The Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,
1660-1664, Nicolas Poussin
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Puzzle by Severin T. Nelson / Edited by Will Shortz
SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN and WINTER, all clued as “One of the four seasons”, along with POUSSIN (32A. Nicolas, who painted “The Four Seasons”) and VIVALDI48A. Antonio who composed “The Four Seasons”) constitutes the interrelated group of this friendly Tuesday crossword.
Other — GRANTOR (30A. Many a benevolent organization), INERTIA (40A. Tendency to remain unchanged),LARUSSA(51A. Longtime Cardinals manager Tony), MIDEAST (10D. Home of many early civilizations),ONE HORSE (6D. Insignificant, in a way), REHEARSE (21A. Go over),RETRIAL(21D. Possible result of a hung jury),SAW TO IT(45D. Assured something’s completion), TELECAST (41D. Put on the air), TENTACLE (59A. It might have many suckers),UP A TREE(33D. Like some cats in need of rescue).
Mid-size — AROSE, DAKOTA(3D. Territory divided into two states), GATES (7D. Bill who co-owns the Four Seasons hotel company),ELAINE, ELIHU, ENDUES, GETTY, JASONS, NOTREDame,ODESA, ORATOR, PTERO, SHADOW (53D. It’s seen on a sundial),SIERRA, STEREO, TRISTE, VALLI (57D. Frankie of the Four Seasons).
Short stuff — ALI, ANA, ANEW, ANON, ASP, AURA, AYE, BANE, BOG, EAT, EAVE, ENNE, ERG, ETÉ(12D. One of the four seasons, in France),IAT and ITA and ITE and ITO, JEW, LAO, LODE, LSD, MSU, NET, NEVE, NON, NOVA, ODIN, OON, OSSE, PRAY, PROM, RAKE, REN and RES, RIRE, RNA, SAN, SAWN, SODA, UPS, URDU, USER, YULBrynner.
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