Because I was using Brenda Starr as my Tonner doll, once I settled on newsprint as an element, "Black and White and Red All Over" screamed out at me and I ran with it. With no scanner to get a nice print and lines/bars only page, even on paper yellowed a bit, I went with getting a crossword puzzle online as my print element. I tried and tried to get the Will Shorts crossword referenced in "Word Play" (is that the name of the documentary about crossword enthusiasts and Will Shortz) -- the one that came out on the day after the 2004 election with a special corner in it where the winner of the election could be either Clinton or Dole, and all the other words in that section were alternates for the same clues as well. Will Shortz knew both Clinton and Dole were enthusiasts of the NYTimes Crossword Puzzle and cooked this one up especially for them -- and indeed, both Dole and Clinton said, "Hey did you do the crossword today?" to each other after the election.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter: Black & White & Read All Over
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A year ago, I finally found a NYTimes collection with that puzzle in it, so I can remake the inner skirt with the exact puzzle I had in mind: the one that had both presidential candidates winning the morning after the election: the spaces could accommodate either name and work the whole block of words.
21 October 2010
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