06.28.09 -- Electronic Spiral

Messier 101
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
SPIRAL, Puzzle by Will Shortz
INWARD -- 1-3 - Out of one’s mind, MAD; 4-11 - Halt, as of traffic or work, STOPPAGE; 12-19 - Setting for “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, DARTMOOR; 20-25 - Hollow-nosed bullet, DUMDUM; 26-32 - One way to serve pie (3 wds.), ALAMODE; 33-40 - Lengthen - PROTRACT; 41-51 - Scientist after whom element #102 is named (2 wds.), ALFREDNOBEL; 52-56 - French book, LIVRE; 57-62 - Allah worshiper, MOSLEM; 63-68 - One after whom a church or mosque may be named, MARTYR; 89-77 - Carrying significant debt, maybe, LEVERAGED; 78-82 - Carrying a lot of excess baggage, OBESE; 83-89 - Blanket makers, NAVAJO; 90-95 - A lot of Alaska, TUNDRA; 95-100 - Its capital is Cardiff, WALES
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OUTWARD -- 100-93 - Co-star of TV’s “Sisters” and “Once and Again” (2 wds.), SELAWARD; 92-88- Off one’s rocker, NUTSO; 97-80 - People of Indonesia’s most populous island, JAVANESE; 79-74 - Place to buy alimento and cigarrillos, BODEGA; 73-67 - Merriment, REVELRY; 66-60 - Entangle in a net, TRAMMEL; 59-50 - Boston suburb between Medford and Cambridge, SOMERVILLE; 49-44 - Glue, for example, BONDER; 43-37 - Part of a train consisting of a platform without sides or top, FLATCAR; 39-30 - Ruin, as chances, TORPEDO; 29-23 - Novelist Bernard, MALAMUD, 22-16 - Place to take off dirty shoes, MUDROOM; 15-8 - The U.S. has one with China (2 wds.), TRADEGAP; 7-1 - Allied conference site of 1945, POTSDAM
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