Constructor: Jeffrey Wechsler
Relative difficulty: Medium
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THEME: JOE DIMAGGIO's 100th birthday
Theme answers:
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This is about as dull as you can make a tribute crossword. I don't understand even making this puzzle if all you can do is plug in tired facts as theme answers. The puzzle overall is certainly competently constructed—there's not too much bad fill, and the big NE/SW corners are rather nice. But the theme? It does nothing. It has no twist, no play, no zing, no anything. Just the facts, ma'am. If you are going to pay tribute to a guy (or gal), Pay Tribute (with something genuinely inventive and creative) or stay home. Seriously, though, those big corners are nice. If I ignore the theme and just look at those, then I can work up warm feelings about this puzzle. Although that warmth might also be a. the bourbon I've been drinking tonight, or b. the mild case of rage I have over this whole Ferguson debacle. Just to end on a high note, though, a solid ovation for that NE corner—all the Downs, gold.
If there were more to say, I'd say more. But there's not, so I won't. Good day.
Relative difficulty: Medium
THEME: JOE DIMAGGIO's 100th birthday
Theme answers:
- CENTERFIELD (17A: Position of 62-Across)
- HITTING / STREAK (24A: With 27-Across, record-setting achievement of 62-Across)
- FIFTY-SIX GAMES (38A: Duration of 62-Across's 24-/27-Across)
- YANKEE / CLIPPER (52A: With 54-Across, moniker of 62-Across)
- JOE DIMAGGIO (62A: American athlete born 11/25/1914)
Alton Crawford Brown (born July 30, 1962) is an American television personality, celebrity chef, author, actor, and cinematographer. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats, the mini-series Feasting on Asphalt and Feasting on Waves, and host and main commentator on Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen. Brown is also the author of several books on cookery. (wikipedia)
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If there were more to say, I'd say more. But there's not, so I won't. Good day.