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Crossword 345: Off Color

Atkinson Grimshaw, Sunset from Chilworth Common, Hampshire
Atkinson Grimshaw, Sunset from Chilworth Common, Hampshire

Some things are the wrong color. The blue once associated politically with Toryism and the red with Communism have now become, by a process I don’t understand, the colors of Democrats and Republicans.  The screamingly orange subway benches on some New York City lines make sudden violence seem probable and even appropriate.  And orange should never under any circumstances be juxtaposed with blue, in logos, in school colors, in textiles, or anywhere else.  FedEx, and the University of Illinois, and certain Scottish clans, please take note.

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