UN-Speakable
You enter the office of Panglossia Pandemonia, Hell's ambassador to the United Nations. "Ah, my new intern. Good to see you." She removes two pieces of paper from a folder on her desk. "If you're going to efficiently wreak havoc in the world of government, you'll need to be able to wreak havoc on the governments of the world. Which means being able to speak their languages. So before I accept you as an intern, you'll need to take this little test. It's a crossword, but the answers are in multiple languages. You have to figure out which languages, but answers to clues that are the same color are all in the same language. Some entries are unclued; those are all in the same language as each other, and you'll see what to do with those. I hope you have a good ear."
You look around for a place to work. She waves you to a cushy-looking seat. Noting your admiring look, she says, "Isn't it plush? I just had my office refurbished." Her secretary enters and hands her a cup of cocoa. "Thanks, Lulu, you're a doll." Panglossia whispers, "She could barely speak English when she started, but she's learned a lot." You're about to ask for your own cup of coffee, but Panglossia stops you. "I doubt you're familiar with her language, tiger."
Across
- 1
- See acrostic
- 5
- Apollo 11 landed there
- 9
- See-through
- 12
- Half the cube root of 2-Down
- 13
- Forbidden
- 14
- Ill-tempered, to a Brit
- 15
- Haiku or sonnet
- 16
- Act like a supervisor
- 17
- Took a picture of
- 18
- Like a hale woman
- 21
- See acrostic: 2 wds.
- 24
- Wound-up length of yarn
- 25
- Baseball venue
- 27
- Series of concerts
- 28
- Day preceding Wednesday
- 29
- See acrostic
- 31
- Pesticide brand
- 32
- Time from dawn to noon
- 33
- Make less visibly distinct
- 34
- It's said after a "Thank you"
- 35
- End of a musical movement
- 37
- To a great extent
- 39
- Winter wear
- 41
- Not an "and" or "if"
- 43
- To run through, as with an icepick
- 45
- Dance move
- 47
- See acrostic
- 48
- Last in a series
- 49
- Those guys
- 50
- Oily yellow liquid used as a textile lubricant
- 51
- St. Patrick's Day event
- 52
- Odie or Rin Tin Tin
- 1
- Retains
- 2
- Number of bits in a byte
- 3
- New Zealand parrot
- 4
- Jet setters and their peers: 2 wds.
- 5
- To make very tired
- 6
- On top of
- 7
- Hot off the press
- 8
- Embarrassed
- 9
- Try to find
- 10
- See acrostic
- 11
- Period of postponement
- 19
- Answer halfway between yes and no
- 20
- Color of the night
- 22
- Lyricist's creations
- 23
- Sometime from now
- 24
- Painter's protector
- 25
- Run one's fingers over
- 26
- Simon Le Bon was hungry like this animal
- 27
- To a high degree
- 30
- "What is the velocity of an unladen swallow?"
- 33
- A conductor waves one
- 36
- Needing a bath
- 37
- Bunch
- 38
- Classroom measuring tool
- 39
- Material for making airplanes?
- 40
- See acrostic
- 41
- " Lucy"
- 42
- It's posted by defendants
- 44
- See acrostic
- 46
- Observed
Down
| A. Translation of 1-Across | 1 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 27 | |
| B. Translation of 21-Across | 11 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 20 | |
| C. Translation of 29-Across | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| D. Translation of 47-Across | 3 | 26 | 5 | 21 | ||
| E. Translation of 10-Down | 8 | 30 | 2 | |||
| F. Translation of 40-Down | 29 | 6 | 24 | 22 | ||
| G. Translation of 44-Down | 14 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 25 | 23 |