Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With PLASTICINE porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.
Teenage constructor Natan Last held the record for youngest Sunday constructor for six months only to watch Caleb Madison beat him by a couple of years. He's taking revenge by building tough Saturday crosswords now. The August 23 puzzle (answers) is full of Saturday twists and seems to me like a mature effort. On the other hand, Manny Nosowsky might not come up with that "headmaster of literature" DUMBLEDORE.
Maybe Mr. Last should be called The Karate Kid. How many different possible spellings of MR. MIYAGI did you try before you remembered how the "I promise teach karate, that my part, you promise learn" speaker transliterated his name?
"0 for 180 degrees" might be a high school clue for SINE, I suppose. This math fact is exactly how the Euler Identity gets rid of its imaginary component in the equation I talked way too much about last month.
My favorite clue is "bars without other people." This has nothing to do with solitary incarceration or drinking establishments. The bars are musical measure so the answer is SOLOS.
Weren't there four Ghost Busters? Why is "Sat" MET? So confusing. I'm hoping someone can help me out here.