Thursday, May 31, 2007

05.31.07


The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Thursday, May 31, 2007







Wednesday, May 30, 2007

05.30.07


The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Wednesday, May 30, 2007













Tuesday, May 29, 2007

05.29.07

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Tuesday, May 29, 2007



Monday, May 28, 2007

05.28.07 Whittington

05.28.07

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Monday, May 28, 2007

7A LEAK (Unauthorized disclosure) and QUESTIONS!

Sunday, May 27, 2007

05.27.07 Acrostic


The New York Times Acrostic Puzzle, Sunday, May 27, 2007



05.27.07




The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Sunday, May 27, 2007


DINNER THEATER, 23A, 31A, 40A, 59A, 64A, 85A, 91A and 106A.



Saturday, May 26, 2007

05.26.07

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Saturday, May 26, 2007


SPITTAKE (37D Bit of slapstick)

Friday, May 25, 2007

A Minus

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle -- Friday, May 25, 2007



05.25.07


The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Friday, May 25, 2007

WALES (5D Its flag has a large red dragon) Oooo! Red Dragon! Hannibal Lecter!








Thursday, May 24, 2007

05.24.07

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
Thursday, May 24, 2007
DDDMONSTERMOVIE (17A "Creature From the Black Lagoon," e.g.)

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

05.23.07

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Wednesday, May 23, 2007 --
21A, 27A, 46A and 54A, "I tried to find a camouflage suit but I couldn't find one any where", and SPY (39A Person with a code name, maybe).


Tuesday, May 22, 2007

05.22.07 NY SUN

The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 --
56A with parts of 18A, 23A, 51A and all of 6D, 14D and either 37D, 44D or 40D.


05.22.07


The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Tuesday, May 22, 2007


Monday, May 21, 2007

05.21.07 NY Sun

The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle, Monday, May 21, 2007, puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley, edited by Peter Gordon, COLDHARDCASH, SLUSHFUND and FROZEN ASSETS, pictured below is BOSOX (5D Dice-K pitches for them), Do today's New York Sun Puzzle (free on-line HERE) and then read GREEN GENIUS.

05.21.07

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Monday, May 21, 2007 --
MARKETS (26D What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of) with 17A HUGOBLACK, 10D SUMMERSTOCK, 25D SPANISHFLEA and 61A MINCEMEAT -- (black markets, stock markets, flea markets and meat markets).


Saturday, May 19, 2007

05.20.07








The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Sunday, May 20, 2007
MORE HEADLINES THAT MAKE YOU GO "HUH?
by Seth A. Abel, edited by Will Shortz



05.19.07


34D Biggest part of a certain belt (CERES) and OUTOFTUNE (63A Flat, for example).


The New York Times Crossword Puzzle, Saturday, May 19, 2007

Friday, May 18, 2007

Thursday, May 17, 2007

05.17.07 -- The NY Sun Crossword


GREEN GENIUS (with always excellent commentary) writes on
The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle of today, May 17, 2007 -- below is illustrated my favorite entry (40A "North by Northwest" screenwriter Lehman) ERNEST -- I can't count the times I've watched this film!


Above: Cary Grant in "North by Northwest"
Below: Page from Ernest Lehman's script.for the film.




05.17.07





Tuesday, May 15, 2007

05.16.07



Don't you get bored doing tattoos all day?

NY Times Crossword Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer, edited by Will Shortz Wednesday, May 16, 2007 -- Above, 33D, 34,D, 33D, 38A with part of 32A and 42A -- Below, 32A.


05.15.07


Tuesday, May 15, 2007




17A NOBRAINER (Super-easy decision) and 56A BONEHEADED (Really, really dumb) -- NYT Crossword Puzzle by John Halverson, edited by Will Shortz

Monday, May 14, 2007

05.14.07

05.14.07 NYT Crossword -- 59A with 17A, 25A, 35A, 37A and 51A

Saturday, May 12, 2007

05.13.07 - Mother's Day




Following illustrations are for

the Sunday Acrostic -- May 13, 2007:




Matisse "Beasts of the Sea" 1950; Athena; the Medusa jellyfish; sea horse; Earl "Fatha" Hines; Antigone Leads Oedipus out of Thebes by Charles Francois Jalabeat; Ruth in Boaz's Field, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1828; 'The Death of Lady Macbeth', circa 1875; Ganymede (the Louvre).


05.12.07

The "beautiful" Princess Oona

Friday, May 11, 2007

05.11.07




The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
52 Across (U.S. chief justice, 1953-69) WARREN



"Did your ever have one of those days when everything seems to be unconstitutional?"

40A SNERD (A big dummy) --

Edgar Bergen with Mortimer Snerd

Thursday, May 10, 2007

05.10.07





The Muse of Arithmetic




Albert Einstein



THURSDAY, May 10, 2007


Puzzle by Peter A. Collins, edited by Will Shortz


Entries 17, 25, 42 and 55 Across individually contain an arithmetical entry which results in the crossword puzzle's entry number, e.g.:
17. TENADDEDTOSEVEN
25. HUNDREDOVERFOUR
42. FIFTYMINUSEIGHT
55. FIVETIMESELEVEN


The clue for all four entries is simply "=".







BADGIRL (5D Not just a tease) -- THEDA BARA, circa 1915