Today is Tuesday, April 17th. Have you filed your taxes yet? We were lucky this year and got two extra days because 1) April 15th was a Sunday, and 2) yesterday was Patriots' Day in Massachusetts. Today's puzzle, "After Taxes", by Sally R. Stein reflects the theme:
20A: Device that attracts iron (HORSESHOE MAGNET). I loved playing with this toy as a child. I remember the fascination that the magnet attracted everything from paper clips to coins. Common uses of magnets include recording data, encoding information for credit and debit cards, speakers and microphones, pickups in electric guitars, MRIs in medicine, and many more. They are popular in construction toys as well. If you're interested in how they're made, check out the Made How Web site.
57A: Where bandages may be kept (MEDICINE CABINET). Medicine cabinets and junk drawers can often give us information about the way a person lives. Some cabinets are neater and others are quite cluttered. One of the glass doors is broken on mine and I'm unable to open it. The basic items one should keep in a medicine cabinet include g alcohol, band-aids, cotton balls, tweezers, scissors, iodine, thermometer, hot and cold packs, sterile gauze, surgical tape, eye drops, and over-the-counter medicines. Other items may include antacids, painkillers, nail polish, cough and cold medicines, and antihistamines. I keep my contact lenses and solution in one of my two medicine cabinets. Of course, all items should be kept away from children (common sense)! An artist named Damien Hirst did an installation of medicine cabinets for an exhibition in 2010.
49A: Chronic preoccupation (BEE IN ONE'S BONNET). Time for a cute cartoon. This one's by Bill Benzon.
That's all for today. It's another glorious day in the city and I'm enjoying it before the weather gets cooler.
Till tomorrow. . . .
Signing off,
The Puzzlechick
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