{"id":103251,"date":"2016-09-30T16:53:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=103251"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:53:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:53:31","slug":"netanyahus-ready-puzzling-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/30\/netanyahus-ready-puzzling-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu\u2019s Ready for More Puzzling?: The Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"puzzle9-26-2016\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ed. Note: This week\u2019s puzzle contest is officially over\u2014thanks to all who entered. Our winner is\u00a0Mark Clemens. He gets\u00a0a free subscription to the\u00a0<\/em>Review.\u00a0Congratulations, Mark!\u00a0Below, the solutions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNetanyahu\u2019s Ready for More Puzzling?<\/a>\u201d answers:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Clan of the Cave Bear Bryant<\/li>\n
  2. Reese Witherspoon River Anthology<\/li>\n
  3. Rockin\u2019 Robin Lane Fox<\/li>\n
  4. Koolhaasta la vista, baby<\/li>\n
  5. Enoch Light in August<\/li>\n
  6. The Jewel of the Nile Rodgers<\/li>\n
  7. Batter My Gary Hart, Three-Personed God<\/li>\n
  8. Last Yo La Tengo in Paris<\/li>\n
  9. Graham Greene Acres<\/li>\n
  10. Mary Baker Eddy and the Cruisers<\/li>\n
  11. Chico and the Man Without Qualities<\/li>\n
  12. Nate Silver Spoons<\/li>\n
  13. Rocky Mountain Highsmith<\/li>\n
  14. The Fiona Apple Dumpling Gang<\/li>\n
  15. Fire and Ice Cube<\/li>\n
  16. The Age of Wire and String Cheese Incident<\/li>\n
  17. The William Pitt and the Pendulum<\/li>\n
  18. The Sun Myung Moon and the Bonfires<\/li>\n
  19. A Finn Wolfhard Day\u2019s Night<\/li>\n
  20. The Bonnie Hunt for Red October<\/li>\n
  21. Boulez Lady Lay<\/li>\n
  22. A Phoebe Waller-Bridge Too Far<\/li>\n
  23. The G\u00fcnter Grass Roots<\/li>\n
  24. Gordon Parks and Recreation<\/li>\n
  25. Wilfredo Lam Lies Down on Broadway<\/li>\n
  26. Dawn Powell of the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n
  27. Theresa Maybe Baby<\/li>\n
  28. The Robert Shawshank Redemption<\/li>\n
  29. Norwegian Wedgwood<\/li>\n
  30. Kaepernick and Nora \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dylan Hicks is a writer and musician. His second novel,\u00a0<\/em>Amateurs<\/a>, is out now from Coffee House Press. He contributes a monthly puzzle<\/a> to the\u00a0<\/em>Daily.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ed. Note: This week\u2019s puzzle contest is officially over\u2014thanks to all who entered. Our winner is\u00a0Mark Clemens. 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