Saturday, August 29, 2009 - Triple Crown Winners

Introduction

Today's puzzle by Cox and Rathvon takes us to the track, actually to three tracks - Churchill Downs, Pimlico, and Belmont Park where we find five Triple Crown winners as well as the only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners.





Solution to Today's Puzzle

Legend:	"CD" Cryptic Definition; "DD" Double Definition
	"*" anagram; "~" sounds like; "<" letters reversed
	"( )" letters inserted; "_" letters deleted

Across

1ac CITATION* - moved {INTO ACT I}* [1948 Triple Crown winner]

5ac ASH|RAM

10ac _UPPER - meal starting late → s[UPPER]

11ac A|LAB|ASTER

12ac SECRET|ARIA|_T - broadcas[T] finally [1973 Triple Crown winner]

13ac A|DO

14ac ME|LEE - Spike Lee: American film director, producer, writer and actor

15ac AN|TIP|AS|TO - one [AN] bit of advice [TIP] about [AS TO]

17ac {SPLIT OPEN}* - out {LISTEN POP}*

19ac PA(B)L|O - Pablo Picasso: Spanish artist

21ac RAM - RAM: abbrev. random access memory

22ac SE(A)TTLE SLEW - [1977 Triple Crown winner]

25ac BUT|TIN|SKI

26ac O|KING

27ac EDDIE|D - Eddie Arcaro: American jockey [rode two Triple Crown winners - Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948]

28ac AFFIRMED* - bananas {I FED FARM}* [1978 Triple Crown winner]

Down

1d C(L)UBS - Chicago Cubs: National League baseball team

2d TO|PICA|L

3d THREEPEAT - threepeat: portmanteau of three and repeat, signifying three consecutive championships

4d _OMAHA_ - in fr[OM A HA]yride [1935 Triple Crown winner]

6d STAR|T_ - [T]ea's debut

7d RAT(TAN)S

8d {MARCO POLO}* - new {COLA PROMO}*

9d HA|MILTON - Milton Berle: American comedian

14d MISERABLE* - {REBELS AIM}* awful

15d A|P(PL)AUSE

16d PEPPERONI* - tossed {ON PREPPIE}*

18d LI(MITE)D

20d BELGIUM* - {BUM LEG I}* reset

22d S|PINE

23d TH(I)E|F - F: failing grade

24d W|AGED

Signing off for today - Falcon