Got to the down and saw it needed to be a T and figured I had been right in the first place.

Started with TAXI, then changed it to LIMO. How is it possible that I'm as old as I am and didn't know Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish? I'm going to guess that history was taught in a very US-centric way when I was coming up and that this fact was never mentioned.

1A: Alexander Graham Bell, for one (SCOT).

Please let me know if there's something else I'm missing! My sense is that they're just three guys from history who all did different things and whose names can be anagrammed. I'm not sure if there's supposed to be a connection among the three dead guys in the theme answers.

(Additional, unrelated note: I get confused easily.) I was a little confused by the two long non-theme across answers, both of which are very nice entries, but being so long it kinda felt like they should be theme answers. Let's see if we can change that.ĭecent Tuesday puzzle today. I know it's only been one day, but OMG I missed you guys! Couldn't wait to come back and talk puzzles with you again! From the looks of Rex's Facebook page, he is having WAY more fun than we are. or what 20-, 27- and 44-Across are anagrammatic examples of?) 52A: PASSING NOTES (Secretive classroom activity.44A: EDISON IS DONE (Brief 1931 headline?).27A: NEWTON WENT ON (Brief 1727 headline?).20A: MONROE NO MORE (Brief 1831 headline?).THEME: - Famous historical figures' names anagrammed into pithy obituary notices.

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