Crossword 140: Beaten Down

 
Edward John Poynter, The Champion Swimmer

Edward John Poynter, The Champion Swimmer

 

If you wait till tomorrow, you’ll find the answer to 24 Down in the title of my crossword in the Los Angeles Times, to which this one serves as a sort of prequel.  Meanwhile, here’s a painting that—while not very clearly related to either puzzle—may at any rate provide a little imaginary relief from this summer’s weather, by which so many of us find ourselves mercilessly beaten down.


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A crossword of mine appears tomorrow, July 26, and another Thursday, July 30, in Universal Crossword. Another crossword of mine also appears tomorrow, July 26, and yet another Friday, July 31, in the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, on Thursday, July 30, another crossword of mine appears in

the Wall Street Journal.