12.18.12 — Double Play

 

 

Two trees, dkell426 

 

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

 

Puzzle by Adam G. Perl / Edited by Will Shortz

 

DOUBLE PLAY (68A. Diamond feat … and a hint to 17-, 21-, 35-, 47- and 59-Across), FAIRGROUND, DOWNTIME, ROOMMATE, DOUGH BOY and DATE BOOK constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword, e.g., fair play, playground, etc.

 

Other — AROUSE, ATTILA, DMITRI Shostakovich, MID RIB (36D. What a leafstalk leads to), NUTMEG (22D. Tree that’s the source of mace), REDWOOD City, SOLIDS, STOOD IN.

 

Five-letter — AD LIB, AMANA, ANGLE, ANNOY, BLINI, CREST, EAT ME, ETAIL, HAIFA, LET ON, NEEDY, NO ONE, OMNIA, RASTA, SEE ME, SHOES, STASH, TITHE, TREES (75A. Classic poem that begins “I think that I shall never see“), USUAL, XENIA.

 

Short stuff — ACNE, AES, AHS, ALFA Romeo, ALIT, “But is it ART?”, AT IT, AXES, BAHS, Wanna-BES, EROS, ESP, “¿Cómo ESTA?”, EYES, HEN, IF SO, ILYA, IN RE, INTO and ONTO, ION, KURT, LEAH, LIAR, Jean-LUC Godard, MEAT, NETS, NOEL, NOLO, NOR I, OPER, ORBS, OTT, PATH, RIOT, “SAME here“, SCUD, “Keep TABS on, TAN and TAO, TOIL, TSAR, ULEE, YES, “After YOU“.

 

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I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

 

~ Joyce Kilmer

 

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