archive for July of 2006

other Washington Post Sunday crossword, April 2 (contains answers)

Posted July 10, 2006 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, April 2 (contains answers)

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Title: Scrambled Headlines
Theme entries: newspaper-style headlines where every word is an anagram of the same set of letters

Example:
22A, Actress looks out for a monster?: Bates Abets Beast
30A, Explorer harasses the barefooted?: Hudson Hounds Unshod
97A, Actor saved baseball team?: Spader Spared Padres

Brilliant. Seriously.

Things I learned, with web links so you can learn them too:

28A, “Life Goes On” Emmy winner: LOWE [I never watched that show and had no idea he was on it]
59A, Pained look: MOUE
104A, Banned spray: ALAR [ah, now I remember this]
117A, Ancient Persian: MEDE
120A, Exile of 1302: DANTE [honestly, an interesting read; I had no idea]
21D, Attorney Gerry: SPENCE
100D, Bel ___ cheese: PAESE [98D was “pease”]

Overall:
I changed no squares (finally) and looked up seven things.

flickr The Lost Word

Posted July 4, 2006 • Comments Off on The Lost Word

LaTur posted a photo:

The Lost Word

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation, evermore!

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

other Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 19 (contains answers)

Posted July 3, 2006 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 19 (contains answers)

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Title: Just Do It
Theme entries: common phrases redefined as having to do with hairstyles

Examples:
23A: Spicy do?: cinnamon bun
48A, Stimulating cut?: caffeine buzz

Things I learned, with web links so you can learn them too:

63A, River through Myanmar: IRRAWADDY [dig the Burmese script]
77A, Sorceress of Colchis: MEDEA [all I knew about her was she was Jason’s wife and killed her children]
2D, Pelvic bones: ILIA
14D, Peter Gunn’s girl: EDIE [all I knew about him was his theme music]
62D, Cackleberry: EGG
69D, Banana oil et al.: ESTERS

Overall:
I changed only two squares, one of which was totally unfair, because IRE is a noun and IRK is a verb and I will never change my mind about that, and looked up only six things!

other Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 5 (contains answers)

Posted July 3, 2006 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 5 (contains answers)

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Title: Potluck
Theme entries: foods with names reminiscent of jobs or characters

Examples:
23A, What Zorro brought: SWORDFISH
111A, What the banker brought: DOUGHNUTS

Things I learned, with web links so you can learn them too:

20A, Book after Joel: AMOS
67A, One-seeded fruit: DRUPE [I just learned the awesome word drupelet]
3D, Operatic prince: IGOR
9D, Ancient Hebrew kingdom: SAMARIA
31D, ___ Bay, Philippines: SUBIC [now that I think about it, I’ve heard of that navy base]
39D, Philosopher Georg: HEGEL [yes, I had Hevel, because I mistook Riga for Riva]
74D, Aphrodite’s mother: DIONE
81D, Silent butler’s pickup: CRUMB [I always thought a silent butler was one of these, but apparently that’s called a valet.]
100D, Bow-toting god: AMOR
101D, Pelee output: LAVA [interesting how similar a name this is to Pele]

Overall:
I changed 6 squares, got one wrong, and looked up 10 things.

flickr Capitol Storm

Posted July 2, 2006 • Comments Off on Capitol Storm

prioret posted a photo:

Capitol Storm

Lightning in Washington DC over the Capitol Building, July 1st.

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