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CROSSWORD SETTER: Doug Peterson
THEME: OK … each of the theme answers is a person with the initials OK, so if they meet each other, they might say, “I’m OK, you’re OK” …
17A. Persian mathematician known for his poetry : OMAR KHAYYAMCOMPLETION TIME: 20m 34s
26A. Ukrainian-born actress who was a Bond girl in "Quantum of Solace" : OLGA KURYLENKO
45A. Noted conductor whose son played TV's Colonel Klink : OTTO KLEMPERER
60A. What 17-, 26- or 45-Across might say upon meeting 17-, 26- or 45-Across? : I’M OK, YOU’RE OK
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0
" (probably first at school, like me) you'll likely remember it as a quick read as it is a novella, although it might be better described as a "long short story". It was first published in 1952, the last major work that Hemingway had published in his lifetime. That first publication was as a story in "Life Magazine", and it was such a hit that the magazine sold 5 million copies in the first two days. "The Old Man and the Sea" won a Pulitzer in 1952 and two years later the title was cited when Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 
