After a two-month hiatus, I've returned to blog about the Newsday puzzles and other happenings in the puzzle world as well as my life. November and December were crazy-busy at work with QA-ing a new app containing the SEC rules. I had to work three weekends in a row, including the Thanksgiving holiday. Then December came and my knee was in a lot of pain. Too much Zumba, I thought, so I pulled back a bit and went low impact. Finally, I figured out that I must have busted my knee while doing yoga. I was doing a lot of poses my body wasn't used to doing. At the end of January, I was summoned for jury duty. I was called to a panel and got on a civil case. This was on a Thursday, and the trial was supposed to begin on Monday. On Monday, I showed up at 9:30 and we didn't even go into the jury room until 10:00. Although we were sworn in, we spent almost two and a half hours sitting in the jury room. At about 11:30, the judge announced that the case was settled and we were free to go home. The case involved a car accident in which a livery driver hit a little girl on Halloween 2009. The family was suing the cab driver and his company for negligence.
Today's puzzle is called "Instrumental" and it's by Fred Piscop. Incidentally, he is the author of the 10-Minute Puzzles calendar that I received for Chanukah. I'm way behind on the puzzles in the calendar and I intend to catch up on them this weekend. Here are the theme answers:
20A: Wedding-toast Glass: CHAMPAGNE FLUTE. I'm not a big fan of champagne but I think there are some gorgeous glasses out there. For example, take a look at these beauties on the right. They're made by a company called MOYA and they're very contemporary and minimalist. I don't like things that are too ornate.
39A: Region of unexplained disappearances: BERMUDA TRIANGLE. Much has been written about paranormal activity in this region in the North Atlantic. In the past, articles were criticized as sensationalist and examples of poor journalism. However, an author named Gian Quasar has done extensive research about the Bermuda Triangle incidents through his Web site. Quasar provides a list of missing ships, air craft, and theories.
55A: Aircraft installation: FLIGHT RECORDER. This is also known as the "little black box." There is a Web site that contains a selection of audio clips from recovered voice recorders in air disasters. For more on how flight recorders work, see http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/black-box.htm.
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| Ursula Andress in Dr. No |
If life were only so simple.
Till tomorrow. . . .
Signing off,
The Puzzlechick
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