other Washington Post Sunday crossword, December 4 (contains answers)

Posted January 9, 2006 • Comments Off on Washington Post Sunday crossword, December 4 (contains answers)

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Title: In His Own Write
Theme entries: John Lennon lyrics.

22A, Lennon, on life’s requirements: love is all you need
42A, Lennon, on his alter ego: I am the walrus
65A, Lennon, on unity: the world will live as one
87A, Lennon, on teamwork: come together
107A, Lennon, on resolving conflicts: give peace a chance
15D, Lennon, on a bright future: we all shine on
61D, Lennon, on son Sean: beautiful boy

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

26A, Michael of “Caddyshack”: O’KEEFE
30A, Scrooge player: SIM
40A, Like Satchel Paige: AGELESS
52A, Mississippi source: ITASCA
62A, Iowa college: COE
71A, Designer Gucci: ALDO
92A, Sondheim musical: FOLLIES
12D, Cakes go-with: ALE
13D, Swamp slitherers: MUD EELS
29D, Scottish actress Mary: URE [she comes up all the time too]
39D, Mother of Eos: THEA
75D, Actress Anouk: AIMEE [ha, Anouk is her first name!]
77D, Bern flower: AARE [oh, flow-er, not flower. so there is a pun in here.]

Overall:
I messed up no squares in this one, a fine return to form, though I just realized just now that the intersection of 77D and 81A is blank. I know asher so I only really missed aare. Oops. This was another kinda-boring theme, coming as it did right after the Woody Allen one. I want my puns back! In the interest of getting it out of the way, I’ll note here that December 11 was ALSO not a pun theme, but December 18 was an excellent one. Anyway. 7 theme entries. A whopping 13 things I had to look up. Blah. Just: blah.