Rev. Ralph Hardy, a retired clergyman from White Rock, British Columbia, took this now-famous photograph in 1966. He intended merely to photograph the elegant spiral staircase (known as the "Tulip Staircase") in the Queen's House section of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. Upon development, however, the photo revealed a shrouded figure climbing the stairs, seeming to hold the railing with both hands. Experts, including some from Kodak, who examined the original negative concluded that it had not been tampered with. It's been said that unexplained figures have been seen on occasion in the vicinity of the staircase, and unexplained footsteps have also been heard. About.com
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Puzzle by Barry C. Silk, edited by Will Shortz
GHOST (36A. Word game … or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across), TOWN COUNCIL (18A. Governing body of a municipality), SHIP OF FOOLS (26A. 1965 Vivien Leigh movie), BUSTER BROWN (43A. Old comics boy with the dog Tige) and STORYTELLER (54A. Center of attention around a campfire, say) are the interrelated group of this PHAT (34A. Excellent, slangily) Tuesday crossword.
Other — BANDITOS (20A. South-of-the-border outlaws), ELAINE and JERRY (15A. Sitcom pal of 46-Down; 46D. Former boyfriend of 15-Across), LET IN ON (4D. Make privy to, as a secret), OBVERSE (41D. “Heads” side of a coin), PAWN TICKET (3D. Hockshop receipt), PHILOSOPHY (29D. Field of Plato and Aristotle), SIDE DOOR (51A. Delivery entrance, maybe).
Six-letter — ALOTOF, DEPOSE, EMILIO (44D. The Brat Pack’s Estevez), LASSIE (4A. Female TV dog played by males), PAIRED, PEYOTE (62A. Hallucinogen-yielding cactus), RODENT (45D. Porcupine or gopher), SAWOFF. STAINS.
Five — ASHES, CAREW; HARKS, MEHTA (22A. Conductor Zubin), MACON (32A. Georgia home of the Allman Brothers), MOVES; OILER (41A. Strait of Hormuz vessel), 28D. “Are you in OR OUT?”; SMASH, STERN (31D. Howard of satellite radio), TENOF; ZONED.
Short stuff — AIRE, AKA, ARKS and ASKS, BUSY, DO IT (12D. Two-thirds of D.I.Y.), EEO, ETCH, ETE, FLIT, GLUT, HIP, HORA, HOSE, HST, IDEA, INC, JUTE, KERR, LAMB, LIP, LOU, MEW, ODIE, OTOE, PCS, PDA, RAPT, RBI, SELA, SFPD, SINS (7D. Confessional list), SKEE, SLAY, SOBS, STEW, SLAY and SWAY, TSP, UMPS, YET, ZEDS.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Fresh talk; 10. Alphabet enders, to Brits; 14. Letters on a wanted poster; 16. Plains Indians; 17. Kitten call; 23. 12:50 or 1:50; 24. Bay Area law enforcement org.; 27. Pays attention; 29. Gateways or Dells, briefly; 33. Baseball Triple Crown stat; 35 Safe havens; 38. Suffix for the wealthy; 39. ___-Ball (arcade game); 40. Rawls of R&B; 42. “The buck stops here” prez; 46. Rope fiber; 47. Board game turns; 48. Briquette residue, 57. Palm Treo, e.g.; 58. Deborah of “The King and I”; 59. Deck treatments; 60. Often-replaced joint; 61. Swing in the breeze; 63. To this point. DOWN: 1. Souvlaki meat; 2. Swedish home furnishings chain; 5. Many; 6. Remove, as a branch; 8. Abbr. in co. names; 9. Fair-hiring letters; 10. Like most urban land; 11. Impress deeply; 13. Ward of “The Fugitive,” 1993; 19. Stereotypically “blind” officials; 21. Topple from power; 24. Cries out loud; 25. Move like a moth; 26. Box-office hit; 30. Rod with seven batting championships; 34. Like sorted socks; 36. Market surplus; 37. Nozzle site; 43. At it; 48. Queries; 49. Ratatouille or ragout; 50. Bar mitzvah dance; 51. Leave in stitches; 52. Occasionally punted comics canine; 53. Totally absorbed; 55. Dose amt.; 56. Summer on the Seine.
