A Night Scene With An Old Lady Holding A Basket And A Candle, A Young Boy At Her Side About To Light His Candle From Hers, 1617, Peter Paul Rubens
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Puzzle by David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon
Edited by Will Shortz
AGE DIFFERENCE (38A. 83, for the creators of this puzzle … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-Across), EXIT RAMPAGE (17A. Result of someone yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater?), DIET PILLAGE (25A. Looting of a legislature?), INSTANT MESS (51A. What an exploding microwave can make?)and MUSICAL PASS (60A. Exemption from playing an instrument at school?) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword. More at Wordplay.
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