Town at the eighth mile of Boston Marathon? Treasure Island illustrator?
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SUNDAY, Jul. 6, 2008 - Brendan Emmett Quigley (”TREASURE ISLAND” ILLUSTRATOR, 1911 / TOWN AT THE EIGHTH MILE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON)
…Criminy. Look, I don’t mind stuff I don’t know (I see it every day), and I don’t really mind stuff I don’t know crossing other stuff I don’t know, but only if there’s some way for me to make a reasonable guess…Come on. That NW corner is just dickish.I have to agree with the sentiment.
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July 7th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Yeah, even as someone who grew up in the Boston area and had a hunch it was Natick, that seemed like an wildly arcane clue.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
I was thinking an ERROR?! and it was supposed to be Newton, a town at the 18th mile? Time will tell.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:19 am
A town called Newton is 8 miles from the finish of the race.