Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues Mix Old and New Terms
A mixed clue list offering definitions for across and down entries. It includes musical singing stars, German rivers, weights, fabrics, and place names, with numbers suggesting letter counts or values. The puzzle blends languages and geography to challenge wordplay skill.
Hand Analysis on Slam Bid from Culbertson’s Passing
Oswald Jacoby discusses a bridge hand connected to Ely Culbertson who died two months ago. The article critiques the bidding and opening lead and asks how South should play to ensure a slam. The hand presents questions of timing and card management in the dia mond suit.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Ely Culbertson
South
Penguins Steal and Hatch Eggs Warned by Nat Geo
The National Geographic Society notes unmated king penguins occasionally steal eggs and hatch them. The piece recalls wartime Marsala Sicily when Allied bombing disrupted wine production and caused spills in the streets.
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The
National Geographic Society
Marsala
Sicily
Who Should Control the Family Income in 1957
HAL BOYLE comments on a new group The Brotherhood of the True Man led by Carl Ruoff advocating men control of pay. He parodies the plan with tirades on masculine spending while arguing a wife should manage money to avoid ulcers and keep balance in the home.
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New York
Curbstone
Brotherhood of the True
Carl Ruoff
Ruoff
Humphrey Bogart
Bob Considine
Robert Ruark
Toots Shor
Ernest Hemingway
Errol Flynn
Papa Dionne
Pearl value myths and the nature of natural pearls
The article explains that prized genuine pearls fetch high value due to size shape and luster, but their core is often calcium carbonate formed around irritants like tapeworm eggs seaweed fragments or sand grains. It notes the surprising fact that the valuable pearls are built from otherwise ordinary substances.
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Peggy
Germany
New Guinea
Blackbird of Cuckoo Family
Angels
Trance Urse
Oal
Jacoby
Hal Boyle
Bertson
Dummy
West
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
New Vicks Wonder
Cks
Vicks VapoRub
New Vicks Medi
Door Busters
Thrift-Tex
Men’s Sox
S-M-L
Belk
Oldsmobile
Highland Motors, Inc
N. Main St
High Point, N. C
Harold C. Davis