February 17 2011 P!"# 8

This week we chose to do a throwback issue and feature some of our favorite articles from The Pioneer archives. Why? Shits and giggles.

KEEP ON RAGIN',Diana

ACROSS1. Wildebeest4. DVD supersession org.7. Crosscut and rip11. Yang counterpart12. Coal and conval suf$ix

15. n S.F. Giant or St. Louis Car-dinal, to name a few17. Like peanut butter in 200918. Foam party risk20. Highest range a trombonist can get21. Style o$ sambal chili paste23. Chessmen cousin?

28. Paolo or Bernardo do Campo29. Sorority restriction33. Tooth doctor org.34. “Don’t shoot!”35. Vietnam capital37. Opposite o$ trochee41. Jewett-Lyman or Hunter-Reid connector46. “_____ boy”47. Mad or Us48. 1930s urban train org.49. Israeli networking corp.50. Paper citation org.51. Mother Earth to Telemachus52. Ancient Nigerian city53. Cassette limit, abbr.

DOWN1. Meats served in pitas2. Your daughter, to your brother3. Pablo’s hair4. Musician Fleck5. Like a Canon EOS D606. Northern Indonesian sultanate7. Rowling’s Severus8. “I$ _____ fails…”9. Pinniped clothing retailer?10. Apt. for one

13. London’s oldest tailor: _____ and Ravencroft16. Well-remembered battle19. 1976 Alex Haley novel22. Daily _____: liberal blog24. Has hangtime25. Children’s dinosaur movie, abbr.26. “_____ we not men?”27. Most popular Hebrew wom-an’s name29. Humbug preceder30. To the stars, to Nero31. 125 Broadway musical “No, No, _____”32. Big name in ketchup36. Marion County, Florida city38. Like many a manga adapta-tion39. _____ Park, CA40. Goat’s cry42. Ambulance attendant cert.43. “Illusionist” writer Jacques44. Weekend-welcoming abbr.45. Union guidance org.46. 16-down, on Wall St.

Hey all,

I’d like to apologize for last week’s puzzle. I spelled “ochre” wrong, I mistook an oboe for a string instrument (sorry oboists) and I left out two clues. This sloppiness shouldn’t be tolerated—I’m a high-class Puz-zle Slut. Getting the hang o$ this crossword business is a little hairy, so forgive me in the coming weeks as I challenge you to decipher crazy abbreviations—I try only to include them when absolutely necessary—while I learn the ropes. With more practice and experience as Puzzle Slut I should get a tighter handle on what my answers are. As for now, i$ I screw up like I did last week, give me a holler at braytoac@whitman.edu and chew me out for it.

Forever slutting it up,Adam Brayton, Puzzle Slut

CROSSWORD

The Backpage would like to reopen this case. Our list of possible suspects includes: a crazy alumni, a jealous Whit-man department, the old Backpage and Hamburglar.

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by ADAM BRAYTON

Puzzle Slut

MESSAGE FROM THE PUZZLE SLUT