12/27/08: Santa's Upgrades

Not home today ... got to it very late in the day ... but, finished before midnight. LOL.

12/20/08: Black to Black

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12/13/08: Prefixed People

Thanks to Google for corrections:

• 128A: Unit of radiation wavelength = ANGSTROM
• 114D: Provo neighbor = OREM

12/06/08: Must "C" Movies

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CORRECTIONS
Thanks to Smartiepants1 for this correction:
89A "Disco of 'The Simpsons'" is STU, referring to the character Disco Stu ... that gives you SWIRLED for 89D "Eddied"

11/29/08: Canine Connections

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QUESTIONABLE
64A LADALMATIAN "Tennis player's canine" should probably be NADALMATION since I got the "handle" clue wrong a couple of puzzles ago. It should probably be ANSA. Which makes the tennis player Raoul Nadal. Aha. Thanks, Google.

CORRECTIONS
Thanks, Howard for this: "99A should be "N": sculptor (and furniture designer) Isamu Noguchi, actresses EriN Gray and EriN Moran."
And here's a correction from Smartiepants1: 20A "Wild speech" should be RANT, giving you ENS for 6D "Printer's spaces".

11/22/08: Legal-Easy

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QUOTE: "BETTING IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE LIQUOR. YOU CAN MAKE IT ILLEGAL, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT UNPOPULAR."

QUESTIONABLE
89A OGLALA? and 89D OYS ?

CORRECTIONS
After checking on Google: 102A   _______ avis should be: RARA rara avis n., pl. ra·ra a·vis·es or ra·rae a·ves (râr'ē ā'vēz). "A rare or unique person or thing," and 93D French river should be: GARONNE

Noted by "smartiepants1": "63A "Islamic Prayer Leader" should be IMAM, which then gives you IMRE for 63D "Nagy of Hungary," and 66A "Kernel's Coat" is TESTA, which gives you PORTE for 46A "___-cochere (sheltered entrance)".

11/15/08: Watch the Finish

Questionable this week:
101 down: Handlelike parts - ATSAE ?
106 across: Unaspirated, like B or D - LETIS ?

Thanks for the fixes:
101 down: Handlelike parts = ANSAE
106 across: Unaspirated, like B or D = LENIS
103 across should be VALKYRIE
83 down then would be ACHY

11/08/08: Selective Collectives

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11/01/08: Fooled Again

35 Down: Colette Novel = CHERI
13 Down: Town in County Kerry = DENGOE
35 Across: Calculator key abbreviation = COR

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10/25/08: Green

102 Across: MAIM instead of HARM
14 Across: MALIC apple acid
15 Down: Denali National Park in ALASKA
98 Down: Brooke Shield's film "WANDA Nevada"
31 Across: BISSAU-Guinea

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Completed Crossword

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10/19/08: Happy Anniversary!

OK. I'm starting this blog for keeping track of the weekly crossword as I finish it. Here is the empty one. I'll post the completed one when I'm done.

Let me know if I've made any mistakes.

It is the Tribune Media Services, Inc. crossword for 10/19/08 ... published in Canada in the Toronto Globe and Mail ... and lots of local papers too.

Have fun.