GE Neon Sign, Circa 1950
The Mark Woolley Collection of Vintage Radios
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Puzzle by Dan Feyer / Edited by Will Shortz
Adding GE to the tail of five familiar phrases to form unfamiliar phrases constitutes the interrelated group of this friendly Tuesday crossword:
SPACE BARGE (17A. Garbage scow that docked with Mir?)
CHARLIE CHANGE (20A. Swapping out Sheen for Rose?)
BREAKING BADGE (35A. Boy scout’s reward for karate)
ORIGINAL SINGE (54A. Caveman’s injury after discovering fire?)
EVIL TWINGE (59A. Feeling when one’s voodoo doll is poked?)
Other — BREWSKI (18D. Cold one), GARDENIA (38D. Fragrant white flower), HEPCAT / ZOOT (21D. Cool one, once; 16A. Kind of suit worn by a 21-Down); I BLEW IT (34D. “My goof!“) and ORACULAR (3D. Providing hints of the future).
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The browser button you push to express your outrage at Mr. Tureaud's mohawk.
E gadget
a desire to visit an ancient Sumerian city
Travel urge
How you feel when your mom makes you wear a hat to school
Have a high dudgeon
What the natives of Khartoum do when frozen water is described to them
Prejudge ice
Urge the Clydedales to pull
Draught budge
What raccoons do after knocking over your trash can
Garbage binge
A desperate request for a Romeo on Craig's List
Lothario cadge
How Long John Silver adorned his foot before falling while trying to pull his ship
Slipped on a kedge
What the tourist went for while hunting for an inn in an Israeli city
A drive in lodge
Where you don't want to be when you see a boat carrying a load of pesky biting insects
Amidge ship
Where you are when you see tailless cats with their fur falling out
The Isle of Mange
What Mr. Wilson felt after allowing the trespassing Dennis in
He rued the impinge
What the President did when he summoned the Homeland Security Secretary about invading terrorists
He had Tom Ridge
What she did before the judge after eating all the fudge and promising never to do it again
Guilty pledge
What he will do to that weedy grassy stuff in his lawn, but it never works
Razor sedge
What he rode down the hill after slipping while hammering ice crystals
A snow sledge
What Justice Taney said when badgered about his judgement on Mr. Scott
Don't dredge it up
What the young bird did when a snake approached it's nest
Fledge
Hair dye for a crazy monk?
Rasputinge
What the office worker got after substituting a bogus diagram in his rival's Powerpoint presentation
Revennge
What the bride said after yanking up the groom's underwear in a fit of pique after suddenly deciding to call it off before the altar
I thee wedge
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