Not too late

Today’s New York Times crossword puzzle was, not surprisingly, related to the start of the new year.

The clue for 37 across was “New Year’s greeting.” This turned out to be

HAPPY 2014

From the “down” answers I had the “happy” fairly quickly. But it took a while before I realized that the remaining four squares were numbers rather than letters. You may be wondering, how did those four numbers work in the corresponding “down” answers?

The clue for 27 down was “1971 #1 hit for Carole King”, which is

ITS2LATE (It’s Too Late)

The clue for 39 down was “Classic Stephen Foster song,” which is

0SUZANNA (Oh, Suzanna)

The clue for 24 down was “Achieved through difficulty,” which is

HARD1 (hard one)

The clue for 32 down was “Try!” This turned out to be

GO4IT (go for it)

I am only embarrassed to admit that I was not able to complete 27 down immediately!

Through the wonders of YouTube, here’s an amazingly good quality video from a performance circa 1971. Barry saw her on tour early that year when she performed in Rochester (where we were students) but my finances did not allow for such things.

We are bracing for some brutal weather the next couple of days. The refrigerator and pantry are full, so as long as we have power we should be fine. To all of you in the path of this storm, take care of yourselves!

    

Love,

Rebecca