Christopher Youngs’s crossword is more than the sum of its parts.
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MONDAY PUZZLE — Hello, Monday solvers! Sam Corbin normally writes the early-week columns, but she is under the weather — as am I, only somewhat less so than Sam, so I am stepping in to fill her very punny shoes. I hope they fit.
This is Christopher Youngs’s fourth crossword in The New York Times, and it’s a fun one. In fact, you may want to give it a round of applause when you’re done.
Today’s Theme
Hey, kids, let’s PUT ON A SHOW! I’ll write the SCRIPT, those of you who are handy with tools can build the SET, we can all be in the CAST and, if you’re too shy to perform, you can hunt for PROPS.
Mr. Youngs offers four entries in which the second parts are elements of putting on a play. For example, the answer to the clue at 17A, “Programming language since 1995,” is JAVASCRIPT. At 24A, a GOLDEN SET is a “Rare tennis feat in which one player wins 24 straight points.” (I was not aware of the term.)
The revealer clue at 62A is “Keep up appearances, say … or what to do with the ends of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across?” The answer is PUT ON A SHOW.
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Source: Elections - nytimes.com
