A nice touch in Saturday's NYT puzzle.
The clue "0-198-61186-2, e.g." was clearly asking for "ISBN".... but the ISBN for
what? A moment with Amazon.com revealed it to be the ISBN for the OED. (And not the dinky little two-volume set with magnifying glass.)
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Date: 2006-05-23 01:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-05-26 05:52 am (UTC)0-198-61186-2
Date: 2006-07-02 05:54 am (UTC)Re: 0-198-61186-2
Date: 2006-07-05 10:07 pm (UTC)Re: 0-198-61186-2
Date: 2006-07-05 10:12 pm (UTC)It often lacks reason or rhymes
Many clues are obscure
But of course, that's the lure
Think I'll mix me a gimlet with limes
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