Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper is another Lester Ruff (that is, easier) puzzle, but it proved pretty difficult for me. Many of the clues seemed to lead in no particular direction. 1-A, seven letters, “Seafood serving.” Or 47-A, six letters, “Seafood serving.” Such clues left me at sea. I had better luck with another food group: 18-A, seven letters, “Pesto tidbit.” That answer helped me work out the puzzle’s northeast corner in very little time. Everything else took much longer.
Some clues of interest:
1-D, seven letters, “Type of paint.” Pairs nicely with 1-A.
15-A, seven letters, “Annoyed.” The answer is pretty awkward.
20-A, three letters, “Something owed.” This clue continues a minor trend in Saturday Stumper clueing.
40-D, seven letters, “Land lady.” Nice.
41-D, three letters, “Ports, for instance.” Very nice.
44-D, seven letters, “Quarters with buttons.” I took a wild guess that turned out to be right.
49-A, seven letters, “Horsefeathers.” Good fun to see the answer.
62-A, seven letters, “‘. . . the Flying Trapeze’ guy.” I had no idea how the clue and answer go together. But they do.
No spoilers: the answers are in the comments.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Today’s Saturday Stumper
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TEMPURA. BISQUE. PINENUT. TEMPERA. EATENAT. (A really awkward instance of the passive voice. I was “eaten at” by their antics? — yuck.) TAB. REALTOR. (A registered trademark, as a friend, who is not a realtor, would point out.) RED. PUPTENT. TWADDLE. LEOTARD.
“The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” (Gaston Lyle–Alfred Lee–George Leybourne) is about Jules Léotard. A wonderful performance of this song appears in It Happened One Night.
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