Budapest's Hall of Hunting in the Agricultural Museum in Vajadhunyad Castle
----------------- Monday, September 15, 2008 Puzzle by Sharon E. Petersen, edited by Will Shortz BUCKNAKED (17A. Completely nude); STAGPARTY (66A. All-male gathering); RAMCHARGER (11D. Bygone Dodge S.U.V.); BULLMARKET (30D. “Buy buy buy” time on Wall Street) are this Monday crosswords featured interrelated entries. Four seven-letter entries meet at the center, ATINGLE (41A. Feeling all excited); AVENGER (7D. Eye-for-an-eye seeker); POPSTAR (46D. Elton John or Britney Spears); VALJEAN (39D. “Les Miserables” fugitive). Six-letter entries include ALLWET (49D. Completely wrong); COBRAS (28A. Fearsome snakes); ELISHA (31A. Prophet of I and II Kings); ESTATE (52D. Lord and lady’s home); INSTEP (43D. Marching synchronously); MEANTO (48A. Treating unkindly); NEWAGE (18D. Like music in a candle shop, maybe); PASTAS (9D. Angel hair and penne); POKIER (4D. More dawdling); SACHET (26A. It makes good scents); STAPLE (53A. Alternative to a paper clip); USERID (51A. Name that one logs on with). The remainders: ACCT, ALAI, ALBA, AMAHL, ANA, ANET, APU, ARAL, ARES, ARTIE, ASAP, ASKEW, ASTA, ATAD, CAVE, CHIN, CNN, CSI, EAR, EATAT, ELLE and ELLS, ENACT, EPSON, ESA, ETAIL, EWING, GAS and GEESE, GLARE, IRAN, ISLA, ITLL, JEEP (40D. Humvee forerunner), LEAS and LEASH, LOCO, LYES, NEE, NERD, NOVA, OPAL, PORTS, PURRS, RHONE, SAMOA, SLANT, SOUR, STAGE, TALE, TARA, TOKEN, TOR and TOUR, TOSEA, UMA. …but now, head-first into the week! ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
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Xword search information -- Across: 1. “I needed it by yesterday!”; 5. Slightly; 9. Cat sounds; 14. Daffy; 15. Exploding star; 16. TV opera “___ and the Night Visitors”; 19. Pago Pago’s home; 20. Clarinetist Shaw; 21. Pass, as legislation; 23. Larry King’s channel; 24. J. R. of “Dallas”; 33. “The Simpsons” shopkeeper; 34. Be harshly bright; 36. Persia, today; 44. Fashion magazine found in France; 45. Big name in office equipment; 47. Cauliflower ___; 55. Cities with wharves; 57. Rocky peak; 58. Dog strap; 60. Sell via the internet; 64. Catawampus; 68. Birds flying in a V formation; 69. Scarlett O’Hara’s plantation; 70. Poe story, e.g.; 71. Bother persistently; 72. Greek war god; 73. 90 degree pipe joints. Down: 1. “Dark Angel” star Jessica; 2. Making the mouth pucker, say; 3. The “A” of I.R.A: Abbr.; 5. Literary olio; 6. Turnstile coin; 8. Anti-art movement; 10. Thurman of “Kill Bill”; 12. Alps-to Arles river; 13. Bias; 22. CBS forensic series; 25. Cuba, por ejemplo; 27. Goatee’s place; 28. Bats’ place;29l ‘ Down Under gemstone; 32. Meadows; 35. Working without ___; 37. Jai ___; 38. Guy with his nose always stuck in a book; 42. Military stint; 50. Maiden name preceder; 52. Lord and lady’s home; 53. Thespian’s platform; 54. Where sailors go; 56. Chicago air hub; 59. “The Thin man” pooch; 61. Kazakhstan’s ___ Sea; 62. “___ do” (“That’s fine”; 63. Caustic solutions; 65. That, in Chihuahua 67. Regular plus or super.
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