Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper crossword, by Andrew Bell Lewis, left me defeated. Defeated by a Natick, or at least what I regard as a Natick, a crossing that calls for knowledge of Florida place names, thoroughbred horses, and surfing, producing one answer that looks plausible and one that looks just plain wrong, and which I didn’t even think to try.
But a clue that I especially liked, 67-Across, ten letters: “Half a Wimbledon match-up.”
No spoilers; the answer is in the comments.
[Natick Principle, a term coined by crossword blogger “Rex Parker” (Michael Sharp): “If you include a proper noun in your grid that you cannot reasonably expect more than 1/4 of the solving public to have heard of, you must cross that noun with reasonably common words and phrases or very common names.” Natick is a town in Massachusetts.]
Saturday, May 19, 2018
From the Saturday Stumper
By Michael Leddy at 9:55 AM
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TENNISSHOE.
The answers for my Natick: OCALA (plausible), SHAKASIGN (what?).
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