of gland 44. like most adages: abbr. 45. _ finalis (purpose, in law) 46. massive, very hot celestial orb 47. french frigate that carried the statue of liberty to the u.s. 48. nautical acronym 49. who has won an oscar for best actor three times 50. "fiddler on the roof role 54. carrier of a bow and arrows 55. stamina 57. climax 58. financial paper: abbr.
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. palms (off on) 5. egyptian symbols of royalty 9. casino equipment 14. "_ the agent" (old comic strip) 15. place 16. "if_you..." 17. certain marine biologist's test? 19. gainsay 20. _ kooser, former u.s. poet laureate 21. cultural stuff 22. tops 23. one way to get into a gang's headquarters? 26. splits 28. f.d.r. agcy. 29. wrinkly fruit 30. "breaker morant" people 32. lived 35. eskimos in an igloo? 39. many a person on the u.s.s. enterprise: abbr. 40. stomach contents 41. "'starts with f' for a thousand, _" 42. cartoon pooch 43. prepare trout, in a way 45. pictures of slinkys? 51. part of a. sap. 52. prefix with -phile 53. _ canto 56. wombs 57. witches' pots, pans, etc.? 59. cling plus brand 60. novelist seton 61. kiss in kensington 62. "_ we all?" 63. zest 64. 1910s heavyweight champ _ willard 1. "is that a _?" 2. poulenc's "sonata for _ and piano" 3. coos and hoots 4. triton's realm 5. red lights and flares 6. musical interval 7. _ pudding (british dish) 8. arithmetic exercise 9. beef cut 10. hebdomadally 11. five-time horse of the year, 1960-64 12. verdi aria 13. "what _ thou?" (biblical query) 18. word with bus or memory 22. dried coconut meat 24. poet who wrote "at night there is no such thing as an ugly woman" 25. windblown deposit 26. time-honored name 27. expressionist schiele 30. thin pancakes 31. let pass 32. poisonous flower 33. western hemisphere abbr. 34. hot 36. utmost distance from the eye at which an image is clear 37. triton's realm 38. not be resolved 43. kind of gland 44. like most adages: abbr. 45. _ finalis (purpose, in law) 46. massive, very hot celestial orb 47. french frigate that carried the statue of liberty to the u.s. 48. nautical acronym 49. who has won an oscar for best actor three times 50. "fiddler on the roof role 54. carrier of a bow and arrows 55. stamina 57. climax 58. financial paper: abbr.
4 comments:
63 across peel ?
57 down cap ?
nice work. this was the first crossword i ever tried and only got 5 right. thanks for the blog
anon 1,
thanx... it mus' be all that hair-o-wine in my yoot!
dann
anon 2,
all i can say, brother, is y' picked a helluva day t' start!
they do get easier! traditionally monday = easy (getting progressively harder 'til ) saturday = bloody murder
stop by often, (and leave some initials at the bottom of your post?)
keep on keepin' on...
dann
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