Abandoned tile silo outside Edwardsville, Illinois
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Puzzle by Steven L. Zisser, edited by Will Shortz
Today’s wisp of interrelated entries is constituted by the rhyming of homophonic clues, or something like that -- shower, bowers, towers, flower -- PLANETARIUM (16A. Meteor shower); FIDDLEPLAYERS (22A. Country bowers); TEAMSOFHORSES (46A. Farm towers); AMAZONRIVER (56A. South American flower). The probable intent is confusion -- you know, silos, flora, shelter and debris from the heavens.
Other long entries include ARMENIAN (38A. Georgian’s neighbor); BARNEYS (26A. Fife and Frank); DARKEST (44A. Most dismal); HALFMAST (36D. Flag’s position, at times); LIFESAVER (31D. Holey confection); MAINPART (7D. Lead role); MINTING (4D. Moneymaking activity); SKEWING (42D. Presenting unfairly); STAFFROOM (3D. Schoolteachers’ break area); WRESTLED (30A. Fought).
Five-letter entries -- AGREE (64A. What subjects and verbs should do), AERIE, ASFOR, ASTIN, AUTRY, CANOE, CHATS, COSMO, DONOR, EQUAL, HAZES, INERT, OLOGY, RAWLS, READE, SPOOR, TACOS, TASER, TERNS (12D. Fork-tailed fliers).
Four-letter -- AILS, ALAR, AMER, AQUA, ARON, BOLA, CAPS, DART, EMMA, EROS, ERTE, GERE, IWIN, LIES, 51A. “Look MANO hands!”, MEAL, MOON, MYST, OSLO, SOFT, TIDY, WAGE (52A. It may be minimum).
Three-letter -- ALS, APE, ARS, ATM, CST, CUT, DEY, EDU, IRA, LAO, MAE, NOR, OAR, ONE, REM, RIA, SLY, WAN (30D. Hardly ruddy).
That’s it -- CIAO (35D. “Ta-ta!”).
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