40 North Shore Towers Courier n April 2016 e R a p t Hf o K A h N CROSSWORD PUZZLER ENTERTAINS RESIDENTS DURING RECENT VISIT WORK WISELY David J. Kahn By Stephen Vratos leader Kosygin 3. Eastern philosophy 4. Propel a boat 5. San Francisco daily, with "The" 6. La Scala's city 7. Dog collar attachment 8. Do needlework vision Crossword puzzle constructionist, David J. Kahn, 36. Have on 37. Artist's purchase 38. Like some night Abbr. captivated a packed VIP Room, Wednesday evening, March 16, to promote his latest collection of puzzles, “White House Crosswords.” The new book is filled with crosswords, themed on presidents, and available at bookstores DOWN 1. Colorful parrots 2. Former Soviet Mexican 30. Wolf's cry 33. Scatters, as seed 34. Old Pan Am rival 35. New Mexico, to a to come" 12. Presidential span 13. Bear's home 19. "Really?" 21. Trample 25. Dictionary entry 27. Biblical brother 28. "The best is ___ 59. 12th graders: 41 58. Bush 43, to Bush Manning 48. Decay of timber 50.Car rods 51. "Yippee!" 52. "You're ___ talk!" 56. Used to be 57. Quarterback everywhere or online. After a short introduction, Kahn spoke a little about letters 60. Neither's partner 61. Balm ingredient 62. Rioter, maybe 63. Twosome 64. Old letter greeting 65. Hair nets 66. Long-distance Shack, e.g. 47. Dine at Shake some of the puzzles he designed with presidential themes for the New York Times. He then engaged the audience with presidential trivia, such as which candidate lost both the electoral and popular vote and yet still won the election (John Quincy Adams) and which president was once a stand-up comedian (Ronald Reagan). The evening 56W 61A 64S 40R 42C 49A 1M 14A 17C 20A 24W 29S inauguration invitees, say 57E L I 36W E A R 2A L E X E I 37O I L C 53O L O R 50A X L E S 43A N E W 25W O R D unit 11. Type of combat 44B A S I 62L 65S before he became president 58S O N 33S O 41W S 51W 54A H O O 34T W A 52O N E T O 30H O W L 38I N 45F R A R E D 59S R S 39L U L L African country 40. Big TV brand 43. Over again 44. Pesto herbs 46. Landlocked 35E S T A D 55O action 46R W A 60N 63D 66A 47E A T O U T 27C A I N 48D R Y R O T 28Y E T finished with a contest to see who could complete an original crossword, which Kahn created specifically for his North Shore Towers visit, in the quickest time. The top seven residents to correctly complete the puzzle won copies of “White House Crosswords,” with Jeri Weissman besting everyone in the room with the fastest time. Kahn graciously gave North Shore Towers Courier permission to reproduce his custom puzzle here for all those residents who couldn’t attend. See how well you can do! 1 14 17 20 24 29 40 42 49 56 61 64 2 36 57 3 37 53 21 32 50 4 15 18 25 43 5 22 44 62 65 6 33 41 58 7 34 51 54 8 30 52 9 23 26 38 45 19 39 59 10 16 35 55 11 31 46 60 63 66 12 27 47 13 28 48 ACROSS 1. Yoga surface 4. Negligent 10. Scored 100% on 14. Pie ___ mode 15. Rust and lime, e.g. 16. Apple leftover 17. Corp. honcho 18. Poet who wrote a famous 1865 poem about Abraham Lincoln 20. x or y, on a graph 22. Ewe's bleat 23. Itsy-bitsy bit 24. Where the Oval Office is, in the White House 26. High seas crime 29. San ___ (Hearst's castle) 30. "For ___ a jolly good fellow" 31. "Fat chance, laddie" 32. Magician's shout 35. Cut and paste, e.g. 36. President whose image is on the never-circulated $100,000 bill 40. Bridle strap 41. Durable furniture wood 42. "Silent ___" (Coolidge's nickname) 43. Belly muscles, for short 45. Erupted, with "up" 49. Secret matters 51. Either of two historic conflicts 53. Dumb ___ (oafs) 54. "Fifty Shades of Grey" woman 55. Like Cheerios 56. Presidential inauguration invitees, say 60. Neither's partner 61. Balm ingredient 62. Rioter, maybe 63. Twosome 64. Old letter greeting 65. Hair nets 66. Long-distance letters DOWN 1. Colorful parrots 2. Former Soviet leader Kosygin 3. Eastern philosophy 4. Propel a boat 5. San Francisco daily, with "The" 6. La Scala's city 7. Dog collar attachment 8. Do needlework 9. Double curve 10. Ronald Reagan, before he became president 11. Type of combat unit 12. Presidential span 13. Bear's home 19. "Really?" 21. Trample 25. Dictionary entry 27. Biblical brother 28. "The best is ___ to come" 30. Wolf's cry 33. Scatters, as seed 34. Old Pan Am rival 35. New Mexico, to a Mexican 36. Have on 37. Artist's purchase 38. Like some night vision 39. Break in the action 40. Big TV brand 43. Over again 44. Pesto herbs 46. Landlocked African country 47. Dine at Shake Shack, e.g. 48. Decay of timber 50. Car rods 51. "Yippee!" 52. "You're ___ talk!" 56. Used to be 57. Quarterback Manning 58. Bush 43, to Bush 41 59. 12th graders: Abbr. Fastest pencil in the North (Shore Towers), crossword challenge winner, Jeri Weissman, stands with puzzler extraordinaire, David J. Kahn. Photo by Stephen Vrattos Yoga surface Negligent Scored 100% on Pie ___ mode Rust and lime, g. Apple leftover Corp. honcho Poet who wrote famous 1865 poem about Abraham Lincoln or y, on a graph Ewe's bleat Itsy-bitsy bit Where the Oval Office is, in the White House High seas crime San ___ Hearst's castle) For ___ a jolly good fellow" Fat chance, laddie" Magician's shout Cut and paste, g. President whose image is on the never-circulated 100,000 bill Bridle strap Durable furniture wood Silent ___" Coolidge's nickname) Belly muscles, for short Erupted, with up" Secret matters Either of two historic conflicts Dumb ___ (oafs) Fifty Shades of Grey" woman Like Cheerios WORK WISELY David J. Kahn 3 T A O I S M 21S T E 32P O N 4R 15O 18W 5E X A 22M I N E R 6M I L A N 7 I D T A G 8S E W 9S S H 23A 26P E 19I T I S 10A 16C T O R 11C O M M A 31N D O 12E R A 13D E N ACROSS 56. Presidential 9. Double curve 10. Ronald Reagan, 39. Break in the
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