Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper, by Lester Ruff, hardly feels like Saturday. It’s easy as A-B-C, or pie. Or to switch from simile to metaphor, it’s a piece of cake. Or a walk in the park. Or a cakewalk. Or a breeze, felt while walking in the park, with or without cake.
Two fun clues: 20-Across, thirteen letters, “One extremely well-fixed.” And 51-Across, fourteen letters, “Interrogative endorsement.”
A slightly deceptive clue: 9-Down, six letters, “They typically sit near conductors at concerts.”
A clue that taught me something: 37-Across, five letters, “‘Me no __’ (punny pan of ‘I Am a Camera’).”
My least favorite clue: 45-Across, three letters, “National Caramel Mo.” Of course, right, National Caramel Mo.
No spoilers: the answers are in the comments.
[National Nougat Day: March 26.]
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Today’s Saturday Stumper
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GAZILLIONAIRE. WHATSNOTTOLIKE.
ReplyDeletePIANOS. (I thought of Elaine as first had VIOLAS.)
LEICA. From a review by Walter Kerr.
OCT.
Have to remember that MRT did not say "I beat people up" and OCHERS is likely not to be spelled as "ochres" :/
ReplyDeleteI always hesitate with that color. I had OCH__S and had to PHIL in the downs to make sure of the rest.
ReplyDeleteOops — I thought of Elaine and first had VIOLAS.
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