34D CERES (Biggest part of a certain belt)
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Puzzle by Byron Walden, edited by Will Shortz
To STATETHEOBVIOUS (8D Say something to which people reply "Duh!") any crossword FIEND (56A Devotee) who says that the information contained in this puzzle was just floating around in their head waiting patiently to be USEABLE (39D Fit) is OUTOFTUNE (63A Flat, for example), NERDY (49A Like Eddie Murphy's Norbit), or to be kind, a SYMBOLIST (1A Person who says one thing and means another) because this construction is a YUKFEST (2D It's one funny thing after another) of a WHYME (11D Question from the picked-upon) to FLEEFROM (36D Escape) before it's QUARTERTO (15A With 16-Across, title time in a 1961 #1 hit by Gary U. S. Bonds) THREE (16A See 15-Across) or III (30A 16-Across, in another way) and you wind up with ARIAS (23D Soprano's repertoire) from an ALLFEMALE (35A Like the Supremes and the Go-Go's) group, SWABS (10A Crime lab items) of RONREAGAN (60A Noted Joffrey Ballet dancer of the 1980s) and SQUIRTS of (1D WD-40 applications) BEANDIP (13D Spicy serving in a bowl)!
A masterful brainwash -- mine's fried! Duh!
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2 comments:
I finished the Sunday puzzle but haven't blogged it yet so didn't want to read your commentary yet.
I would swear that I posted a comment here yesterday. I must be losing whatever is left of my mind : )
Where is Comment section for Sunday, May 20th?
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