Tomorrow’s Newsday Saturday Stumper is by Greg Johnson. By Stumper standards, it’s an easy puzzle. I had to guess for the last letter, a cross of 49-A, six letters, “Laurel Weaver, in Men in Black ” and 50-D, five letters, “Start to go.” I guessed right, and saw the logic of 50-D as soon as I typed the missing letter. Aha.
Some clues I especially liked:
2-D, eight letters, “Treat shaped like toes.” I think I know the answer only from living in the midwest.
15-A, nine letters, “Rescuers in whodunits.” You were thinking people?
35-A, six letters, “Big name in Haitian rap.” Oh, that must be — yes, it is.
38-D, eight letters, “Diamond former.” Baseball? OLDTIMER? No.
40-A, seven letters, “It might go with a miniskirt.” The first few letters of the answer are a bit of misdirection — I think.
54-A, three letters, “You might have a ball with it.” Especially in the dowdy world.
My favorite clue: 28-D, six letters, “Screen icon since the ’80s.” Here the first few letters of the answer must be meant as misdirection.
No spoilers: the answers are in the comments.
Friday, July 3, 2020
Tomorrow’s Saturday Stumper
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AGENTL. LETIT. In other words, “Let it go.”
BEARCLAW. ANTIDOTES. WYCLEF. PRESSURE.
MODESTY. I was thinking MOD-something, a mod article of clothing.
TEA. PACMAN. I was thinking PACINO, but his career began much earlier.
A nice connection to PACMAN: 62-A, nine letters, “‘Power pellet’ for 28 Down”: ENERGIZER.
I wasn’t thinking people for 15 across either, so I typed in WHITE MICE, as in the Disney characters.
Oh, I was thinking people: shamuses, detectives, neither of which fit.
Or fits, if they’re words used as words and not genuine plurals.
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