Saturday, August 30, 2014

Saturday, Aug.30 LAT & sNYT

Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:


First | department | for | do-gooder (5)
[A] [DEPT.] [=] [ADEPT]

Singer | confused | silence | with losing a sibilant (6)
[CELINE {dion}] = [anagram] [SILENCE] [minus S]

Frankenstein's monster | was | the foremost | gift of life, electrically motivated (5)
[{example of a} GOLEM] [=] [initials] [Gift Of Life Electrically Motivated]

A sportscaster | might | accost a softball | infielder (6)
[{bob} COSTAS] [=] [acCOST A Softball] [inside]

Individuals' | voices, | once (4)
[ONES] = [homophone] [ONCE]




LAT

             
Seattle Times
7/19/14 sNYT

Today's Cryptic clues include acrostic, dissection, double definition, reversal, etc.

Three from LAT:

Alabama residence rumored to attract tornadoes? (6,4)

Some people revisit youthful beginnings by being active (4)

In Kiev, it always seems like a musical (5)

Two from Seattle Times:

Omit the tangles and you have a metaphorical potato (3,4)

Firm dildos with a partially hollowed core are coming back (5)

Starting September 1st, we will begin referring to "the Seattle Times", and to "the NYTimes crossword as syndicated in the Seattle Times", simply as "ST".


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