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Title: LAT Tue. 1/19 Dan Naddor
Post by: magus on January 19, 2010, 09:12:38 AM
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Dream worlds?   BEDS
Kareem, formerly   LEW [given today's theme of sportsmen's names, this clue was a natural.]

 ???
Does it not seem there are ever more references to sports in these puzzles?  Today, for example I count seven; one day last week the number was greater.  Wonder if it's because more men than women are constructors.  And I wonder if more women know Mr. Darcy than Neon Dieon.
ILIE
ARNIE
LEW
SLOMO
WOODS
SANDERS
BERRA
"It takes no devil from hell tell us this": pop culture has eclipsed Culture even in as "academic" pursuit as Xwords.  Of course, we did have reference to the Vicar of Wakefield, so all is not lost.