Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Region of Greece... by Athens in ancient greece

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:01:57 -0600

Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Region of Greece...

by Athens in ancient greece @ Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:01:57 -0600
94A: Turned informer (rAtted); 111A: Western accessories (boLO Ties); 115A: Cause of Irish emigration in the 1840s-'50s (potatO Famine); 125A: Frequent Security Council topic (mID-EASt). The NW was really hard for me to get into. ..... I noticed that THRACE fit 1D, even with 31A:CARB filled in, but had a vague recollection that Thrace was an outlying region far from Athens. Another recollection, "Attic Greek", helped too. My first thought for 24A was NOF***INGWAY, ... Ayia Napa Holidays