Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper, by Frank Longo, begins with a gimme, sort of: 1-Across, seven letters, “Short-notice helipad user.” But wait: how is that answer spelled? Either way, its last letter gave me 7-Down, nine letters, “Nation nearly entirely on renewable electricity.” And a letter in that answer let me guess with confidence at 32-Across, fifteen letters, “Professorial privilege.” Yeah, I’m all about the privilege. But everything else took a lot longer.
Some challenging and rewarding clues: 10-Down, four letters, “Okay request.” 11-Down, four letters, “What bagels are made without.” 25-Down, five letters, “Many minute hands.” And one that made me laugh: 60-Across, seven letters, “West Wing resignee of 2017.” There were so many!
No spoilers: the answers are in the comments.
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Today’s Saturday Stumper
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MEDEVAC. (Not MEDIVAC.) COSTARICA. ACADEMICFREEDOM. CANI. ENDS. RADII. OMAROSA.
I’m not getting the “Fanciful decals on some MacBook decals” one. The answer is APPLE COLAS ... huh? I never saw a MacBook with that for a laptop sticker, and even an online search shows bupkis.
I’ve never seen one, but I’ve seen fanciful MacBook decals, so I figured, well, must be.
I found one by searching (DuckDuckGo) for mac cola decal, here. I’m guessing that Frank Longo might know someone with such a decal on a Mac and was thus inspired to pair the answers.
I think the juice box decals are cuter, but the loss of the glowing apple makes these decals much less effective.
I dunno, it still seems a bit shaky for an answer since literally anything could be a laptop sticker. The crossword tournament is in two weeks so I might just ask Frank about it myself.
I think “can” narrows it down. But APPLE COLAS is more than a little forced.
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