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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on December 17, 2009, 08:51:18 AM
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Bridges of Los Angeles County JEFF
Shooting Starr BELLE
Cry that's a laugh backwards RAH
Slaw and fries SIDES [as in "sides of beef"?]
Lewis or Lois colleague CLARK
Henri's conclusion? ETTA [Henrietta]
Concert finle? INA [the musical insturment]
Look like a wolf LEER [don't hear wolf as lecher much anymore, or lecher for that matter --- is there any current word for the guy? "creep"?]
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Queen LATIFAH has three musical words in 7 letters. Good observation!
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Sunrise direction, in Stuttgart OST
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I forgot to post this yesterday --- and it's such a good one!
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The story behind Merl Reagle's Wednesday puzzle
A lot of people noticed that the fill in Merl's puzzle yesterday was, well, not as smooth as they might expect. A Roman numeral at 1-Down? E-TAIL and A NET? OST and ACADS? Some baseball player we don't all know?
A man in Philadelphia had gotten in touch with Merl, since Merl's Sunday puzzle runs in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The man's wife CLARA (1-Across) is a big fan of crosswords and she has been battling a tough cancer. The man hoped that a newspaper might run a puzzle with a theme devoted to Clara. That, Merl explained, was not possible
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Thanks, Phil, for that insight. I enjoyed the puzzle more than most even without knowing its special meaning. Thanks also to Rich Norris.
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