Crossroad of 90^th and ELM

by George Barany and Betsy Grindstaff

The release of this "mid-week level" puzzle was timed to coincide with a special family celebration—not my biological family, but the next-closest. Photo on the right provides a hint! After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the honoree, and about the puzzle itself, by clicking here for our "midrash." 

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Marcia Brott, Charles Deber, Jed Fisher, Lloyd Fricker, Michael Hanko, Martin Herbach, Arlene Romoff, Marjorie Russel, Alex Vratsanos, and especially Nancy Waugh for test solving this puzzle on very short notice, and for helpful comments and suggestions.

If you want to tell others about this particular page, refer them to
http://tinyurl.com/elmpuz

More puzzles here (all), here (science), and here (tributes).

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