Word: beachgoers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...time?Elizabeth Rehfeld (ER): Oh golly! That’s a hard one. Probably one from my puzzle which was published in The New York Times in 2007. (Looks over her puzzle, which she has just had signed by Will Shortz). The clue is “Beachgoer wearing bug spray” and the answer is “Off on a tan gent.” The theme was splitting up words unexpectedly.RR: That’s a good one. So, what was it like to meet Will Shortz today?ER: Oh golly! So nice to meet...
...Today, a huge blue banner flies over the sprawling beach, reading "FREE FOR ALL." The grounds, though, are filthy, and the capital's beachgoers have gone missing. "Who wants an empty, unkept beach, with no service, no lifeguard and two sun-baked policemen sipping on iced coffee?" says Marios Kostaras, a local beachgoer. "A noble cause means nothing if there's no management plan to follow...
...waded out into water that almost perfectly matched my body temperature and was remarkably clear for the Mississippi River-catching Gulf Coast. My father reminded me to pop the rod tip, making the lure look less like lifeless rubber and more like food, something a fellow beachgoer must have known as he yanked a four-foot hammerhead shark out of the water...
...area. The ensuing tan is the body's desperate effort to save its skin from further injury. Tiny granules of melanin, a brownish pigment made in specialized skin cells, rise to the surface in response to UV radiation and act as sunlight deflectors. Over the years, however, the beachgoer pays for this glamorous natural shield. The buildup of melanin, combined with UV damage to the elastic fibers in underlying layers, gives the skin the texture of an old baseball mitt...
| 1 |