Lawn tennis in the U.S., 1887,
a selection from the pictorial collections
of the Library of Congres, Washington, D.C.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Puzzle by Clive Probert / Edited by Will Shortz
A tennis game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis — scores from zero to three points are described as "love", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" respectively.
LOVE BOATS(18A. Some cruise ships, informally),FIFTEEN MEN (23A. Start of a song with the cry “Yo-ho-ho”),THIRTYSOMETHING (34A. Ken Olin series about baby boomers),FORTY-NINER(50A. One who hoped things would pan out?) and GAME'S OVER (57A. “You lose!”) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
LOVE BOATS(18A. Some cruise ships, informally),FIFTEEN MEN (23A. Start of a song with the cry “Yo-ho-ho”),THIRTYSOMETHING (34A. Ken Olin series about baby boomers),FORTY-NINER(50A. One who hoped things would pan out?) and GAME'S OVER (57A. “You lose!”) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.
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