tuesday, january 08, 2008
malia jackson and noah snyder / will shortz
ny times online premium crossword puzzle
difficulty factor: not much at all; this was a fun romp
theme: this puzzle was other-worldly... at 52A i know i saw a...
FLYING SAUCER
but jackson and snyder explained it away as being only...
a 20A METEOR SHOWER,
a 28A WEATHER BALLOON, or
a 46A CLOUD FORMATION!
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in the "notes of record" category
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malia and noah, this was a very wonderful puzzle.
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in the "most googled" category
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yet again, the crosses took care of each other t'day
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in the "cool mutiple word answer" category
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36A z's SHUT-EYE
44A "i _____ amused!" ...AM NOT...
4D "hello" sticker NAME TAG
39D _____ hole in (corrodes) EATS A...
53D "if _____ be so bold..." ...I MAY...
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in the "abbreviations, truncations, etc." category
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5A john candy's old comedy show S.C.TV (second city television)
34A quito's land: abbr. ECUA. (ecuador)
35A co. that owns parlophone records E.M.I. (electric and musical industries group, ltd. is involved in both the manufacture of recording and playback equipment and the provision of music to play on its machines. its emi music division is one of the "big four" record companies in the world)
41A many want-ad offerings: abbr. APTS. (apartments)
51A n.r.a. part: abbr. ASSN. (national rifle... association)
63A dont exist AREN'T (are not)
1D minuteman, e.g.: abbr. I.C.B.M. (inter-continental ballistic missiles)
11D corp. v.i.p. C.E.O. (chief executive officer)
12D turner field locale: abbr. ATL. (atlanta)
13D see 25-down MTS. (mountains)
38D grp. helping those on shore leave U.S.O. (united service organizations, inc.)
59D roth _____ I.R.A. (individual retirement account)
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in the "other" category
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9A william of _____, known for his "razor" OCCAM (franciscan friar william of ockham an english scholastic philosopher and logician in the early to mid 1300's, in order to reduce unfounded, grandizing speculation, especially with respect to scientific theories, expressed a principle that when stated in latin is the "lex parsimoniae" ["law of parsimony" or "law of succinctness"]: "entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem", or "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity." known now as "occam's [ockham's] razor" his belief that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating all that make no difference in the observable predictions of any hypothesis or theory, is most often paraphrased as "all other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best."
14A bay of pigs locale CUBA (the 1961 bay of pigs invasion was an unsuccessful attempted invasion by armed cuban exiles in southwest Cuba, planned and funded by the united states, in an attempt to overthrow the repressive government of fidel castro)
15A rock's motley _____ CRUE
16A he didnt give a damn RHETT
23A sonora snack TACO
32A first secretary of homeland security RIDGE (thomas joseph "tom" ridge served as a member of the u.s. house of representatives, was governor of pennsylvania, and assistant to the president for homeland security before his short stint as the first u.s. secretary of homeland hecurity from 2003 to 2005)
33A _____ lingus AER (the official airlines of the republic of ireland. based at dublin airport, it operates 41 airbus aircraft serving almost 9 million passengers in europe, africa, north america and the middle east. its motto is "enjoy your flight")
61A "scarface" star, 1932 MUNI (paul muni, born muni weisenfreund to a family of polish jewish actors, was an american stage and film actor acclaimed for his portrayals of noted historical figures)
64A sidewalk stand drinks ADES
66A sheriff's symbol BADGE
67A abominable snowman YETI
6D defoe castaway CRUSOE
9D big brother's creator ORWELL
21D hall's singing partner OATES (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4HO81xGvc0&feature=related)
28D part of a nun's habit WIMPLE (often highly starched headdress worn over the head and around the neck, cheeks, and chin)
48D refrigerator adornment MAGNET
56D poet pound EZRA (ezra weston loomis pound was an american expatriate poet, critic and intellectual who was a major figure of the modernist movement in early-to-mid 1900's poetry)
58D it may have a medallion CAB
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in the "your mileage may vary" category
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least favorite answer: 50A "super!" TERRIF
keep on keepin' on...
dann
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1. desktop folder, e.g. 5. john candy's old comedy show 9. william of _, known for his "razor" 14. bay of pigs locale 15. rock's motley _ 16. he didnt give a damn 17. fedora feature 18. boot from office 19. angora and merino 20. what you really saw? 23. sonora snack 24. pass by 28. what you really saw? 32. first secretary of homeland security 33. _ lingus 34. quito's land: abbr. 35. co. that owns parlophone records 36. z's 40. tolkien humanoid 41. many want-ad offerings: abbr. 43. play for a sap 44. "i _ amused!" 46. what you really saw? 50. "super!" 51. n.r.a. part: abbr. 52. what you thought you saw 58. tiny hairs 61. "scarface" star, 1932 62. economy-_ 63. dont exist 64. sidewalk stand drinks 65. raison d' _ 66. sheriff's symbol 67. abominable snowman 68. circus barker 1. minuteman, e.g.: abbr. 2. make perfect again 3. end piece? 4. "hello" sticker 5. burn with an iron 6. defoe castaway 7. keister 8. challenge to congress 9. big brother's creator 10. bach work 11. corp. v.i.p. 12. turner field locale: abbr. 13. see 25-down 21. hall's singing partner 22. pooped 25. with 13-down, pa. range 26. grow sick of 27. make into law 28. part of a nun's habit 29. blue-pencil wielder 30. judge of sex and violence in films 31. swarm member 32. flinch, say 37. peeved and showing it 38. grp. helping those on shore leave 39. _ hole in (corrodes) 42. web recreation 45. grade lowerers 47. get wider 48. refrigerator adornment 49. st. francis's home 53. "if _ be so bold..." 54. pantyhose shade 55. summon to court 56. poet pound 57. fiddler's tune 58. it may have a medallion 59. roth _ 60. had charge of
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