First up, a clue I remembered every word of the [Argonaut who slew Castor] clue from the last time around—hundreds of people Googled their way to my post and one by that January puzzle's constructor, Eric Berlin, because who's ever heard of IDAS?
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Daily commentary on the good crosswords (including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Onion, Washington Post/CrosSynergy, Wall Street Journal, and more ... January 12, 2006 ... Tons of great entries: MISTRALS (odd etymology, and I love the named winds: mistral, scirocco, chinook), LINEAR B, LIGHT SABER, FELL FOR IT,
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Yet others assert that Heracles 1 left another Argonaut, Polyphemus 1, in charge of looking for Hylas, and himself went ... Castor 1. See DIOSCURI. ... It is said that when Theseus was about to leave Crete, he joined battle with the Cretans at the gate of the Labyrinth and there he slew Deucalion 2 and his bodyguard (Apd.3.1.2,
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Saturday, December 23, 2006 16A Argonaut who slew Castor Myles Callum ... Friday, January 13, 2006 27A Argonaut who slew Castor Eric Berlin ... Thursday, November 28, 2002 36A Castor's slayer Patrick Merrell...
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19. They have African cousins : INDIANELEPHANTS; 21. An eagle is on its flag : EGYPT; 22. ... 27. Argonaut who slew Castor : IDAS; 29. "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" co-star : ELLIOTTGOULD; 32. Hard-rock center : ASA; 35. One in a shelter, maybe : BAGLADY; 36. ___ particle : PSI; 37. Is in charge : CALLSTHETUNE;
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Who slew castor? Sentence with slew? Who is Abner Ortiz? What does abner mean? Who is Abner Burnett? Who slew abner and absalom? Slayer of abner and absalom? Who is the Argonaut who slew castor? In Old Testament commander who slew Abner?
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And once again the clue “Argonaut who slew Castor” appeared in a NY Times crossword – whenever that happens, Googlers storm in. That phrase and variants of it accounted for 60% (!) of my search-based traffic this month.
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Among them were the musician Orpheus, Meleager, Peleus and Telamon, the Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces), and many others, including the greatest hero of them all, Heracles. Theseus and Atalanta were missing in the roll, as told by ... One of the Argonauts would also leave a son behind. This Argonaut was named Euphemus,
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The Greek heroes, who, under the command of Jason, sailed to Colchis in the search for Golden Fleece. They were named after their ship, the Argo. ... Castor, the Spartan wrestler, one of the Dioscuri ... as they were paying no attention to Jason, he slew them easily.
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Skip to comments. ... Posted on 08/04/2004 8:51:53 PM PDT by blam ... This painting on a Greek vase depicts an Amazon woman warrior on horseback engaged in battle.
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