ALAN BURDICK, WHY TIME FLIES — [S]econds... are the currency of... life, the pennies of our time: ubiquitous and critical in a pinch (for instance, when you just manage to make a train...) yet sufficiently marginal to be... dropped by the handful without thought.
Increasingly our days are governed by seconds. They are the currency of modern life, the pennies of our time: ubiquitous and critical in a pinch (for instance, when you just manage to make a train connection) yet sufficiently marginal to be frittered away or dropped by the handful without thought.
A. | Financial option for a retiree | ANNUITY |
B. | Rodeo ring | LARIAT |
C. | Biting or sarcastic tone | ACERBITY |
D. | 1936 Djuna Barnes novel that pioneered in lesbian literature | NIGHTWOOD |
E. | Doo-wop chart-topper for the Marcels (2 wds.) | BLUEMOON |
F. | The rite oil to use? | UNCTION |
G. | When a lot of rubber hits the road (2 wds.) | RUSHHOUR |
H. | Flip side of the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" (2 wds.) | DAYTRIPPER |
I. | Spreadable, in a way | INFECTIOUS |
J. | Constantly recurring | CHRONIC |
K. | Co-author, with Ferber, of "Dinner at Eight" | KAUFMAN |
L. | Go as geese go | WADDLE |
M. | Exaggerated fanfare | HOOPLA |
N. | "That is no country for old men" poet | YEATS |
O. | What a farmer's combine can do | THRESH |
P. | Turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to | IGNORE |
Q. | Statue figure in Lexington Battle Green | MINUTEMAN |
R. | Something for which to use the "=" symbol | EQUATION |
S. | Half of a clam (2 wds.) | FIFTYCENTS |
T. | One of Ali's signature moves (2 wds.) | LEFTJAB |
U. | Item for a summer picnic (2 wds.) | ICECHEST |
V. | Number of starters on an Australian football team | EIGHTEEN |
W. | Congested (2 wds.) | STUFFEDUP |