Geoffrey Rush as King Berenger in “Exit the King,” by Ionesco, opening on Thursday.
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------------------ Thursday, March 26, 2009 Puzzle by Edward Safran, edited by Will Shortz A LITTLE MADNESS IN THE SPRING IS WHOLESOME EVEN FOR THE KING (20A. Start of a poem by Emily Dickinson that continues “But God be with the Clown, / Who ponders this tremendous scene”) is an apt quotation for both this season of Spring, spring break, March madness, and the Broadway season, as Ionesco’s “Exit the King” opens today at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway. Read New York Times article HERE. When I saw that this was a puzzle with a quotation, I groaned, as quotations in crossword puzzles are my least favorite, with the exception of the acrostics which are another animal. However, if a quotation can be as apt and topical as today’s then all's well that ends well, or what you will! Mid-size entries include ADDS TO (25A. Increases); ALARMS (47A. Sleep disturbers); ASK OUT (48D. Try to see); CELADON (46A. Chinese porcelain with a pale green glaze); DEAD SEA (28A. Refuge for David, in the Bible); 10D. Double ENTENDRE; GALLEON (5D. Shipping mainstay of the 1600s); KNOTTS (4D. Funnyman Don); MACHETE (43D. Rain forest implement); SHAKES UP (37D. Reorganizes drastically). Five-letter -- AGNES (31D. 1985 Meg Tilly title role); ANTIC (25D. Monkeyshine); AS ONE (15A. In unison); DOWSE (26D. Divine water); DRAWL (27D. Say with two syllables where one would do, say); EMOTE (59A. Chew the scenery); ENORM (30D. Extremely large, old-style); GOLEM (5A. Dimwit, in Yiddish slang); 18A. David LLOYD George, British P.M., 1916-22; LOOMS (7D. Appears imminent); OSLER (6D. Physician William); RIVET (62A. Fix); SIXER (29D. Philly hoopster); STERE (65A. Volume unit); TIERS (23A. Levels); TROVE (50D. Antique dealer’s happy discovery); TUCKS (50A. Puts in a snug spot); UTTER (51D. Articulate). Short stuff -- AMIS and AVIS, COMA, CORK, DEMO, ELAL, ELKE, ENYA, ERE, EVER, EXON, GRAM, HAM and HAS, IDLE, KIA, LEG and LEN, LOWS, MANO and MENU, NEAP, NOME and NONE, NOR, ODIN and ODOR, OMIT, ORAL and ORAN, PREP, RANI, TEEM, THEN, TITI, TWAS and TWIG, ULNA, VINE. Off to madness!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. What you might push a pushpin in; 10. International company with the slogan “Home away from home”; 14. North African city captured by the Allies in 1942; 16. 1899 gold rush locale; 17. A la ___ (nearby: Sp.); 19. New growth; 24. Barker of the Cleveland Indians who pitched a perfect game in 1981; 32. Eur. monarchy; 36. Christmas verse starter; 38. Radio geek; 39. Former Nebraska senator James; 49. Sedona maker; 58. Warren who founded a rental car company; 60. Spray target; 64. Teacher’s before-class work; 66. Overbrim (with). Down: 1. 1977 best seller set at Boston Memorial Hospital; 2. ___ contraceptive; 3. Queen of Bollywood; 8. Singer with the 1008 gold record “And Winter Came …”; 11. He worst of times; 12. “Lucky Jim” novelist, 1954; 21. South American monkey; 22. ___ tide; 28. Promotional item; 34. In the past; 35. Is afflicted by; 41. Figure in the Edda; 44. Sommer of Hollywood; 52. Anytime; 53. Melon’s site; 54. Drop; 55. Fallow; 56. “___ But the Brave (1965 Sinatra film); 57. Elderly relative, informally; 58. Crank (up).
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