Thursday, July 10, 2014

Cluing challenge (July 10, 2014): NAT HENTOFF

Hot and Trazom frequently work names into their cryptic crosswords, both in clues and in answers.  I like that idea, since it’s a source for fresh wordplay.  Dedicating a post to Nat Hentoff becomes a pretty easy choice when you start looking at all the cluing possibilities.

How would you clue NAT HENTOFF?

3 comments:

  1. Jazz writer's into marijuana then toffee.

    Free speech advocate begins naively then connects to loud following

    Music columnist starts napping then takes time off

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  2. Bent added (on a different post):
    >>Are you going to enter clues? Don't let the fact that this is your blog stop you.

    Yes. I've got a real good one but I can't make it work yet. Needs an insertion or deletion to make the anagram work.

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  3. Also in the so close, yet so far department, we have a town near Reading PA called Wyomissing, but it's too unfamiliar to go into a puzzle, unless Hex decide to theme something for a local publication (which they could—east and central Pennsylvania have some great place names).

    W. Va., Wisc., ____ (10)

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