Princess Diana
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will Shortz
Two-word phrases each beginning with the letters P and G, e.g., PROVING GROUND (20A. Weapons-testing area), PLANE GEOMETRY (31A. Subject of a Euclidean treatise), PEANUT GALLERY (38A. Cheap seating area in a theater) and PRINCESS GRACE (52. Bride in 1956 news) constitutes the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.
Princess Grace
Other — HERE YOU GO (58A. “As requested …”), MINIDONUT (17A. Small treat for a coffee break), PEACH PIES (31D. August bake sale inventory), WIND-UP TOY (11D. Clapping monkey or chattering teeth).
Mid-size — AGHAS, ARSON, AVANT-garde, BOISE, DIANA (18D. William and Harry’s mother), ELEGY, EMIRS, EVICT, HAUNT, LINSEED, MAHALO, “Me and Bobby MCGEE“, MEOWS, OREOS, PHONE-IN, PIMPS, Q AND A, Lou RAWLS, REQUIEM, RITUAL, SONGS, UGLIEST, USRDA, “The Man Who WASN’T There”.
Short stuff — ADZE, AES, AIRS, ANEW, ARC, BOW, CHER DELL, DHL, EDGE, EERO, ERDE, ETRE, GRES, HERA, HMM, HONE, ILE, IMAM, LAYS, LCD, MMIV, ORA pro nobis, ORZO, PERM, PIA Zadora, PSST, ROAD and ROAR, RTES, SHEA, “The children were nestled all SNUG in their beds“, SPAM, STA, SSN, TETR, TOSS, ULAN Bator, UNE and UNI.
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