![]() “Enemy” doesn’t seem like the right word. Looks as if it was a real free-for-all back then, before shutterings and consolidations. This is the stuff of Saturday Stumpers-but, I hasten to add, not exclusively. See, unless you’re some kind of aviation nerd, that’s just a very obfuscatory way to clue simple fill. Not entirely sure how this clue works, but I did get the answer without too much trouble. It’s good that I had AULD locked in for 11d, otherwise I would certainly have been tempted by ATOnal. On the heels of that last: 32d KNOT, 54d VOW, and perhaps even 13d KISS. Eventually, after some tentative fiddling, it all thankfully fell into place. Toughest section for me was the upper right, despite early on having 18a DIRIGIBLES (not HELICOPTER) and the second part of 9d WHITE WEDDING. Stella Zawistowski’s Newsday crossword, Saturday Stumper - pannonica’s write-up ![]() Early on, at least, the preferred context was tears that BEDIM one’s sight. I haven’t complained in a while about the cynical euphemisms swirling around in terms like free-range. Some express trains are designated ‘limited’. More like a parking lot rather than a real estate lot or an auction lot. Two-part words and phrases for each part, the letter R has been inserted and spelling adjusted as necessary. Mike Shenk’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “A Little R&R” - pannonica’s write-up Yeah, OK, there are some entries I could do without ( ANSON, ERIS, ENE, ANAT), but overall this puzzle is jam-packed with clues I wish I’d thought of. Also, see above where the missing crossings in GAY BARS led me astray this was one of them. That’s some Saturday Stumper-level action right there. This did fool me for a little bit into thinking it was a clue about doctors, when in fact it is a clue about documents. ![]() I had too many crossings to be fooled by this by the time I got to it, but it’s a great clue. That is, one “character” in the abbreviation “MCU” stands for UNIVERSE. 50A is PERE NOEL (please excuse the lack of diacritics, I’m too lazy).45A is a brutal and awesome clue for GAY BARS, especially since the crossings can so easily lead one to GAS BAGS.Tax shelter, get it? Pretty sneaky although I’m not sure this is the first time I’ve seen this angle. I was not fooled by this clue at all and in fact this is the first entry I dropped, but it’s still clever to allude to NASA countdowns. The SW corner in particular has some very devious cluing that it took a while to unravel. My time was about average for a Saturday, but if it hadn’t been for the fact that I knew GRUMPY OLD MEN (a movie I’ve seen way too many times) and LINUS AND LUCY (a piece I learned on the piano as a kid) in the center with no or few crossings, I think I would’ve had a bit more of a struggle. ![]() I love me some Doug puzzles! This one was a lot of fun, and I suspect many folks found that it played on the hard side. Los Angeles Times 2/4/23 by Doug Peterson I thought there was another such pair but I’m not seeing it now.ĭoug Peterson’s Los Angeles Times crossword - Stella’s write-up
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