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Rosalie Moscovitch is a new constructor to me. After looking her up (and ordering her book "What's in a Word"), I was hoping for a few more puns in this puzzle. No such luck. 21d might be hard for some of you younger solvers: I suggest you ask your parents for help. Otherwise, it's a tough puzzle, with a few clever clues but nothing to knock your socks off.
As for the post title, now that I qualify as one of those old coots who has used a 21d, I felt no guilt at having an ice cream cone for dinner after training camp in Delaware last month. The UD Ag school has a dairy and micro-creamery, located right next to the ice rink. After a real good skate, and putting about a hundred pucks down to try and ingrain a new face-off mechanic, a beer would have been nice, but the ice cream was even better. I chose a flavor called "All Nighter": coffee ice cream with cookie dough, crushed Oreos, and fudge—it was great. Darn right I had the waffle cone too!
solution below the fold
New York Times variety puzzle (cryptic crossword)
October 14, 2012
puzzle by Rosalie Moscovitch
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