Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper is by S.N., Stan Newman, the puzzle’s editor. It’s an easier Stumper: though 1-A, eight letters, “Step-saving route” might start the solver off on the wrong foot, the clue is not a sign of things to come.
Some clue-and-answer pairs of interest:
4D, six letters, “Minimalist furniture maker of old.” My first thoughts were of Charles and Ray Eames.
33-A, fifteen letters, “Best female character of all time, per a Hollywood Reporter poll (2016).” Of all time? The only fifteen-letter response I can think of is the more plausible ELIZABETHBENNET.
33-D, eight letters, “Diner descriptor misnomer.” Heh.
48-A, four letters, “Stall starter.” I thought of horses and cars.
54-A, eight letters, “Long tubes of war.” Their descendants are part of today’s news.
60-A, eight letters, “It started as a playing-card seller (1889).” I’m not a fan of factoid clues, but it’s surprising to know.
No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Today’s Saturday Stumper
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CROSSCUT. (Not the obvious SHORTCUT.) SHAKER.
HERMIONEGRANGER. HOMEMADE. FORE. BAZOOKAS. NINTENDO.
“Of all time?”
Well, we do live in an age when people have come to believe that history started when they were born because they are continually told that who they are and what they do is so superlative.
I’ve complained about “of all time” too. The Rolling Stone list of the greatest songs “of all time” begins in 1949. And you can guess where the overwhelming majority of the songs come from and what language they’re in.
Recall the NYT poll to choose the greatest book of the last 125 years. Almost every choice a recent novel in English.
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