The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Puzzle by Leonard Williams, edited by Will Shortz
ERAS (14A. Historic periods) are left hanging by today’s four interrelated entries -- BACKINTHEDAY (41. Mom’s start), INYEARSGONEBY (56. Legend’s start), ONCEUPONATIME (20. Fairy tale’s start), WHENIWASABOY (34.Grandpa’s start) -- leaving the solver to supply the narrative.
Plenty of material awaits. ANAEROBE (11D. Bacterium that doesn’t need oxygen) and SCIMITAR (38D. Curved saber) are spelling-bee worthy, but will spell themselves from the arosses. Four seven-letter entries, AUSTRIA (9D. Where Schwarzenegger was born), DEIGNED (44D. Condescended), NOSEOUT (43D. Barely beat) and VAMPIRE (5D. Anne Rice’s Lestat, for one) complete the roster of longer entries.
Mid-sized entries feature both ASKED (4D. Made an inquiry) and TSKED (68A. Expressed disapproval), along with ANYHOW (50D. Be that as it may), ARENAS (2D. Gladiators’ locales), ARRAU (15A. Pianist Claudio), 46. “The Count of Monte CRISTO”; 3D. Ice cream flavor Cherry GARCIA, IMCOLD (32A. “Brrrr!”); IRONON (54A. Like some patches), LANAI (8D. Island veranda), MEANS (18A. Wherewithal), ONELS (55D. Law school newbies), ORION (62A. Location of a starry belt), REPOSE (1D. Period of rest), SAIDHI (23A. Greeted, with “to”), SIKHS (31D. Followers of Guru Nanak), TOBAGO (49D. Trinidad’s partner); UNEVEN (48D. Not level); UNCLE (65A. Quitter’s cry), VOILA (5A. “There it is!”), WARNS (53D. Gives a yellow flag).
The Great Nebula in Orion -- Robert Gendler
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Short entries and fill include ABCS, ACRO, AGAR, ALOE, ALSO, EGO, ESA, ETS, EVAH, FAZE, FORM, IDYL, IKE, INIT, IRAN, IRS, ITSY, JAW, JETE, LARA, LEGO, NERD, ONIT, OREO (6D. Cookie with a floral design on it), PERK, RAGA, RAI, RAPS, REEL, RICK and SAM, SNOW, SOLE, SPEC, SSW, UHUH, URIS, UTA, WEEP, WORD and ZIP.
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Search information -- Across: 1. Music played by Ravi Shankar at Woodstock; 10. Disconcert; 16. “I’ll get right ___!”; 17. Use of a company car, e.g.; 19. Emulates Lil’ Kim or Lil Wayne; 24. Destination for a W-2; 25. Thor Heyerdahl craft; 28. That to Tomas; 29. “Exodus” author; 36. Plus; 39. Adlai’s opponent in ‘52 and ‘56; 40. Rod’s partner; 47. Blueprint detail; 48. Broadway’s Hagen; 51. Cooke who sang “You Send Me”; 52. Indianapolis-to-New Orleans dir; 60. Balletic leap; 63. Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You ___?”; 64. Lab medium; 66. It produces more than 20 billion bricks annually; 67. Popular Microsoft product; 69. White blanket. Down: 7. Ahmadinejad’s land; 12. Address ending, informally; 13. Some “Stargate SG-1” characters, in brief; 21. Guttural refusal; 22. Ideological beliefs; 26. ___ vera; 27. Pastoral composition; 30. The G, W or B in G.W.B.; 33. Grant in four Hitchcock films; 34. Chinese cookers; 35. Sob; 36. Rudiments; 37. Yuri’s love in “Dr. Zhivago”; 42. Start of a spider’s description in slang; 45. Prefix with phobic; 57. Geek; 58. Café proprietor in “Casablanca”; 59. It’s commonly filleted; 60. Talk on and on, slangily; 61. Sense of self.
The puzzle was easy - this is Tuesday. And while I'm listening to The Dead - Jerry (Cherry) Garcia is the first answer I got. And the Persistence of memory is currently on exhibit at MOMA with the Dali exhibition. Great movies and very interesting.
ReplyDeleteFollowing up on my reply to your previous comment, this was the first opportunity to get Dali's Persistence of Memory into a daily posting -- however, it is shamelessly the second time I've used it -- the last time a year ago August -- 08.05.07 -- TIME -- the Acrostic.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it can be an annual event!
You can even link the Marx Brothers, specifically Harpo, into any Dali affiliation. They worked together and there is some info about their collaboration at the MOMA exhibit.
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