01.30.14 — Old Riddle

July 29, 1969 issue of The New York Times signed by Neil Armstrong

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz / Edited by Will Shortz

WHAT’S BLACK, WHITE / AND R[E/A]D ALL OVER along with THIS NEWSPAPER and A SUNBURNED PANDA (17A. With 27-Across, an old riddle; 63A. Answer to another spelling of the riddle) is the main feature of this amusing Thursday crossword.

Other — ANKARA (51D. Site of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations), BALL YARD (6D. Home is one corner in it), BEADY (18D. Like a rat’s eyes), DOWAGERS (40D. Violet Crawley of “Downton Abbey,” and others), EPHEMERA (10D. D. Time-sensitive items); JOHANNES (38D. Artist Vemeer), Box S[E/A]T.

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