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“Will says thanks, but must send regrets on your GREEK 15x. IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME has been done before in another 15x using Greek letters.
“Very sorry! He did appreciate seeing this, tho, and he hopes everything’s good with you. … Best regards.”
Note the rejection by Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times, delivered through his assistant. Their loss is your gain. Hope you enjoy the challenge.
Across
1. _____ double life
6. Puzo boss
10. Flexible
14. Like some needs
15 Sooner st.
16. Ruler on the Peacock Throne
17. Something to heave
19. Angry
20. Begin to fish
21. Custer stand
23. Be offensive, in a way
25. Tots
26. Remote location
29. Matador’s cloth
33. Brownish orange
34. Unknowing
37. Unknowing one
39. Puzzle theme
44. High way?
45. Mel’s fare
46. Cosby romp
49. Crows
51. Pry
52. La luna time
54. Opines
57. Crown
61. Guillotine
65. Disagreeable necessity
66. Yankee hitters (1927)
68. Head start
69. Rose’s baby?
70. Took the first step
71. “____ bien”
72. Borge or Bohr
73. Show regret, in a way
Down
1. Pig’s bane
2. Navy officer
3. Poet’s archer
4. Selective Service option
5. Up _____
6. Climber’s challenge
7. Actor Tamiroff
8. SOS, for one
9. Buffoons
10. Klondike test
11. Indian tribe
12. Moondoggie of Gidget fame
13. Dime-store
18. K-6 sch.
22. Pancake portions
24. Literally, skill gained from hard work
26. Tax free bond, for short
27. Tweetie bird nemesis
28. Berlin rocks
30. One of “Two Women”
31. Upsets
32. OT precursor
35. Dict. Term
36. Ocean’s number?
38. Ike’s command
40. Meadow
41. Some DOAs.
42. Mythological Hindu figure
43. Sixth sense
46. Gross number
47. When
48. Baker’s pride
50. Kemo ———
53. Plantain lily
55. _____ Buena
56. Sail
58. “It’s ____ … World”
59. Marching band burden
60. Julia role (2000)
62. Conclusion starter
63. Straight arrow connector
64. Modern weapon
67. Dead end?
__________
Maurer is a shareholder in IBJ Corp., which owns Indianapolis Business Journal. His column appears every other week. To comment on this column, send e-mail to mmaurer@ibj.com.
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