Monday, July 14, 2008 Puzzle by Ed Early, edited by Will Shortz
The four main interrelated entries featured in this Monday back-to-work crossword are FENWAYPARK (17A. Red Sox stadium); SWAMPSCOTT (54A. Seaside community NE of Boston); BOGDANOVICH (11D. Peter who directed “The Last Picture Show”); MARSHAMASON (24D. “The Goodbye Girl” actress).
A half dozen unrelated long entries are almost lost in the wetlands -- BELLTOWER (34D. Carillon site); IDAHOES (5D. Potatoes from the Northwest); PERFORATE (8D. Makes holes in, as for ease of tearing); PRETENDS (30A. Makes believe); SCANDALS (42A. Watergate and Irangate); TAKESTO (41D. Likes immediately).
A flood of five- and six-letter entries include 40A. “O Come, ALLYE Faithful”; ASMAD (46D. Comparable to a wet hen?); ASPENS (22D. Forest quakers); BRASS (34A. Copper/zinc alloy); CAPRI (6D. Blue Grotto’s island); 1. New DELHI, India; DMINOR (31D. Key of Beethoven’s Ninth); ICEAGE (10D. Period ending about 9000 B.C.); ITALIC (23D. Like right-slanting type); IVIED (14A. Like the outfield walls at Wrigley Field); JADES (21A. Precious Chinese carvings); KEATS (37A. “To Autumn” poet); MOUNT (45A. Everest or Kilimanjaro); NONEED (43D. “Thanks, but I’m O.K.”); OMEGA (26A. Alpha’s opposite); ONSPEC (50A. Lacking any guarantee of being paid); OPERA (63A. “Tosca” or “Thais”); PARES (33A. Peels, as an apple); PRAYS (30D. Says grace, e.g.); RANCOR (44A. Bitterness); SEDERS (32D. Passover meals); SHANE (48A. Classic Alan Ladd western); SHARIF (20A. Actor Omar); 28. New York City’s STATEN Island; TUDOR (60A. House of Henry VII and Henry VIII); TWINE (41A. Packing string).
The fill for this proverbial watershed includes ADUE, AIM, ALAI, ALEE, ALOE, AUK, CAPE, CODA, DIF, EDGE, EEK, EGGO, ELSE, EVE, GENA, HEWS, HOLA, HRS, IBET, JETS, KLAN, LIN, LOSE, MESS, NIH, NANO, ODE, OME, ORI, OWN, OVID, RUPP, SGT, SLAW, WAND, TAOS, TEE, TOR, TRA, TROD, YARN.
Wetlands are an important part of our national heritage. Our economic well-being and quality of life largely depend on our nation's wealth of natural resources, and wetlands are the vital link between our land and water resources. As wetlands are lost, the remaining wetlands become even more valuable. We have already lost many of our nation's wetlands since America was first settled. We must now take positive steps to protect wetlands to ensure that the functions and related values they provide will be preserved for present and future generations.
How wetlands work -- HERE.
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Search Information -- Across: 5. Massachusetts vacation spot, with “the”; 10. “Yeah, sure!”; 15. Downwind, to a sailor; 16. Musical finale; 19. Frozen waffle brand; 22. Look through the cross hairs; 25. “… ___ quit!”; 35. Cockney’s residence; 36. “Anything ___?”; 38. Roman poet who wrote the “Metamorphoses”; 39. Fed. Biomedical research agency; 46. Diving seabird; 47. College credit units: Abbr.; 53. Score the 3 in a 4-3 game; 59. Actress Rowlands; 61. Fairy’s stick; 62. Stepped (on). Down: 1. “What’s the ___?” (“So what?”); 2. Holiday preceder; 3. China’s ___ Yutang; 4. Cuts with an ax; 7. Jai ___; 9. Hair-raising cry; 12. Periphery; 13. New Mexico city or county; 18. A knitter might have a ball with it; 21. “Cool your ___!”; 27. Cafeteria, to a soldier; 29. Football kicker’s aid; 37. Group investigated in “Mississippi Burning”; 38. Have title to; 40. Together, in music; 44. Coach Adolph in the Basketball Hall of Fame; 48. Picnic side dish; 49. Spanish greeting; 51. One billionnth: Prefix; 52. Medium bra size; 54. “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”; 55. “To Autumn,” e.g.; 56. Rocky peak; 57. ___ la la.
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