I ended up having to google a few words I didn't know: TUROW, (Alan) ARKIN, ARABICA and HISN. I truly felt the culture shock when I read his "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Haven't see CAPO clued as "Guita device" for a while.Ħ1D: Writer Haley: ALEX. Like his role in "Little Miss Sunshine" thought.Ħ0D: Mafia leader: CAPO. I initially misread "Like" as an prepostion.ĥ4D: "Catch-22" star: ARKIN (Alan). Those constructors should probably consider this word for their next pangram.ĥ1D: Like a bunch: ADORE. Dictionary explains QAID (also spelled as CAID) as "Muslim judge, tribal chief". Wikepedia says "In Islamic scripture, the mujahid contrasts with the QAID, one who does not join the JIHAD". Those people who take part in JIHAD are called mujahideen (singular is mujahid). Or "Slaughter in baseball".ĥ0D: Holy war: JIHAD. "To" means "sudden" in Chinese too.ģ7D: Son of Seth: ENOS. But why not "Happiness"?ģ6D: One third of a WWII movie?: TORA. I like this Rubik scene from Will Smith's "The Pursuit of Happyness". Where is the Marines HQ?ģ0D: Cube-make Rubik: ERNO. I've never heard of Parris island before. He is playing his Stradivarius.Ģ8D: Parris Island org.: USMC (United States Marine Corps). That violinist is Edvin Marton, the very talented Hungarian composer. Here is "Believe" from Dima Bilan (Eurovision 2008 winner), for Melissa. I like this clue.ġ9D: Continental sound: EUROPOP. Or Non-Mormon, according to the dictionary.ġ3D: That's just over a foot: ANKLE. It appeared in our puzzle before.ĩD: Non-Jewish: GENTILE. "One L" is a good read, short too.ĦD: Work shoe: BROGAN. I like miso soup.ĥD: "One L" writer: TUROW (Scott). Also President Polk's middle name.ġD: Some seaweed: KELP. Why add letter N?ħ1A: Kentucky fort: KNOX. Beautiful berries.ħ0A: Boondocks possessive: HIS'N. He is a hard man.ĥ6A: Middle Eastern grp.: PLO. Our ex-governor Jesse Ventura ("The Body") used to call the local media as " JACKALS". She is in the upcoming "Pink Panther 2".ĥ0A: African wild dog: JACKAL. Remember this picture? That's Molly Sims. He really loved her though.Ĥ3A: 2006 Steve Martin role: CLOUSEAU. That's what Sam replied to to Molly when she said "I love you" to him in "Ghost". Must be a very satisfying experience to insert the tenon of the PIPE STEM into the mortise of the PIPE BOWL.Ĥ0A: Like wise: DITTO. Does anyone know the difference between SERGEI and SERGEY in Russian?ģ5A: Smoke conduit: PIPE STEM. Wikipedia says that Vladimir Horowitz might have gotten his "rhythmic snap from Rachmaninoff". Good to see "Tesla" as part of the clue rather than as the answer to "unit of magnetic flux density".ģ3A: Composer Rachmaninoff: SERGEI. 41 down, 1 more to go Sergio!ģ1A: Inventor Tesla: NIKOLA. "Undulation" reminds me of yesterday's PGA Championship. This is the fasinating "American Gothic" from the IOWAN Grant Wood.Ģ6A: Undulation: RIPPLE. Ha, I thought "Dubuque" is a city in Scotland. I like this album title.Ģ4A: Dude from Dubuque: IOWAN. Again, I pieced his name together from the perps. His mug looks familiar to me, but I would not have got his name without the crossing fills.Ģ3A: '60s singer Donner: RAL. Or sometimes EDAM.ġ6A: Rich of the "NFL Network": EISEN.
Here is Rodin's "The KISS".ĩA: Dutch cheese: GOUDA. I did not know EISEN (16A), RAL (23A), SERGEI (33A), HIS'N (70A) and MYNA (38D), but all were inferable by the crossing fills.ġA: One meaning of X: KISS. The puzzle feels very smooth, no forced fill or strained clue. I do like those strikeout K's in the grid, and the J & X. But I think his rhyming themed puzzles start to bore me now. I guess I should not always expect such scrabbly letters from Allan E. Good puzzle, but I was not really awe STRUCK by the construction, no Z or Q. 18A: Leaving Las Vegas lament: ROTTEN LUCKĦ2A: Word in Don Rickles' insults: HOCKEY PUCK
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