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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
Five famous people — well, four famous people and a chess player — populated last week’s grid. What common link do they share?
17-A [Stephen Harper’s predecessor*] = PAUL MARTIN. Canadian prime ministers.
26-A [Seven-time Gold Glove winner who was the plaintiff in a 1969 Supreme Court case*] = CURT FLOOD. Famed center fielder.
40A/41A [Pioneer in artificial hearts*] = MICHAEL / DEBAKEY. Surgeon.
50-A [Slovenian chess player whose first name is the same as and whose last name is pretty close to an eponymous physicist*] = GEORG MOHR. Chess grandmaster. I know you had it at “Slovenian chess player.”
64-A [He was forced to return his 2005 Heisman Trophy*] = REGGIE BUSH. Running back. Got paid as a student athlete. What a crime.
The connection is: their initials describe their position/title. Paul Martin was a prime minister, or PM; Curt Flood, a center fielder, or CF; Michael DeBakey was a medical doctor, or MD (who died in 2008, a few weeks short of his 100th birthday, btw); Georg Mohr is a grandmaster, or GM; and Reggie Bush is a running back, or RB.
Who’s the recent cabinet member fitting this pattern? Attorney General under Bush 43, ALBERTO GONZALES, found by 343 solvers.
Ale M says:
I feel my chances are better for making Assistant Manager now…
BretBloomquist suggests:
For a themer you also could have used the Brazilian goalie Gilmar.
And RayGirl says:
I was born to be a Right Fielder but then I got married and became a Royal Pain.
This week’s winner, whose name was chosen at random from the 343 correct entries received, is Adam Doctoroff of Brookline, Mass. In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil and notepad set, Adam will also receive a subscription to Joon Pahk’s new variety crossword site, Outside the Box Puzzles. Next week’s winner will receive the same.
WSJCC #2:
The Wall Street Journal Crossword Contest puzzle #2 is up: “Camera Shots” by Marie Kelly. Check it out! I’ll be back next week there with #3.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a category to which this crossword puzzle belongs.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As of January 2015 MGWCC is a subscribers-only crossword. The cost is $26 per year, and you can subscribe (or get a free trial month first) here:
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.