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For the most part, these puzzles observe the same conventions you'll find in play in other
American cryptics. The main difference is our treatment of obscure words and usages. Our stan-
dard reference is Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, and any word,
usage, or abbreviation contained in itwhether or not a typical solver would regard it as famil-
jaris considered fair game. Puzzles may also include words that are not in the Collegiate, typi-
cally names from contemporary culture or coinages and inflected forms. In addition, a few words
that are neither familiar nor in the Collegiate can be found in Webster's Second (or Third) New
International Dictionary, Unabridged. Those clues are marked with N12 or N13, respectively.
One or both of those dictionaries should be available at most libraries.
The other curiosity you'll notice is that the puzzles are signed with pseudonyms. This is an
old NPL tradition that puts all puzzlers on an equal footing, irrespective of age or social status. In
this book, we have added the real names of the constructors in parentheses.
As Will mentioned, the NPL gathers each July for a convention in a different city. Several of
the puzzles included here were originally created for those occasions, with themes reflecting the
convention locations.
We hope you have as much fun solving these puzzles as we did putting them together.
1 WARM-UP PUZZLE 9 10
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clam (7) 23 24 25
5 Stuck with bad, bad bets (7)
9 But lo! A lover's promises! (5)
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10 Can larvae weave a cape? (9)
1 1 What pulls de plow across de field? A critic (9)
1 2 Father Christmas frustrated tsarina , skipping 28 29
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1 Flexible enemy surrounds little lady with bad DOWN
back 1 Transmit information orally
5 Impatient, without second cheer 2 Secret is able to be hidden in a note
8 Shaping two blemishes without error 3 "Throw goes up on first of December," editor
1 1 Three digits reach endlessly in a poem emphasized
(2 wds.) 4 Cartoonist Gary ripping on Swedish guy
12 Formerly misshapen cone 5 Rollicking prom is a good time
14 Reportedly distributed liquors during period 6 Spots that man leaving lavatories
of inactivity 7 The lady's relationship's beginning with
1 5 Snitch from east end of Florida town German man
(2 wds.) 8 Extinct bird in bottomless trench
16 See instructions 9 Main tool essentially for digging
2 1 Shaq switching sizes at early-morning hour 10 Representative tossing out a man
(2 wds.) 13 Relative's company using curtailment
23 Relax, rebuild low condo (2 wds.) 1 6 High-end shop remodeled
26 Scandinavian airline circles English bodies of 1 7 Burn singular department store?
water 18 Madame Bovary is from Salem, Massachusetts
27 3/4 of mint piece is ground up for meat dish 19 Top-quality dancing on A&E (hyph.)
(2wds.) 20 Trinket, originally small and quaint
28 Lord, she botched containers 22 Girl left out donkey
29 Mature, wise, without trace of 23 Magician holds back smoke
selfishness 24 Section of unprofitable radio network
30 See instructions 25 Most prominent of buzzers, we hear!
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1 Teacher's petinitially infavor of coming back
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5 Gustav is originally holding eyeshade
1 1 Spooner's very long about-face (hyph.)
12 Leading man's long lunch?
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1 3 Tear off edges of paper copy
14 Age (about six) starting to take importance
15 Exercise put back after Jose's agreement
1 7 Zadora's swallowing sample of Turkish flat 3 Nation's flyers primarily operated empty
breads Concorde
18 Lie about Whitney 4 Turn over gun left inside crumpled tin
19 Jumped up and talked to the cops about case 5 Clever youngster hides, to a great extent
of pursuer 6 Agency broadcasts after the 1st
20 Mark Fink accepted by Southern California 7 Course is wet around middle of January
church 8 I'm with the media, and I have remarkable .
22 The night before, Santa, at heart, is all tied up 9 . . . reference work describing author, made
24 Tenth small bird he's following accessible
27 Desires approval to keep newborn, at first 10 Held sway, and fell audibly
28 See instructions 14 One appearing in Gilbert & Sullivan riot
30 Small, cold predator's unpleasant expression 16 Towns covering coupleof avenue's potholes
32 Woman's cloak giving heat, it's said 2 1 Complain about essentially useless salad
34 Gets there as cheer erupts ingredient
37 One not crazily digging 23 Reportedly digs Grand Canyon transports
39 Limited expression of disgust involving minor 25 Great sacrifice of Roman statesman,
criticism surrounded by fnnge mob at the end
40 Fade away in movie's last shot 26 Thoughtful writer embraces drunk
42 Hot foreign nurse's sharply-pointed 29 One heartless orc's keeper of the rings, in
protuberance short?
44 Feels compassion for ones taking heroin 31 Surprising new hit, "Bleach"
45 Resistance unit starts to oppose Her Majesty 33 Stand-ins for certain ships
46 Go around with our vacuous theatrical routine 35 Starts to use Nadia Comenici as promoter for
47 Spot Oxford tutor's optional item (hyph.) Open
48 Heading back inside, felt it busting 36 Again modifies dieters' spread
49 Settled station nearly located 38 Starting to bother Lincoln's young one
39 Great deal: $5 down
DOWN 41 Trace captures one ultimately exhausted
1 Back up large stonesfor preachers' perches robber
2 Sour bananas belonging to us 43 Dry out evenly, or spoil
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1 Split payment
7 Following me, cry miserably for forgiveness 31 32
All clue answers are either five or six letters long. Each
row and column consists of three of these answers: a
five-letter word between two six-letter words, each of
which it overlaps by two letters. The clues are listed in
alphabetical order of their answers. Either of the two
possible grid orientations is acceptable.
CLUES
1 Viewpoint of fish
2 Gangster has worries
3 English country festival has two pints of fruit
4 Crafty like an ancient king, leader of Egypt
5 Shun prima donna returning with Oscar at 24 Legendary British king, north to south, gains
first knowledge
6 Bug out of Chicagogo east 25 Gum resins made from my recipe: rhodium
7 Small boat within squalid harbor and sulfur
8 English family party having lost character 26 Yes, sweetheart returns to wit
9 Calculated twelve + one - two! 27 Tin Man's first line has lion scrambling about
10 Opponent in Pleistocene mythology California
1 1 Scandal-ridden company has small space 28 Don't start rewards for burdens
before President Reagan 29 Simulated pass play (no reverse!) directed
1 2 Weasel determined contents ahead
13 Error taste confused for class 30 Sumatran ape has excellent color
14 Fragrant compound from fallen trees 3 1 Egyptian deity is in fruit
1 5 Special edition of paper: "Art goes back after 32 Judge: "Law is introspective"
former wife 33 Pacific cruise dates held
16 Spanish saint's day essentially defies Tartarus 34 Hustle madly and search for info
1 7 Blunders made by electricians ignoring 35 Wet grass home for an animal
resistance 36 Smashed plates for bread or butter
18 I left egghead in class 37 Stereo maker in true north Asian island
19 Swedish king's keen delight: West Virginia 38 Stock penned in, except a longhorn
20 Scavenger has head of horse, tail of 39 Engineer a tech school
anaconda, and hunger within 40 Kid heard driver's needs
21 One cold step back on glacier (2 wds.) 41 Wealthy family catches sound of burglar
22 "Fools do it" is rewritten 42 He has great interest in pretender to the
23 Thinner nightly swimmer drops dead throne losing power
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1 Returning refreshed from exercising, I gave in
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to Dr. Margaret Stone (1 1) (3)
2 Topless aviatrix from near Hartford free to
accept lopsided defeat and change course (7) 8
(7)
3 Concerned with extra shellfish having garbage 2 Mr. Simpson, aviator, in novel twist, is a big
smell, head of operations left plant (5) (9) hit? (9) (5)
4 A highlander's rapid decline, it's plain, 3 Argentine cowboys cough as unstable krypton
involved English village (8) (5) behind air conditioner infects fellow in
5 Elitists' cries about Mondrian's latest grew massage (7) (7)
from alteration of pure dots (5) (8) 4 Gore (born Edward) to finally change to richer
6 Jumbled archive contains Pullman's second oratory, providing degree of reflection (8) (6)
and third letters concerning carsor contains 5 Drive near expert immersed in detailed Indian
the alternative (9) (5) carving of feet (6, 2 wds.) (8)
7 Strangely, bees can lack self-reproach about 6 First of pugilists ejected from shortened fight
code name (7) (7) before channels roll credits (Japanese
8 Medical researchers chime, "Boss, it destroyed wrestling tailless marsupial) (7) (7)
hearing component!" (3) (11) 7 Waste of a gun shot? Nothing is better than
destroying tin houses (5) (9)
DOWN 8 Mr. Brooks swallows your archaic kind of
1 Annoy Ms. Hayworth during complicated rite, alcohol without any scent of rotten old roses
showing repugnance in one stanza (8) (6) (6) (8)
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by Anomaly (Roger Barkan) 17 ::
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To be perfectly honest, I didn't actually write most of this
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puzzle; my 21-Across did. He even altered 10 of the clue -uI-1
answers before puffing them in the grid (in each case
forming a new word or phrase) and then stole all the
enumerations to cover his tracks, that mischievous fella! 32
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9 FAMILY RELATIONS
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to spell the category that the modified words belong to. 22 23 24
Unchecked letters in the unclued entries can be
rearranged to spell the otherwise inapposite NICE
CAMELS' FURS. 25
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1 Something funny rat failing to get old on the
outside (8)
7 Mixed foot in Mallarm's poetry? (4)
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1 1 Relative is said to feed the kitty (4) 2 At the middle of railroad, spot a detection
12 By Tuesday, Rocky Rand shows northern device (5)
region of land (6) 3 In review, critic cuts part for actor/director
13 In Cairo, nerd is one who's decreasing? (6) Stanley (5)
14 Name the fifth historical period (4) 4 Weaker judge keeps perjurer coming up (7)
1 7 Rig flipped coins with no head (4) 5 Nervous informants yellowbellies, at heart (5)
19 Cards containing unsatisfactory protection 6 Asian alto in a cast (7)
devices? (4) 8 Before me, having rebuffed Texas radical (7)
21 On return, feed lady (4) 9 Most boring in audience interrupting wittiest
22 Wild red cat put in a box (6) (9)
23 Kilts, e.g., placed inside, by the way (6) 1 0 Mystic fed Tut a kind of titmouse (6)
25 Almost arrested Indian woman of note (4) 1 5 Most Communist leftovers divided about Ike?
26 Sleeping on a ship is unsound with a big block (7)
of ice around (8) 16 Fighting force from Michigan guided Iowa (7)
27 More daring mesh gets stripped, revealing 1 8 Get upset about the ninth rejected medical
underwear (10) concoction (6)
28 Eyes seats for bishops (4) 20 Moves, packing article in flight (6)
29 More stable guide acquires foreign aid (8) 24 Gift recipient is over-eager, at first (5)
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by Jangler (Jeffrey Harris)
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Words in this grid go across and down, with no
unchecked letters. Words in each row are clued in ran- 4
dom order, but the column clues are in order for each
column. In addition, several of the clues are an odd form
of double definition, in which the first half defines a word 5
and the second half defines another word formed from
the first by adding or deleting a letter; for instance, "Girl 6
crazy" could lead to MAID and MAD. The longer word
should be entered in the grid. If the double-definition is
an Across clue, circle the extra letter in black. If it is a
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Down clue, circle the extra letter in red.
The top and bottom rows are unclued. The bottom 8
row explains the situation, and the top row gives you
more specific information. The last letters of the double-
definition Across clues, in clue order, tell who you are,
and the circled letters, read from bottom to top, tell what
you will become. DOWN
1 Starch, club soda: remove dirt and trace of
mud
ACROSS Roberta Flack owns insurance company
2 Gosh, in retrospect, it's 500 years of living 2 Cheer Leo wildly
Like a pond dweller Get to run on empty next to a church
3 Stableman holds back Nellie 3 Essentially, bug likes fruit
Royal leader I had unburdened Really, really involving musical instrument
4 Callas, without hint of modesty, produced 4 Moroccan city has a vampire, e.g.? Right on
operatic solo Dry financial overseer
Actress Gwyn's angle 5 "Name, rank, and statistical number"
5 Draw around little piece of the floor Actor Peter false? No, true! Do tell
Touched fabric 6 Monster's Ball next to "Greed," not "Ed"
6 "Smooth Operator" singer is sexy girl in a Nice thought put tag on empty envelope
Beatles ballad 7 Virginia . . . Illinois . . . Colorado resort
Put down Kenneth Deceiver flipped bird
7 Discussed one in pain in Israeli city 8 Announcer Hall initially emulates Dr. Demento
The French alias: not one let out information lacocca's green vegetables
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SECLUSION 10 11
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In the busy crisscross grid that is Manhattan, seclusion is
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a rare thing. Several letters in this grid, however, have
each achieved all-encompassing seclusion with the aid of
another letter. If you read the secluded letters from left to 23 24 25
right, and then the secluding letters from top to bottom,
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you will find the name of a place in Manhattan (recom-
mended in all the tourist guides, and by me too) whose 28
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1 Miracle worker has that lust around actress
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1 1 Wrong, bleak, unfortunately like the Titanic
1 2 Formerly running about with energy
1 3 List after list is turnable
14 Grant finish to pained outcry
1 5 Poet returns for olive 6 Pioneer from Brazil later relocated
16 Bambi, for example, is expensive, we hear 7 Extremist hiding in "Soul Train"
19 Martin Lawrence hugs relative (hyph.) 8 Fishing gear involves a way
22 See instructions 9 Story arises around start of cheap publicity
24 Article lies strangely in bridal path 10 Spilled beer on fine shoe
26 Boat follows dolphin's lead out of the sun 1 1 Unusually kind Les moved provocatively
28 Following wrestling triumph, Ike's upset with 1 7 Lucky number has no limits the night before
little fingers 18 One way, it's air; the other, it's water
30 I think consequence is in Michigan tribe 20 After victory with high card, Ed briefly closed
32 Returning inside, Valdez is revolting, larger an eye
than life? 2 1 By way of vessel, mostly . .
34 Former attorney general's city 22 . . . one thousand left to bring in goods
35 Svelte leader is cogitating 23 Was Satan returning?
36 Mix ground-up seed Louganis consumed 25 Is Grafton to publish?
27 Twisting sharply, Jack at last gets heartless
DOWN idea
29 Hit signs for Royals starter involved in call for
2 Noah's son, the bad actor help
3 Mr. Lincoln died under the sheets 30 Dole saw end of race
4 I objectively start to wonder about no spiteful 3 1 Solo males abandoning former Soviet republic
remark 33 After 22-Down, this worker becomes
5 Surprising Nina's ghost, I scattered meaningful
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sprouting an extra letter before entering the diagram;
ten more mark the fall by shedding one letter; ten 28 29 30 31
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enter the diagram in mixed order; and the remaining ten 32 I'r 34
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a Greek character invested in intended protein
b European capital's symmetrical hill
C Eldest prophet going back for Pee Wee
d Streetcar wandering most of the way 3 Polecat's feminine urge (5)
e Mast has fouled, creating difficulties getting 4 Bite mother sustained near tree returned
wind antibiotic (8)
f Grandma's ampoule contains port once found 5 American poet's station wagon is past traffic
in Korea [N12] congestion (9, 2 wds.)
g Biting a punk 6 Reportedly collected nuts on the ground (4)
h Quarrel provided in the middle of task force 7 Laughter from a ditch (4, hyph.)
Confessor awarded spoils 8 Heard safe way to prepare eggs (5)
J Found eroded grinding stone 9 One's allotted shares of sorrows (5)
k Edited weird magazine 1 0 Former dictator endlessly taking risks (4)
1 Tries uncovered ruins 1 1 Sad time with madder relative (5)
m Greek and Hun set free 1 2 Apostasy taking top off in area of church (4)
n For example, royal demand announced 13 Run inside, save Lancaster (4)
0 Entirely famous letter signed at the center of a 1 4 Second cloud of dust after the first (5)
table in a church (hyph.) 1 5 Commentary from Marge Wilder, author (6)
p Broth I'm stirring clogs 1 6 Apply to take on matter most threadbare (6)
q You discussed article 1 7 Reporter Bob returns, dropping old name in
r Wading birds disheartened egg-laying fish reduction (8)
18 Lip, thighs moving: this signals danger (9)
TUNNEL 19 Bo-peep, e.g., and her strawberry roan
1 German bill shows halo on gospel writer (7) returned (6)
2 During calypso, assuage thigh muscle (5) 20 Goddess A&E covered that one time (6)
[N12, N13] 2 1 Segovia snared skylarks (6)
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words, three variations on each theme-wordand one 34 36 37
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12 Repeated revolutionary ode: Che (6)
14 Rush west ahead of easterly traffic (5)
1 5 Imagined surreal red mat (6) DOWN
16 Teacher returned unsatisfactory toupee (4) 1 Sue catches lady with Ian Fleming (7)
1 7 False leg creates controversy (4) 2 Goddamn cue cards got mixed up (8)
1 9 A bit of money invested in equal opportunity (4) 3 Variation on Theme-Word C (6)
20 Variation on Theme-Word A (6) 4 Geek heads off, not even recognizing dweeb (4) j
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1 "Stop crusades" is thesis's essence 8 Studious inquiry about "burn child"
5 Disoriented, ma riffs and testifies 9 Prosecutor lies in sun in African country
10 Nag loveless talk show host on the way back 1 4 Keel repaired with money from Albania
1 1 Be near gold flame 1 5 Theodore Roosevelt cares about followers
1 2 Maniacal Rod cleans draining utensils 16 Insensitive hobo in tatters, holding title of a
1 3 Mick with a band in fast club knight, flipped
1 5 Fragile resident in class is more spasmodic 18 Rip up clothing on mr. cummings, a trailblazer
1 7 "Cold drink is failure, " snarled paper 19 Tree remains turgid, initially immersed in
21 Soaks, drifting in a stream cesspool
23 Sound of concern mustered shivering for 20 Bizarre cops won, nearly exhausted
thirty seconds (hyph.) 22 Composer is blue, is lost
24 Disgusting rancid eelone like Bjrk 26 Drunk cannot see Asian cuisine
25 Know-it-all unpredictably wears ice 28 "Become ill" is not applicable; employ "put
27 Redefine "heartless" for Descartes away
29 Peaceful person takes excellent shower with 30 Glendale estate partially protected from wind
stupid one 3 1 Series follows Crazy Aunt Allison and Charlie
33 Adolescents? Yes, very small 32 Chicago Hope actor at home, beneath shelter
36 Scattered light ore?! 34 Fermenter is positive, votes "true"
38 "Rip Torn Week": rerun for British broadcaster 35 Federation counselor quashed riot
39 Grain-based import is popular, penetrating 37 Green card distributor apprehends unknown
florida and Iowa musicians from Australia
40 Choir member has total breakdown, losing shirt
4 1 Inner root of unappetizing vegan staple TRANSMISSIONS
42 Is kneed roughly, creating wound
43 California team delivered agreement 3XM TXA OLC PLS
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1 Revolutionary dealt with unstimulating beverage ELC TPT LUU 5P3
2 Hoard includes new article: ceramic dishes T3P 7TC PTZ RT5
3 I would engineer notion in Paris
4 Eccentrically sharpen large pieces of mine THE AGENT:
6 Rye, if shaken, is full of spirit
7 Yes, "Loser" singer's heard goat THE OPERATION:
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6 Actress is with-it and smart 38 39 40
1 2 Speaker blasted other resistance
14 Cad decapitated flower
1 5 Climb a pole with Buddhist sect
16 Instill order amid receding prison melees 6 Paper hair net disheveled one who'd been
18 President talked about in bits groomed (2 wds.)
19 Zip past California in northern country 7 Woman climbing mountains, almost
21 XtimesE 8 Leave muff by base of tree in garden
22 In Broadway play, Rose's sweetheart shed 9 Israeli occupying reactionary sphere shows
skin from infectious disease verve
24 See instructions 10 Rising celebrity singers?
27 Essence of each, individual by individual 11 Cops in British intelligence raised reserve
28 Challenge non-standard lexicon funds (2 wds.)
29 On the water, oars relax alternately 12 Scorned and defiled about upper-class
30 Discharge one relocating to lead group of ballroom activities (2 wds.)
singers 13 My back half, swinging both ways, is source of
34 Element of erroneous miscue mystical voodoo
35 Seduced jerk in desperate need 17 Abandon semi-Gallic retro fashion
36 Revolutionary, boarding train, planned military 20 Attack Swedish group holding first of eight
formation elevated religious offices
37 Hack a large conspiratorial circle 22 Mesopotamian king assumes alias when
38 Cuts proverbs meeting princess, mostly
39 Vessel with sauce missing entirely 23 Lodge with head of exchange seat where
40 Not one spun yarn balance is maintained (2 wds.)
25 In zoo, the case!
DOWN 26 Priestly ocarina is out of tune
2 Buddy chopped fish 31 Leaders of hunt unearthed legendary Knossos
3 I used rum rum! for dregs wreck
4 Couple wasted time 32 Pine tar uncovered
5 Back order on first-rate biographer 33 Vainly transpose last two parts of poem
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1 Sledge's final pound that hurts part of the arm
1 Welcomed deposit to secure retro automobile
2 Church of England opponent adopting second
5 Dressed sharp, Bo tours the nightclubs
code name?
1 0 Positions plastic coil
3 Supply foreign capital
12 Flow of power among a spy organization's plants 4 Junk 5 first sea casks loaded with noodles
1 5 Badger chases black crow 5 British prime minister cultivated subflora after
1 6 Scarf slipped inaugural
1 7 A mistake in English can be silly 6 Race downhill in circuit taking a chance
18 Clients prepared outline 7 Creating headdress to top Asian dynasty
1 9 Woodcutter initially sharpens splitting tools 8 Park British comedienne's car
2 1 Revive interest in former philosopher? 9 Le Mans star directed MW sequence about
22 Reversal of Fortune's tone Eminem's debut (2 wds.)
24 Take care of golf equipment left by hole (2 wds.) 1 1 Honesty has the power to do right
25 Former First Lady almost rejected spiritual leader 13 Selection of Brunelleschi's elliptical sculpture
27 Repaired pearl with glue substitute 1 4 Mathematical group left out of small room
30 Beautify housing set back around university 20 Affiliated television stations own Trek rerun
(2 wds.) 22 Doing an about-face, soldier parts the union with
31 Orff penned love song obscure fighter
34 Scream star Campbell's retreating after green 23 Empties piano covered with scratches
space creature retaliates (2 wds.) 26 Navigation chart old admiral kept in belt (2 wds.)
35 Southern city lawyers collecting sum 28 Spots accommodating liaisons, primarily!
36 What can be said for Giants' contracts 29 Nuts seethe with laughter
39 Turned over run with one unknown discard (hyph .) 32 Smidgen of apple peel with liquor could be inviting
4 1 Cheese unfinished prior to delivery? (2 wds.)
43 Ham put in a lower grade without being opened 33 Fruit pickled by Greek character
44 Whale resting place in the sound [N12, N13] 37 Exceptional pitch introduced by French composer
45 Fussy patriarchs in Nehemiah excerpt examined (hyph.)
the wrong way [N12] 38 Courtroom figures refuse places for the hearing
46 Liberal arts leader 40 Prison resident ultimately confined
47 Bed support snagging our pillow's edge (hyph.) 41 Good show
48 Ones leading KLM head off crooks at terminals 42 Experimental theater incorporating bit of comedy
and airline terrorists when Hamlet says, "To be or not to be" (2 wds.)
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coinages that are unlikely to appear in any actual or
hypothetical dictionary; non-thematic answers are nor-
mal. Indications of hyphenated or two-word answers are
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1 South America is pursuing distant expeditions 1 Religious group includes Protestant leader
6 Fury consuming intended one with odd range
9 Many an ape-child, for nuts and a piece of 2 Calm, tree-lined walk by the sound
fruit, emulated David Helfgott 3 A feminine letter
1 2 Sediment originally settled in large thermos 4 Appreciate the woman's getting up to rein in
1 3 Shakespearean countess in nation without endless agenda
chief 5 Loud sleepers, comparatively sensitive about a
14 In California, an actor bit of noise, seem to start
1 5 Discussed fish organ with one brave enough 6 In opera course, I'm flipping over opening of
to certify an incompetent craftsman, perhaps neo-Expressionist , angular measure
1 6 Printed notices unhinged steady pets 7 Number = 3/4 of 9 divided by (over) 5 + 0,
1 7 Breaks down Communist with confusing cues approximately
18 Feel pain in rough emergency room stretcher 8 George William Russell keeps wood burning
20 Quench without lady's drink 1 0 Sniper loudly chased coward around drain
22 Link name with you and me, formerly? 1 1 Artificial jumping fleas
23 One tush is silly 1 2 Man clasping chest in gloomy Asian city
26 Actress Lupino found in former space station 19 Tailor accused mouse in Romania, once
above the ground 20 Glimpses small desserts
30 Top off whiskey flow 2 1 Game is soft, quiet, bizarre
33 Hearing lady and lord, S S 24 Shoot at British aviators protected by British
35 S cook must roast foxes
S gun, mostly
36 Amid game, Yiddish writer hung with the 25 Partially turned high final card deceptively
homeys 27 Comprehending Zulu, read up on foreign poet
37 Kierkegaard, some might say, insanely armed 28 Idols travel down south
aKKKfan 29 Raise price for volcano
38 Hide lower leg 3 1 Permits describing top of aromatic trees
39 Fights back about male seals 32 Make an impression on husband and so forth
40 Government agent controlling farm is licensed 34 Bores with corrupt laws
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there's a message in the grid that may explain a few 26 27 28
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1 Precious stone found in daiquiri (3)
7 For example, Little Miss Muffet's red DOWN
playhouse (6) 1 Hole optionally provided diamonds (7)
1 2 Section of square trolley is fashionably behind 2 Young wildebeest bellowed (3)
the times (5) 3 Those weird beliefs (5)
13 Finally, do circle round love near Quebec's 4 Break out of perfect upright Troy (5)
capital (7) 5 Doctor Cosmic collectibles (6)
15 After hesitation, De Palma's describing an 6 Dress like a gorilla to get even? It's so crazy, it
Italian province (7) just might work! (12)
16 Dandy catching long bomb (4) 8 Round jerk of the ear (4)
18 Guys who make bread maintaining 100 9 Descartes is half renegade (4)
supporters (7) 10 Big Russian tortured rats (4)
19 Overturned albino divers, in the sound (8) 1 1 Author of Siddhartha he's near Southeast
22 Charities housing first of your wild horses (7) (5)
24 English Queen the tenth to claim territory (5) 14 Germans that got married as fur flew (5)
26 Dundee's playful strip (6) 1 7 "Lo, I met a new Ewok" that's not a
28 Tires out after third of September how palindrome (9)
clumsy of me! (5) 20 Class-conscious person to weep about money,
29 Prime number of Greek characters at party essentially (4)
it's a gas (6) 2 1 Change representative tatting (7)
3 1 Puns a youngster has to recant (5) 23 Pan a gun remade for monotheist, perhaps (7)
34 Gold's shame is reported (4) 24 Apparently horrify: "Oh, God!" (6)
36 Clumsy fellow taking top off some bread (3) 25 Short R. Perot, losing head during
37 Staring amazedly at Globe Discotheque campaign . . . (7)
(5, hyph.) 27 is disturbed sexist (6)
. . .
38 Carol Askew, Spanish poet and playwright (5) 29 Placid aunts got upset (5) [N12, N13]
39 Foreign, mad run behind xyglodactyl, oddly (6) 30 Penguins upside down! (5)
40 Add child (3) 32 Wizard spilled nectar (4)
41 Drunk in borders of Schenectady, describing a 33 Reportedly, join part of an egg (4)
road in winter (6) 35 Bean curd beginning to taste of uranium (4)
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2 501 3 1060 4 1001 5 550 6 1050 nurse'sstrength
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i Kind of sleep one dandy brought up in
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9 3050 10 2501 k Orangeade: cadet has ten
1 Poem, rewritten, pales in afternoon
CLUES m Put off umpire with penny instead of ruble
a A raid? One might be! from the East
b Behold! Round mare, noblemen n Qua Poe, interpretation that is at first
C Beneath underwear, pervert seeks halters? incomprehensible
d Celica crashes around North Carolina 0 Radio regulators have real trouble with savage
forget it! p Rest from Rubinstein's initial test about
e Diligently used turning spindle musical note
f Faith's question: "Am I Al's steady?" No q Some oak I chopped for Northerner
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extra worn somewnere in me aennition portion or me 19 20 21 22
clue, which must be removed before solving. The shaded
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1 Roman in chariot, holding back waters (6)
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left (4)
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a After Bible study, Carson's returned
something people have with their dinner
b Alternative to love in New York: start and end
affair of the heart
C Announce an individual delay
d Blundering, Lew errs he may get pinned
down
e Completely foreign: nu, tau too (hyph.) q Mineral monster
f Dear! To hold Alamo without a crescent? r Odd French one originally called back
(hyph.) S Order, dine. Cook angry. Time to pay up
g Do penance within sepia tent (3 wds.)
h Edit on essay, in part, without expression t Party coordinator embraces businessman
1 Entertainer, relatively dull, absorbs lyrics U Plant secretion about season's limits
before Aida's prelude (hyph.) V Poe's first letters for Marshal
j Favorite returned after having been elected w Ruined Lynn's material
with the majority (2 wds.) x Small stage features with celebrities only
k Following race, I put on one piece of clothing (hyph.)
1 Henry, inside out, disturbed, gets kind word y Squeeze right into victory
(hyph.) z Top student's last degree comes first
m Implement silent disruption aa Tumble when West and East invade a group
n Invert ratio to get clever remark like OPEC
0 It's foolish to look around, Penny bb Managed to act unpredictable
p It's like this, ma'am Father left Indiana, rode cc Verbally detain confused lout (not he!)
aimlessly dd Wild beast beheaded, i.e. put in danger
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Each clue answer deposits its vote in the ballot box
before entering the grid. Find the winning party, and 18 L-' I
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how many votes it received. There is one superfluous 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28
word per clue; the initial letters of these words, read in
order, provide further help. 29 30
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1 Hopeless runs, before round of electioneeringit's 34
a way to bring light in (7) I
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6 Catch a licensed veterinarian holding a cup (7)
10 Elder member of college is eldest reader (7) 37 38
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across town. Those with subway passes walk in a straight
line from their number to their destination square, 12 13 L14
though you must determine whether they go Left, Right,
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Up, or Down. Those with tokens must go through a let-
tered turnstile. The solution to each Token clue travels 0 P 19
from some square toward the turnstile; at the turnstile,
the letter to be entered changes from the direction the Q 20 R21
TOKENS PASSES
A Crossing ravenous eater is pointless (2 wds.) 1 Guests sort red logs
B Former Arab group about to investigate 2 "Love is in the heart of a child"Anon.
C Called for another heart in finale 3 Country is Southwestern paradise
D Puts aside gel, solvent & energy drink (just a bit) 4 Nestled bug spits out cicada's head
that are all returned 5 Section of candlestand in case
E No travel for young flier Chuck 6 Actor earns bucks
F One who entangles ruffle is overwhelmed by hot 7 Wing of rail I injured
item 8 Magazine staffer rioted about
G Partner up with Professor Fahrenheit when 9 Asimov characters born amid cheers
mastering computer science specialty (2 wds.) 10 Forming Austin Powers term describing pin
H Build before court 1 1 It's essentially edifying, by the way
I Guards combat shelters 12 Actress Kate's ignoring California exclamations
J Cheers Seminoles leaving a place where you'll see 1 3 Members of the flock of Western spies infiltrating
Frenchmen returning S&L
K Radical protests war games in the ocean (2 wds.) 1 4 Contests realignment of augers
L Missouri surrealist Cobb's style 15 Loudly utter, "Quiet down!"
M Sanctuaries sheltering poor serf and stable- 1 6 Meritless release is discussed
dwellers 1 7 Change in carfare for Paris transport (2 wds.)
N Irks "Little House" writer abandoning Indiana 18 Artist measurin' around bottom of tableau
0 Fish for German man... in German 19 Part of typo in typography sticking out
P Oddly, spurned lady is amateur 20 Offensive lineman missing current record
Q Less terse note I'd fight over 21 Opening of columnist Hedda Hopper's conclusion
R Struck, Danson stifles pained comment that might be sharp
S Leaving each wild dog inside primitive dwelling 22 Drummer in Western Utah gets dry (2 wds.)
(2 wds.) 23 Fabric worker abandons noncom
T Start commercial's prompts 24 Cooked egg to start (hyph.)
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normal. The valid translations are: _L261
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Cyrillic: A E K M H 0 p C I Y B 38
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ACROSS
1 Back up at noon time DOWN
6 Transparent stuff: part of film unit about quiet 1 In the end, we might be burned up by this attempt
laughter to get back in gym class
10 Intrinsically very serious 2 Male in squalid dwelling reverts to poverty
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12 Like one without one parrot 3 Color an integer in a strange way
13 International unit holds mountain pass to ocean in 4 Preserve power in Massachusetts ship
flooded forest [N12] 5 Insect's sugar source came in first
1 5 Looked special, endlessly changing! 6 Come to understand belief with mantra
16 More than one word found within word stem? Hit 7 Beat lobster initially with point inside shell [N12, N13]
escape! 8 Privileged person used to be prime minister
1 8 Rarely destroys contents first 9 Kick back in fancy store with floral decoration
19 Old game played on horseback in two Western 1 1 Actress unluckily displaying Fijian skirt [NI3]
L states with large stone 14 Child's toy might make Grinch sore. OK!
23 About 110 thousand live in ecological community 1 7 One who eliminates incoherent readers
25 Postmen confused short tract between two Middle 20 Appearance in doubly good girl's mirror
Eastern rivers [N12] 21 Refined writer covers narrow opening
27 Possibly pine before relative returning as Scottish 22 Ring work about junior seeing prostitute
dancer? 23 Deceive addled foe holding a knife? Just the reverse!
29 Chemical causes golf ace to lose one 24 After playing games, she crushed sugar cane
30 Unnaturally forgives hits [N12, N13}
33 To be in France brings back memory of seismic 26 Sweet small ramhow unusual!
event 28 Public speaker attacked throne, right?
37 Weakest and most like a snail 29 Groom is among most learned
38 Household god's prank 3 1 Ballot victory call
40 It's used to call attention to some people born in 32 Pitcher s sweat seen on TV series
summer spreads 34 Mathematical constant wholly absorbed by middle
41 Poetically above someone in debt of end of proof
42 Prayers are answered with this Maine resort 35 Woman Japanese pearl diver has degree
43 Modeling material made from special tin 36 Muse of astronomy, not a queen
44 Modern bath for each media type 39 Starts to leave all requirements to skill
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at least one leter doubled. Hapy solving!
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ACROSS
1 They critique Cats, perhaps
5 Lost one chant at end of mas
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1 1 Part of spech in care of reporter
1 2 Left dog guarding one uncomon place for
plants 3 Swift work is excelent show
1 3 Aleviated a terible delay 4 Scarcity of roms initialy live with Eliot
14 Energy provided by the Spanish tower builder 5 Deserts, geting black eyes
16 Partialy revealed a lie on backward glance 6 Slow start of scheme to entrap former
1 7 Team befs about low energy president
18 Rifle shot notebok paper 7 Facile breaking up some frozen water
20 First person pleads for points to debate 8 Required study to be reviewed by editor
22 Pro bater with American League takes 9 For al to se, upset scren
strikeout pitch 10 Socer player on target with second shots
25 Col for covering scent 1 5 With record rain and snow, rest giving up a
27 Ratling noise feature of bones housing permit
28 North east of stret singer 18 Fat Rita's scrambled eg dish
30 Reconstruct one Sega without normal figures 19 Coming close to losing new jewelry
31 Fols intended droping author's tax 2 1 Unproductive union with tenis player
32 Lie low at first after times changed [N12] 22 Material in narow track dividing for
33 Hounds hunt, finaly entering more than one 23 Beauty wins old time card game in Canes
home? [N13]
24 Deposits earth during erosions
DOWN 25 Cut back a mile from Indian district [N12, N13]
1 Real Santa distributed canes 26 Most of continent is backing saint's town
2 Edges of the grove in stret 29 Cal "Turn" from below arches
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1 One unaltered maggoty infestation
4 Indian Fruit director Smithee follows North
director Reiner [N12, N131
8 Poor Sid mashed centipedes DOWN
9 Scratch the surface behind a northern Asian 1 Jacob is a Shakespearean king ascending (6)
country 2 Blacker layer beneath true love (7)
L. 10 A river inverted fatty white stuff 3 An ominous atmosphere announced Tolkien's
1 1 Muscular debility, like that time I was skinned dragon? (4)
13 Incensed, finally Peter Victor Ueberroth 4 Buck is in repose (6)
became outraged 5 Badly nail both skiing and shooting (8)
14 Christmas bears no soft tumors 6 Fifty turned Alaskan city yellow (5)
19 Joseph Campbell, for one, reconsidered Goth 7 Standard honor malaria imparts (6)
lore 1 2 Go off to meet a mate around retro spot (8)
21 Initially, our plans indicated an inability to look 1 5 Endorse very quietly after a ramble (7)
ahead 16 Related to "Space," citers miscopied (6)
23 Circle one eardrum [N12, NI3] 1 7 No money, no nerve cell (6)
24 Scattered minds, or yes-men 18 Wet and muddy, upended sheep shrink (6)
25 Alternates of a clean catena in Linear B and 20 Nothing on nine upstanding grape skins'
its ilk colorful protein (5) [N12, N13]
26 Unknown mess involving NBC drama 22 Make neither head nor tail of girl (4)
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1 Draw old companion 21
2 Looked angry when speaking
3 Better run skier going downhill .22 23
4 Damp oil-cured sheepskin
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5 Add sound meter on the inside to make silent
6 Postponed "grass skirts" run-through
7 A lively tune: "A Maid From Across the Sea"
(2 wds.)
8 Grave words for short libertine
9 Furnishes with a bit of paregoric!
10 State brew houses closing for Shrovetide 1 7 Introductions to rules of draw poker
(2 wds.) 18 Flower, germinated the wrong way, partially
1 1 Insects' frames are part of a giant scorpion developed again
12 Virginia goes after underwear that's wonderful 1 9 Cubist goes around with the end of a yard
for her hose (2 wds.)
1 3 Appear inside mouse embryos 20 Hemingway carries odd bits of the tackle
1 4 Martha and Jimmy ditching Art in red-light 21 Something that blooms: the never-ending
district flower
1 5 Fresh endive was green 22 Typical two-year-old vintage bottles: half red
1 6 Long story about head of Virgin returning fuel 23 Chaperone not available following nude orgy
for planes 24 Twins chasing small-time reporters
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CLUES
1 Trip is gay soul
1 Athlete's broken promise
2 Puccini heroine captivates a city 20 Active people run into female deer
3 Arctic explorer without bit of compassion 21 Vividly describe hot dogs and the like
r!.. clubs animal 22 Riot upset character on "Star Trek: The Next
3 Beseech snoop holding answer Generation
4 Either way you look at it, it's a tiny thing 23 Intimidate group of stars in Bulgaria
5 Fellows originally offer cheers for Hanukkah 24 Ballad about me repelled former Air Force
items commander
5 Minnesota intercepts one Virginia vehicle 25 You bet stocks against actor Montand
6 Berate Reverend Whitney in recession 26 Irish-American full of pity
7 Money beginning to leave nest egg 27 He's carrying zero garden tools
8 Retired engineer team holding anger back 28 Fuss about liberal Italian man s name
9 Choose copper yellow, essentially 29 Roman Empire invader got high
10 Breed has mid-December inflorescence 30 I had each concept
1 1 Exhausted famous friar before dawn of day 31 Former wanderer within borders of Tibet is
1 2 That ensemble has not relaxed gregarious person
1 2 Kind of income reflected head of company in 32 Vehement if rye spilled
any occupation 33 Can Whalers center move on the ice?
1 3 Solid apprentice beginning to excel 34 Reached around one Italian painter
14 Mighty struggle is essential to get us slender 35 Improved techies then arrive (3 wds.)
14 Guardian feeding half of tots fruit 35 The GI hid bombing waves' time (2 wds.)
15 Nut hurt Fuzzy's lie 36 Nordic person spinning a yarn
1 6 Might that man start to mitigate violence? 37 Show amazement at eastern peninsula in
1 7 Group of lawyers describes stooge: "simple Canada
creature" 37 Heard comic poet make a grinding noise
18 Get out unopened stuff 38 Tried hard piece of roast in cooker
19 Jail holds retired person from a Greek island 39 I got cramp changing prehistoric drawing
1 9 Money deposit from a teller 40 Throw out newsmagazine retrospective
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Some of the grid entries had a rough time on their trip ::
herehalf for one reason and half for another. Clues for 21 22 23
these entries are normal. Of the remaining clues, half ____]
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have an extra letter and half are missing one. The rele-
vant letters from each set, taken in order, explain just 31 32 33
what happened to the aforementioned grid entries.
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1 Bird's limitless breastbones
8 Pull one out of seven for Senator Kennedy
1 1 Trumpet heard at one bit per second 7
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1 2 Disheveled hut is grand
14 Rumpled pleat shows part of a flower 5 We take end off Addams' cousin
1 5 Rent shredded or not 6 Note old French con
1 6 Eastern lair is garden for Ada 7 Crazy cask upset
1 7 Arrest engineer before Joy's one-time friend 8 To a degree, leave island territory
1 9 Confused gourmand on the runway 9 Awful rates' spikes
20 Silver and a bit of gold put in boxes for 10 Most camped in lairs before winter time in
ringbearer Massachusetts
2 1 Late Cessna holds back group 11 Officer's aid taking tail off animal
23 Leader of Osage needs pants 13 Revolutionary leader of Islam with genetic
24 Spits up while swallowing fare that turned material found by Harvard's first crew
28 Wasting disease before Fed is back to hole 17 Sealed seed can spilled
30 With initial grade improved, produce 18 Former cone added
computer pioneer 20 Encircling pond enrages poor harvesters
31 Small bird's back for unwanted plant 21 Chanted less like Planned Parenthood founder?
34 Guy's mate caught Russ returning with leader 22 Snarl, "Can't contain backwards family!"
36 Fred, gyrating, held harp 25 Lance taken in by prenatal doctor first of
37 Without the star, Dick is blue deliveries followed
39 Push brat on train 26 Teacher is after southwestern morning
41 Have a metal back in Oklahoma City 27 SET! is backstage?
42 Hold testament after Rhode Island uprising 29 Bred to amble around Georgia
43 Eyes half a lemur? 32 Caught amid retro skirt style
44 Players don't mend cellar 33 Singer starts to date young ladies (cute
nymphets)
DOWN 35 Take sake back to the gym it's simple
1 Look among wary peasants for competitive 36 Indian is headless, like a host
person (2 wds.) 38 Caribbean nation with utility company yields
2 More tin is redder solid volume
3 Graze scratching head of bear 39 Nice ass: exercise and milk proteins
4 CEO: As in French, summer is sufficient 40 Mystery writer jams a pilot, e.g.
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20 Asiatic people's deities made flesh less tan,
6 Get to the point by the end of today, darling Li'' mostly [N12, N131
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"Absolutely Fabulous" : The regular characters get
horribly drunk. 26 , 28 29 30
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"Blackadder" : Edmund Blackadder insinuatingly 32
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lives up to his name.
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"Eastenders": "E 'as what? We don't take that in 37 39
our market, luv. There's no funny business 'ere."
"Fawlty Towers": There are no words to define
Basil Fawity's accommodations.
P: The Prisoner : I am not a numbernot this
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one, anyway. I shouldn't be here, you know."
"Upstairs, Downstairs" : Follow the rise and fall of DOWN
the Bellamy household. 1 B Real help in storm (4)
"The Avengers": From only cryptic hints, find 2 A Scratch if it's sampled by sound system (4, hyph.)
Steed and Peel. 3 A Word initially formed without covering
ACROSS accomplice (5)
1 F A note in a packet (7) 4 A Benefit of vain quality when going topless (7)
5 A Copper exercises long to get the lead out (5) 6 P Vigorously starting composition of flat lingo
1 1 V However approximate, base is about right (12) (9, 2 wds.)
7 F Great Britain infiltrates the French well
14 B British railway holding that is covered in roses? (6)
(6, 2 wds.)
15 B There's no right to restrain English power (4)
8 P To start with, I'm not fat or skinny (4)
16 P Samoan town is short of bees (4)
9 B Apply pressure to the Quebecois later
17 V Nothing about author's proof holding nothing
(6, 2 wds.)
back (8)
10 U Sharing out new worker's fee (7)
18 F Directed a jerk to the west (7)
12 E Old pitch raised old money (4)
1 9 P Principle that gets people evicted from
13 U Pass a line through agent for Anglo-Saxon king
apartment house (5) (5)
20 A Republicans finally out of congress (3) 15 A Greasy food puts calorie on where excess
2 1 P Child at the top of tropical American tree (6) weight often shows (5)
[N12, N13] 22 A Dwelling on high area by lake (5)
23 B Speculator's store hit anyhow (8) 24 A Train us to be stupid (6)
25 E Earned part of a Korean's wages? (3) 28 P It's hard surmounting a Chinese province (5)
26 V Less smooth sounding (7) 29 E Asian turning up will exchange one for capital
27 A Disturbing a cobra, a water-buffalo (7) in Bangkok? (4)
31 F Express disapproval about sin, backsliding (6) 30 V Assembly of AA in bar (7)
35 P National leader recalled share of Pulitzer prize (4) 32 V Height lower than in Germany (6)
37 A Image of an idol, popular, embraced by 33 U Remove a circular core from character in
youngster (5) bronze (6)
38 B Power, the one remaining controversy (6) 34 U Audible sign of a cold country (5)
40 B Tie metal threads in gorge (9) 36 F Make episodes incomplete (4)
41 P Smell near Omagh's centre (5) 37 U Demo supporting experimentation (7)
42 E Finnish dealers no longer use these to damage 38 U Bats left in opening note source of distress (7)
kings and aces (7) 39 U Soft cheese is an ingredient of apricot tart (7)
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1 One learned leader in flowers and molds 2 Coordinate French and German articles on
5 Liberal abandons reform of payroll tax, falsehood being fundamental
maintaining right to representation 3 Filipino Kita recalled holding back tear
10 Cobalt, lithium, and neon are in a row 4 Hunk of our bad meat ruined
1 1 Spare me a standardized test 5 Act of Emperor Fang annihilated around 100
1 2 Concludes first day of dancing in twos 6 Region to do a hula?!
13 Defector cut out, ran loose 7 Strumpet embraces member of team on deck
14 Weeping from teacher's first scolding 8 Sharp winds left us shaken
16 Haul veteran up and down in vain 9 Beats me back in ring tight spot
19 Famous land of Arkansas! 14 Fiddled with chromosomes to make new dye
21 Mole returning; agents take cover 1 5 Playing tennis? Ski! That will make you the
22 Free to dash and twirl, losing their heads most svelte
24 Orders one low grade beam covered with 1 7 Left dead mesas empty
knots 18 Afterlife, as I bleed internally, is within reach
25 Ventura to build muscles with chemical 20 Buffoon in adult section twitching, holding tip
27 Pat Dion, Esq. , wanders the ends of the earth of nose
29 A large number of Deb's last till one on 23 Note: hound is bound to be found keeping
Sunday company around
3 1 Harry Chapin's vegetable 26 Teresa is confused, OK? The date of this
34 Doctor J in a grab to make a steal holiday keeps changing
35 Corrupt one party supporter on the inside 27 Major snatched and yecch! eaten by tiger
36 Foul pass 28 Mason with bomb damages harbor area
37 Doctor observed individuals carrying TB 30 This person was among the first to pray about
38 Collar one from Istanbul, nabbing one from Zion (but not the first)
Dublin on the way back and capturing two 32 Buddy put ship plus contents inside little
from Venice bottle
39 Certain ballplayers backing fad by brewery 33 "Arrivederci," Chuck said
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gram by totally purging it of a drug. Wordplay will match -1
grid forms, not full words. A pair of words (10, 8) will
show up finally, honoring your tribulations. Jflfl29
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backward country (10, 2 wds.) 34 35
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ACROSS
1 Track and trick nanny endlessly (6)
4 Most of the Republicans, a little backward, suit DOWN
their stations (6 , 2 wds.) 1 Canadian leader's good shoe (4)
10 Crow about South Carolina's award (5) 2 Dirty uncle on jaunt oddly (7)
L 1 1 Hopeful, spithng tar back out (9) 3 Work hard to attach small eyepiece of
12 Sorry, Red, I proved to be right (8) telescope before rain (6)
13 Carefully manipulate in pen, red, in a 5 Tenant quietly lives within any account (8)
particular capacity (5) 6 Rolling around without husband may result in
15 Sound providers for Walt rally, officially form of excommunication (7)
excluded (4) 7 At heart, delighted to be unwed (5)
16 Day's olives, for example, so appealing take 8 Mad, E! Comix make tapas country (6)
two (4) 9 Aced, souped up, without loud interior
18 The dark horseman, stalking (5) (6, 2 wds.)
21 Recent veep, old prez the shame! (5) 14 Group of swingers both ways (4)
23 Employ as a result of backing up computers 17 See instructions
(4) 1 9 Carve for the opening and closing (4)
25 Grate some parmesan in noodles just for 20 He may take you out, a ruler making mass
starters (4) indiscriminate erasure (8)
28 Checks out tea bags (5) 22 Revelation thing is peanuts (7)
29 Less than one-third of bandsaw cut (8) 23 To convey ease is subtle, tricky (6)
3 1 Flying Argus leads initially toward tasty plant 24 Distributes top of votes (6)
(9, 2 wds.) 26 Before reading this, Lenin ends credibility (7)
32 Blest event: pregnant wives in Hercules (5) 27 Sung is one medium for concert (6)
33 Furnaces (note: hot) for consumers (6) 28 Social class left out of place (5)
34 New (too new) encounters (6, 2 wds.) 30 Reactionary swoon ere Zen reveals nothing (4)
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1 Rock edge on the outside; nothing in the
middle! 3 Arm fixed in brace
4 Give unsolicited advice, making it, however,
HEXAGONS cooperative
1 Latin raod Sabin womnsh 1ovs them 5 On vi1 form of oovrnmnt is in Ariznna
2 Train enginee; pockets gold piece and One is in New Mexico
6 I will love tragic second half, although Spock
hated it
7 Do rewrite of lines for a piece of silver
8 Sex doctor without it is poetically lusty
9 Player would be going places if no trump were
right
10 They come after the body is dead and
decaying
11 Model appearing in soft shift of angora
12 Great-aunts talked back
13 Ill repute houses may change
14 Howl when something remarkable is returned
and put away
15 Rule about American League is true again
16 One who'll eat anything, and translated into
French, one who's more particular
17 Doctor and nurse go out
n 18 Doctor moved gradually and made an
excavation
19 Just steer around excavation
20 Play stroke in approach
3 CRYPTIC
WORD SQUARE 1
CLUES
1 Spaniard's article and subsequently the device
for spinning and throwing
2 Like bird without no bloom
3 One thing that makes two-steps awkward: dirt
enveloping hindmost extremity?
4 Handle portion of "bushel" verse
5 Topless lady's husband at emergency room is
put into a list, perhaps
24 Stuff filled with excellent dairy product
26 Critic of late Sibelius ultimately likes novel
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III. ELEGIA
Need to ignore penultimate mass
Eccentric's beginning crossword diagram from
the right
by Bartok (Todd Rew)
In the morning, dressed in fast time
Bartok completed his best-known composition, Con- Iv. INTERMEZZO INTERROTTO
certo for Orchestra, in New York in 1943, two years
before his death. As a special tribute to this bold and ( " Interrupted Intermezzo")
personal symphonic statement, I offer a diagram of the 4 Hothead runs through anthem, a D note
orchestra and an analysis of the entire work. Interpreted capriccio
in the proper way, each movement contributes to the 5 Ravel intercut that strain
greater whole, eventually providing the musically
6 Adhesive ruined the clover
inclined with the joy brought by
7 Supports (about time!) woodwind enfants
terribles?
INTRODUZIONE 8 Ignores soprano section with lumps
9 White bed looks weakened
"Bela Bartok's foremost work, boundless work too seri- 10 Armstrong's audio somewhat shows respect
ously taken apart, is no dire mockery. Somewhere in 1 1 Spirit off into radio bit
Hungary, remastered tapes dub a movement s bndging 12 Take out ruler, threnode, and dances
themes, tireless cues Bela refined, long forgotten since 13 "Flee awful smell," suggests lieutenant
makeover of communist Ring. Linear sonata section 1 5 Article following another live seed
grows warmer once more after introduction, plus I m an 1 6 Gradually approached orchestral plot due for
oddball for key change, I gander. Browsing through the
mail, running through tempos, talent went ballistic (Ros-
a change (3 wds.)
tropovich's onset mellowed with time). Lots of opera 1 9 Work radar after the first month in Jewish
contained in manuscnpt is melancholy; sorrow nps calendar
opening pace, if you listen. Is dividing beat in retrograde, 23 Pencil that I assume highlights eyelashes
firmly set group? A composer takes to heart true liber- 24 Can counter cans stew
ties." 25 Western democracy to be the elder
Gorbachev s realm
[some Fred Savage passage I'll put in quotes]
27 Discounted individual embracing sailor almost
hummed (2 wds.)
GIUOCO DELLE COPPIE
28 Sins for an atrocious car manufacturer
("Game of Pairs") 30 A lot of what pounds overwhelming last
2 They see error, all right chord
3 Macintoshes, perhaps two pianos among bar 3 1 Abandon string theme
stock
14 Loaves produced in recital V. FINALE
1 7 Beginners in amateur Bela Bartok orchestra 1 Douglas, e.g., opening letters from firstborn
turn things comic 20 Attends the woman's clothing area
18 In a pliant fashion outfit 22 Connect battery when end becomes hot
2 1 Very elevated starter course 29 Convertiplane many backed
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CLUES
1 Mountain remains after second hard-hit ball
2 Bygone author with a kind of food 4
3 Holiday season lacks initial direction for plant
4 Grab and mix plaster, naked
5 Old-time comic Lear ending in carried-away 5
finale
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UABt!IU 1 WARM-UP PUZZLE
R IIAURAUD0AA ACROSS 1. AP(PARE) + L (pa rev.) 5. TAB(LET)S 9. C + RAMP
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RAI1P
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10. NAILS (D)OWN (son-in-law anag.) 11. AMEN + D + MEN + T 12. L + AIRS
13. CAUSER + E (saucer anag.) 14. CHANTS ("chance") 17. RAD-ISH (2 defs.)
AAIIRI
AL!1RUI
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19. MAD + RIGAL (a girl anag.) 23. [bJASSET 25. FRYING PAN (anag.)
26. TURNOVERS (anag.) 27. SLICE (hidden) 28. R(ASHES)[esorjl 29. S(ADIST)S
ricLIADRUA1!
R A D urii:i
A (staid anag.) DOWN 1. A(RCHAI)[tti]C (chair anag.) 2. P + LATE + AU
3. RAP(IDNES)S (dines anag.) 4. L(IN + GER)IE 5. TRI(S)TE 6. BASIL (rev. hidden)
EI AI!DL!JA 7. EMOT + I + ON (I tome rev.) 8. SIN(USE)S 15. HARD-NOSE + D (horse and
A
1IIRIliU RUIPAJ
P 0 D P
anag.) 16. CALY + P + SOS (clay anag.) 17. REAL + TOR (rot rev.) 18. DESERTS
("desserts") 20. G + UP + PIES 21. L + IN + DENS 22. AF(FE)CT (fact anag.)
UL!JRII0I R tiuci
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CANAVERAL (anag.) 11. DE TRACTOR (2 defs.) 12. SANTA (tsa[riJna anag.) 13.
ROU + N + DEL + A + Y (our anag., led rev.) 15. R + ASH 17. EDIT (rev.) 19.
A R A R T([cIAKE)ABATH[a] 23. VI + R + GO 24. MYSTIFIER ("mist," "ea[rth]," "fire") 26.
R 0 L!JIJDIl!AI
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RAFIII TRANSFORM (anag.) 27. [gal]LOPED 28. RED MEAT (anag.) 29. RO + YALT[aJ +
Y (or rev.) DOWN 1. ST + AND + A + RD 2. EVENT (hidden) 3. MUS + TARD
4. R + EC(IT)AL (lace rev.) 5. SYNERGY ("sinner, G") 6. ADVISOR (anag.) 7.
(rev.)
A E0IA
I!iil R 0 ITMUilIilI R
BERING SEA (anag.) 8. DO + LLAR (rall[y] rev.) 14. UNDERHAND (anag.) 16.
THURSDA + Y (hurt sad anag.) 18. TOOTSIE (2 defs.) 19. T(I + ME)OUT 20.
A EIUIIIA KASHMIR ("cash, mere") 21. A +XI +[for JALL Y 22. AVA + TAR 25. IMPE-li/LI
U R A IIFILJ0RI1 LIoPI D
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GAFFESTERMI NE 6 OVERLAPS
U S A E CL
I 1. ANGLE (2 defs.) 2. ANGST (hidden) 3. A(PP)LE 4. AS + TUT + E 5. AV(0)ID
SLEUTH I EFFETE (diva rev.) 6. CHI + GO + E 7. DING(H)Y 8. E + F + FETE 9. ELEVEN (l'tw]elve
T S AW L C V
ASTUTEASEDATE
[oJne anag.) 10. ENEMY (hidden) 11. EN + RON 12. ERMINE (hidden) 13. E +
STATE (taste anag.) 14. ESTER (anag.) 15. EX + TRA (Art rev.) 16. FIESTA (hidden)
V A E N X P N 17. GAFFE[r]S 18. GEN[i]US 19. GUST + AV (VA rev.) 20. H(YEN) + A 21. I + C
+ ECAP (pace rev.) 22. IDIOTS (anag.) 23. LEAN[d]ER 24. LEAR + N +5 25. MY
01 LCANGSTAPLE + R + RH + S 26. NAMEL + Y (rev.) 27. OIL(CA)N (Iicn anag.) 28. [bIONUSES
0 C
I L R L M 29. ON + WARD (rev.) 30. ORANG + E 31. RA + IS + IN 32. REF + LEX 33.
D NGHYENAMELY
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SEDATE (hidden) 34. SLEUTH (anag.) 35. SOD + DEN 36. STAPLE (anag.) 37.
T(AIWA) + N 38. TALON (hidden) 39. TEACH (anag.) 40. TEASE ("tees") 41.
THIEF ("[weal]thy f[amily]") 42. USUR[p]ER
T R 0 E N H I
SODDENRONUSES
NV GORATED GEM 7 TWOFOR-ONE SPECIAL
R A A IIIAL!JE ACROSS 1. INVIGORATED (anag.); GEM (rev.) 2. [f]RE(ROUT)E; EARHART (hidden)
ililEU
R IR0L!JUL
0 IIIIII
IARIJARU 3. TRASH (hidden); 0 + L + FACTORY 4. TAILSPIN (anag.); A + SCOT 5. S(N)OBS;
SPROUTED (anag.) 6. VEHIC(UL)AR (archive anag.); O(THE)R 7. RE + MORSE;
A U0RUA0U
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ABSENCE (anag.) 8. EAR (hidden); BIOCHEMISTS (anag.) DOWN 1. IR(RITA)TE
(rite anag.); A + VERSE 2. VARIATION (anag.); HOMER (2 defs.) 3. GAUCHOS
(anag.); B(AC + KR)UB 4. RHETORIC (anag.); AL + B + ED + [t]O 5. TEE OFF
0 A
(anag.); AP(PRO)ACH[e] 6. DIRECTS (anag.); O[p]POS[e] + SUM[o] 7. GUAN + 0 (a
L!1
SNOBS SPROUTED
A AP A P SO gun anag.); OUTSHINES (anag.) 8. ME(THY)L; ODORLESS (anag.)
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BUCHARESTI 8 MYSTERY AUTHOR
K AICAIAB U DQH A Theme answers have a phonetic "boo!" added to form a new word.
LABLEBABO ACROSS 1. CAR(ESS)ED 10. DUH (rev.) 11. S(AL[1J)ABLE 12. BAN (rev.) 16.
S K IBOOT BIMOIR DI 0 SKEE + T (seek anag.) 17. TACO (anag.) 18. THE + M 20. UP(0)N 24. GO(0)D
T A C OIOIT HE M U P 0 N 25. [p]EARL 27. IOWA ("I owe a") 30. K 32. AENEID (anag.) 33. ACTUARY
I G HOSTWR I TE R F (anag.) 34. MY + RR + H 35. MERINGUE (anag.) DOWN 1. BAll (anag.) 2.
G 0DEARLN IQ w A
0 C(US)S 3. ABE + T 4. RU(BB)ER 5. EDAM (rev.) 6. TH(ORP)E (pro rev.) 7. K +
MI R BIL LINIB0UQU E T A, K + A 8. CU(D)DLE (cul-de anag.) 9. A LOT ("allot") 13. TEAK (anag.) 14.
A E NI DIACTUA RY O(DO)R 15. NONFAT (hidden) 16. S(T)IGMA 19. MINUTIA (anag.) 21. GORE (2
OOME R0IIIEIN defs.) 22. HOB(N)O + B 23. T + AND + EM 26. LOCO (anag.) 28. WERE (2
BOOME RANG defs.) 29. [aJUMO[nyj 30. B + ARE 31. UANG (hidden)
PR AT F A L L P I E D 9 FAMILY RELATIONS
SATURNAL IXIR Dropping a letter and anagramming each unclued entry produces the name of a coun-
EDUCATORANTE try: in diagram order, Australia, Ecuador, Italy, Sudan, Suriname, France, Peru, Spain,
and Chad. The dropped letters spell COUNTRIES.
flAFICIIISTUNDRA
ART I LY I RONER ACROSS 1. P(RAT + F)ALL 7. PIED (2 defs.) 11. ANTE ("auntie") 12. TU +
NF VERAMSEMI NDRA (Rand anag.) 13. IRONER (hidden) 14. V + ERA 17. SEMI[d] (rev.) 19.
lu, RENIDLEE I(U)DS 21. ENID (rev.) 22. CRATED (anag.) 23. P(LAID)S 25. RANI[n] 26.
BER(THIN)G 27. BRASSIER + [m]ES[h] 28. SEES (2 defs.) 29. STE(ADI)ER (aid
CRATEDPLA DS I anag.) DOWN 2. R(AD + A)R 3. TUCCI (rev. hidden) 4. F(RAIL)ER (rev.) 5.
UNSA I Dull clxoj ANTSY (hidden) 6. LAOTIAN (anag.) 8. E(XT)RE + ME (TX rev.) 9. DR(EAR)IEST
RAN IERTH NG I 10. TUFTED (anag.) 15. RE(DDE)ST 16. MI + UT + IA 18. EU(X1)R (rev.) 20.
EICBRASS I ERES ST(A)IRS 24. DONE + E
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ter on all four sides The secluded and secluding letters spell "The Cloisters."
ACROSS 1. MONKISH (anag.) 5. HAVE + N'S 10. STAN'D 11. RESIUENT
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(anag.) 12. REPOS(S)ES + SING 15. DIM + OR + PHIS + M 18. TO(T)O 20. T +
ET + E 21. GESUNDHEIT (anag.) 23. WATERCRESSES (anag.) 28. FLESH SIDE
(anag.) 29. ERAS + E 30. RE + MOTE 31. M(USE)UMS DOWN 1. MI(SC)RED
uEOI IIL!JEIDIIIAU
1Ii!I R A
+ ITS 2. NA(A/C)P 3. INDUS + TRY 4. HO(R)SES + HOE 6. Al-UNG 7. E-
DEN 8. SITE ("sight") 9. I + SIS 13. TOTE[m] 14. POE-TASTERS 16. METE
R I!IIU ("meat") 17. SOURC[eJ + REAM 19. ED(GEL + ES)S 22. WAS + H.S.T. 24.
LUAL
A E1 EXI[s]T 25. SNAFU (anag.) 26. A + FAR (R.A.F rev.) 27. SEEM ("seam")
A
II11UDI IRAE1ER
REM 0 T E M USEUMS
THAUMATURGER 12 I JUST DON'T SEE IT
SAB L ESR LONCE Theme answers are modified by removing INK.
LMEROTATABLE ACROSS 1. THA(UMA)T + URGE 11. SIN + KABLE (bleak anag.) 12. ON + C +
ENDOWO I RDRAB E 13. ROTA + TABLE 14. END + OW 15. DRAB (rev.) 16. DEER ("dear") 19.
DEER I NLAWVTO IN-LAW (hidden) 24. A + ISLE (lies anag.) 26. D + ARK 28. PIN + KIES (Ike's anag.)
30. M(I AM)I 32. OVERSIZED (rev, hidden) 34. RENO (2 defs.) 35. THIN + KING
IISIBLE INK 36. DESE + GREG + ATE (seed anag.) DOWN 2. HAM (2 defs.) 3. ABE + D 4.
MLEA I SLEDARK ME(0) + W 5. ASTONISHING (anag.) 6. TRAILBLAZER (anag.) 7. ULTRA (hidden)
P1 ESSHAMIAMI 8. RO(A)D 9. E(C)LAT (tale rev.) 10. REEB + OK (beer rev.) 11. SLINKED (anag.)
OVERS I ZEDRAN 17. [s]EVE[n] 18. RIA (rev.) 20. WIN + K + ED 21. VIA[I] 22. I + M + PORT 23.
RENOUNETH I NG LiVED (rev.) 25. IS + SUE 27. K + INK[l]ING 29. S(R)OS 30. MET + E 31.
TDESEGREGATE AR[men]IA 33. [import]ANT
TYDSREDUCES GUILD ERROR ("gill darer") 16. TYPESET ADS (anag.) 17. RED + UCES (cues anag.)
REACHER I SAKE 18. R + E(ACHE)R 20. S[1JAKE 22. N + EX-US 23. A + PISH 26. M(IDA)IR 30.
UflNEXUSAP i SH fb]OOZE 33. EAR + L 35. OUTSMARTS (anag.) 36. W(AS CH)ILUNG 37.
DENMARK KAFKA (anag.) 38. CALF (2 defs.) 39. STA(M)PS (spats rev.) 40.
MIDAI RENINTA F(RANCH + IS)ED DOWN 1. S(P)ECT + RUM 2. ALLAY ("alle") 3. A + YIN 4.
GQEUOOZEEARL RE(US[t])H (her rev.) 5. S(N)ORER + S 6. MI + LI JR + ADIA + N (Aida, nil, I'm rev.) 7.
N(O + V + 0 + CA)IN[e] 8. A(FIR)E 10. F + RAN + C(TIRE)UR 11. FALSE (anag.)
0 U T S M A R TJWA 12. SA(M(ARK)AN)D 19. CEAUSESCU-DOM (anag.) 20. S + PIES 21. P + IQUET
DENFKAICALFII (quiet anag.) 24. ST(RAF)E[n] 25. H + ALF-RANCID (final card anag.) 27. E(Z)RA
STAMPSIH I SED POUND (read up on anag.) 28. GO + D + S 29. ETNA (rev.) 31. O(A)KS 32. ETC
+ H 34. AWLS (anag.)
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C A E S A R T U R F 24 UNZIPPING
The extraneous words in the Across clues are kinds of flies; the shaded letters spell
I N T I M E E N I L DROPPING LIKE FLIES.
CO N V A L E S C E ACROSS 1. C(AES)AR (sea rev.) 6. T[i]URF (rev.; so[house]d) 9. [w]INT(IM)E[r]
AM A P S I P U K E (with the rhythm of the tun[dragonje) 10. NIL (even letters) 11. CO(NV)ALESCE (to
get betlslloojter) 1Z. !V1!M- (rev.; they help in locihorsejating yourself) Ii. I-' + UISt
D I P A S C E N T I 14. DIP (2 defs.) 16. A + SCENT (ri[bar]se) 19. EUCHRE ("Uecker") 22. G(U)M
A E U C H R E G U M (tnfrind lr,th nrdtirn 2 MVTI-1 (r, hiM'n. rhimInnnlprn 24 HFPR ("hw"i 21S
INT(IM + I)DATE (tainted anag.; bul[butter]ly) 27. RYE (hidden; deli farfrnayje) 28.
MY T H E H E R R B ENG1LD (anag.) 29. EVE + R 30. NOB(L)ES (bones anag.; ge[tsetse]ntry) DOWN
I N T I M I D A T E 1. CI(CAD)A 2. AN(0)MIE (Maine anag.) 3. ETNA (rev.) 4. AMASS (hidden) 5.
R Y E E E N G I L D RELIC (hidden) 6. T + E(E)PEE 7. UN + SUNG (rev.) 8. FLEELt] 15. PUTTEE (2
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NEW) Z. A(Z)(ORE)S ACROSS 4. LUX 5. B(L)END 6. SN + O(W)MEN 7.
M(IS + D)EAL 10. RES + ALES 11. F + LASHES 13. SING + E (grass = sing) 14.
L. TI 011K! I(4 Q1IcI./\ Q
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12. L(I)AR
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TRAG I CJ ESTER 27 ELECTION
ac c ue .eposits a vote o , or e ore .eing entere. in t e gri.. e vote ta y
is D-18, R-18, 1-6. But the initial letters of the extra words spell "Every Independent
E1L!JII 0 0 A ILL .-. -.,. . .- .. "n..,. - . r- :
ELECTOHABTAT ACROSS 1. SUNR + 0 + OF (runs anag.) {electioneering} 6. CHAUCE (hidden)
NEVCAEOSOLEE {veterinarian} 10. E + LECTOR {elder} 11. HABIT + AT (remove) 12. A(EROS)OL
SOEL Y LANMASS {you} 14. SO + REIpILY (II 15. L + AND + (MAS)S (Sam rev.) {neverl 16. BUDGEItI
OUBU GE LOENUT {decisive} 18. S(TEE)DS {establishment} 19. CORNEA(r]S {plan} 20. V + ANDYKE
9c A1RP . 1-1 (forn. ir-14 fl AJflfl flF1V h-lict,rI
STEESGCONEAS 31. TOE DANCE (anag.) {erotic} 32. A + NO + DAL (lad on rev.) {Netscape} 34.
VANYKESAJFESH ASO(CIA)L (also anag.) (terrorists) 35. G(RUNT)LE (leg, turn anag.) {Victor} 36. TON +
- I!! wore rev. oen anag.
00 A P mail iona S . S
I Uot1AI1E 0 A II
AO AS OC A LIA PT F
A
(extremist! DOWN 1. SENSORS ("censors") (desperate! 2. RULE OUT ("rue lout")
diabolical 3. NERVE ana'. ever 4. OCCLUDE ana.. meanin. 5. FO RELE G
(reel anag.) {overexerting} 6. C + H + ORAL {comrnentaryl 7. ABD + OMEN (bad anag.)
{rash} 8. CAESUR + A (saucer anag.) (allies) 9. DE-TESTS (2 defs.) (trouble) 13.
G U NJT LJE T OJN E OW Q(K1Wr 1 i 0 PN1TQ \ 11
S I KTPFrV ("l,,F-1"\
E S T "I L E' E f AP KI'1I I
J\1 -')'.-'-' flflIJ .LJ. U k4 LJ) La "''"S/ IL1U11OJLLJ I 1L..L.L.F I LCtILIJJ
I 11 I
{idealist} 20. V + IN + T + AGE (nol 21. AMOR(O U)S (roams anag.) (teenager! 22.
DYNASTY ("dine Asti") {hearty} 23. K(END)O (events) 24. SWEATED (anag.) (removing!
Z6. FOND + AN! lunusuallyl ZI. 5IAF + I + ON (rev.) (fowl Z. H(ALk-W)Il (flaw
anag.) (overnight) 29. AC(CED)E (Dec. rev.) (fakes) 33. OPERA (first letters) (fielding)
9 28 SUBWAY STATION
IN LJU VV Iz Li IN L Li Li TOKENS A. NO USE (hidden) B. EX + PLO + RE C. EN(CORE)D D. D + E +
I NSETAC I LI NTE
IIQflIrDD&ADA In DICA + TES (rev.) E. [goISUNG F. EMB(ROIL)ER G. P(AI)ROF + F H. ERE + CT
I lilA T . TKTC ....l...lfT c' IT1NLrfl I I 1ACiD r't,rc G111./
I._ II.... TIE\
II I ./ I I_I IVI I Ul I LI 1. VV1-tt 1 J1.I'l. r T
d. LSeLIILL1J'JL.E.. IV.) IT
r.. VVZ%11.I\ IVLJ 1
TCE L BRENSARDO DAU + TY M. HO(RSEF)LIES (serf anag.) N. [inIGALLS 0. HERR + IN + G P.
Al PF( I I MTHFFF SUNDAY (alternate letters) 0. WOR + DI + ER (rev.) R. T(OUCH)ED S. H(EA +
WA T ER S P0 U S R S F DINGO)UT 1. GO + ADS U. G[eJORGE V. PREDATE (anag.) PASSES 1.
PLWSEUGRAL I TY LODGERS (anag.) 2. S(0)ON 3. SW + EDEN 4. INSE[cIT 5. LEST (hidden) 6.
anag. . 1 anag. anag. 'S I S I.
0 fl IIHL!1I1L!1 A 11. FYI
S
(hidden)
S
12. [ca]PSHAWS
.
14. ARGUES
R D IIR AiIIU 0 P
SI-LA(PIN)G
AAR I ERCHEDDAR GAUG(U)IN' 19. POINTY (hidden) 20. [cIENTER 21. C + HEDDA + R 22.
WR I NGOUTGUSLE W(RING 0) + UT 23. SERGE[antl 24. GET-GO (anag.)
DItILJITIrII
ii r i r ALiritiriii
rr I I I
1Q TPAI-1C-IITFRATIflNS
EMOTEYCYPEPC
Ar r r I' A Li
I A I
ACROSS 1. VEN(TRE A TER)RE (never anag.) 9. EMO + TEirmites] ([hJome rev.)
ifl F-111(!1PPP"-' 1''-' AJ1IIPPLPAP 14 M AP1(' MPN 1 TC(T\C 17
L'-J''V-''-' .'-,.
MAPKCMEHTOTO
r flULW I r I A
STE + RNS (set anag.) 19. TEA ([w]ate[r] anag.) 21. ANTE (rev.) 23. S + TOMAS
(atoms anag.) 25. UNROVE (neruou[s) anag.) 28. A + VON 30. [f]EMU[r] 32.
UI I %
ASSUME (anag.) 34. M + ORE 35. STE(AM)ERS 37. MU-M + ESON (nose rev.)
AHTENCTOMACC
r T'.1 riI rr # r r
39. TRA(U) + MAS (Art, Sam rev.) 40. ERA + TO 41. 1 + E(ET)ER-T+OTTER (tree
FF
l. U
ri P. I
IN
A I I
rev.) L)UWIN 1. bt.[HJIMVI Z. tJVI + rI\ + Il-1Y -i. NU1-'eJ el,. !-'tLS]/LI1
EMYPN ACCYME ACCEPT (assert in Cyrillic) 6. TY-[c/PH]-OON 7. p + E(LOT)A 8. ECHO (hidden)
uvirt.. i
l.A I- -I- I- A 'a I- 11 P(Fr1flTOMAC (rfl 12 PATE (2 dfc 1 F PIn1FT 17 CAPE (2 dfs' 1
PE(PP)ER + Y 20. ACHE (hidden) 22.' NONC(0)ME (con men' anag.) 24.
.
AOHROMYMECOH
-u l-r i i lviI I -' r #A -I U
A % A
COM(POT)E 26. HYP(HA)E 27. BITMA + P (bat I'm anag.) 29. BYE ("buy") 31.
MO(0)P 33. C(AM)EO 34. MATT (2 defs.) 36. CHO[mJP 38. CA[r]T
TEETEPTOTTEP
30 PARTY!
CH A S E E M P R E S S Wordp!ay in each B clue leads to the answer plus one additional letter; the definition in
HOS E A P E L AG I C eacn L clue contains a one-letter misprint. I ne extra letters in and tne correct letters lfl
D, read in clue order, spell DUMP THE TEA INTO THE SEA. In accordance with these
A R I A R E N A L G L R phonetic instructions, each answer in A dumps its T's to become a new word; the T's go to
OMN S S E E N I S L E o ma e new wor.s ere.
T OE I
I NWD
N
C
S
O
T
U
E
R
D H OW
I E R S
" '1 -. - . ..- -I.-- a! I! -III.
A ACROSS 1. C + HASTE 4. TEMP + TRESS 6. HO + T SEAT (OH rev., state anag.)
-. - S SSS S.
SEMIPROMINIM 35 MATCHMAKER
PS I EEAREV I LE The newly formed couples are in boldface.
I NANCYSHARON 1. SPIRIT (anag.) 1. SEMIPRO (anag.) 2. MI(A)MI 3. PE(C + C)ARY 3. PR(A)Y
REMECARYNATE 4. MINIM (palindrome) 5. MEN + 0 + RAHS 5. MIN(I+ VA)N 6. REV + Ill (Eli rev.)
I T I CUBEAGTUR 7. L + IRA 8. EM(ERI)TA (team anag., ire rev.) 9. CU + [ye]LL[ow] 10.
TUSSLEOMARCC RAC([dec]EM[ber])E 11. TUCK + ERE + D 12. TENSE (hidden) 12. TEN + AN(C)Y
(net rev.) 13. CUB + E 14. TUSSLE (hidden) 14. T(ANGEL)O[ts] 15. UNTRUTH
ANGELODEREKA (anag.) 16. MAY + HE + M 17. A(MOE)BA 18. [s]CRAM 19. C(RET)AN 19.
ETCHBULLYVES CASH ("cache") 20. DOE(R)S 21. ETC + H 22. TROI (anag.) 23. BUL(LYRA)G
DRUTHMARGOTH 24. L(EM)AY (me rev.) 25. Y(V)ES 26. SHAME (hidden) 27. H(0)ES 28. A(L)DO
29. GOT + H 30. I'D + EA 31. EX + T(ROVER)[ibe]T 32. FIERY (anag.) 33. AXE
I OTTO LEXTRCA
TIFIERYANTIM + [wha]L[ers] 34. G(I)OT TO 35. HIT THE SCENE (anag.) 35. HIGH TIDE (anag.)
36. ARYAN (anag.) 37. GASP + E 37. GNASH ("Nash") 38. ST(R)OVE 39.
H G I H S A N G A S P E PICTOGRAM (anag.) 40. EMIT (Time rev.)
TERRA I NSNTED 36 TRAVELER'S NIGHTMARE
YBAUDTHOUOAE Extra letters spell "SOME OF THEM GOT AIRSICK"; six grid entries have anagrams of
AIR added. Missing letters spell "SOME LOST THEIR LUGGAGE"; six grid entries are
PAR I ETA LTORN missing the words "bag" or "case."
EDENQENGROSS ACROSS 1. [s]TERNLaI 8. T[i]ED ((s)even) 11. BAUD ("bawd"; (s)trumpet) 12.
AGROUNDG I NSE THOU (hut(o) anag.) 14. PETAL (anag.) 15. TORN (or n(o)t anag.) 16. E + DEN
SECTADS LACKS (Ada(m)) 17. ENG + ROSS (Jo(e)y) 19. AGROUND (gour(m)and anag.) 20. B(AG +
G)INS 21. SECT (rev, hidden; lat(e) Cessna) 23. S + LACKS (leader of (0)sage) 24.
ALLOTSGEDEBT A(LLOT)S (toll rev.; sp(l)its up) 28. DE{f) + BT (rev.) 30. [c/B]-ABBAGE 31. WEE + D
34. G(ENER)AL (Rene rev.; Russ(o)) 36. EDGY (hidden; (s)harp) 37. [t)RACY (without
NBABEWEAR I ED the star(t)) 39. IMP EL 41. ENID (rev.; have a me(t)al) 42. RI + OT ((h)Old
GENERALNEDGY Testament) 43. AYE[-ayej ((e)yes) 44. BASEMENEtI (don't (m)end) DOWN 1. TYPE
RACY IMPERIAL A (hidden; war(t)y peasants) 2. RARER (2 defs.; more t(h)in) 3. [b]RUIN ((g)raze) 4.
AD + E(QUA)TE (C.E.(0). = AD.) 5. lTr[1 (we(e)) 6. SOL (2 defs.; co(i)n) 7. NUT
I SUEN I DR IOTA (rev.) 8. TO + BA + GO 9. EARS (ra(t)es anag.) 10. DENS + EST (most c(r)amped)
AYEDSBASEMEN 11. BADGE[r] (officer's (a)ID) 13. H + AND + S (rev.; leader of (I)slam) 17. ENCASED
(anag.) 18. ONCE (anag.; add(l)ed) 20. G(L)EANERS (enrages anag.; po(u)nd = L) 21.
SANG[erl 22. CLAN (rev, hidden; sna(r)l can't) 25. OB(EYE) + D ((g)lance) 26. SW +
AM + I(s) 27. GEL (leg rev.; set(i)) 29. BE(GA)T ((g)amble) 32. IDI(0)M (midi rev.;
VAR I OLAR (c)aught = 0) 33. DYLAN (first letters; (a)cute) 35. EAS + Y (sa(k)e rev.) 36. [e]ERIE
SLATTERN (like a (gjhost) 38. CUBA + GE 39. CASEINS (ariag.) 40. PD + A (Jam(e)s)
DISTASTE
CHOREMAN 37 TETRIS
BOISERI E BLOCKS 1. D(IN)ER 2. B + LEEP (peel rev.) 3. G + LOVE 4. [r]ADIOS 5. D(R
LEVI ABLE + E)AM 6. HONE + Y 7. A(LA)RM 8. F(L)ANS 9. CAN + ID 10. [rem]EMBER
11. AB(O + V)E 12. GI(AN)T 13. C + R + IS + P 14. AD (H)OC (rev.) 15. BA(S)IL
MI NDANAO 16. D[ecim]ATES (mice rev.) 17. GREEN (2 defs.) 18. FERAL (hidden) 19. DI[r]T +
rn
SOLEMNLY [anJCHOR + EMAN (name rev.) 7. BO + I + SERIE[s] 7. DISTASTE (steadi[ejst anag.)
8. SLAT + TERN 8. VARI(0)LA + R (a viral anag.)
REPR I EVE
38 TELLY ADDICTS
RA IMENTUCEPL "Absolutely Fabulous" answers are jumbled. "Blackadder" answers have a B added to
AGHOROUGHBRE form a new word. "Eastenders" answers are all currencies (tenders). "Fawlty Towers" an-
BR I BERYCUBEB swers are kinds of towers, anagram med (faulty). "The Prisoner" answers are entered at
the wrong grid number "Upstairs, Downstairs" answers go up, then down. "The Avengers"
INFOVYI PPIZA answers are horses with their first and last letters removed (find a steed and peel). NB:
DI ALECTHONAN Many clues involve British usages.
ESXFALL I NGTO ACROSS 1. MIN(A + RE)T 5. CU + PE + L 11. THO + ROUGH + B(R)ED 14. BR(IE)
+ RY 15. CU[r)B + E 16. APIA[nl 17. U(P(PIZ)A)N (rev.) 18. CIT + A DEL (rev.)
THEORB I STWON 19. TENE[men]T 20. S + EX 21. CH UPON 23. THEORIST (anag.) 25. WON (2
OURS EOAABACR defs.) 26. COURSER ("coarser") 27. CARABAO (anag.) 31. TU(RRE)T (err rev.) 35.
PREZ (rev, hidden) 37. P(IN)UP 38. P + OTHER 40. S(TALEM)ATE (metal anag.) 41.
RUTTERRQAP IA AROMA (hidden) 42. MAR + KK + AA DOWN 1. R + AID 2. HI-H (hidden) 3.
PNPU I POTHERB [a]CRONY[mJ 4. [f]UTIUTY 6. FALUNG TO (anag.) 7. BI(GB)EN 8. INFO (first letters)
STABLEMATET I 9. LE + ANON 10. GARNISH (anag.) 12. 0 + BOL (lob rev.) 13. REEVE (2 defs.) 15.
C + HIPS 22. A + ERIE 24. OBTUSE (anag.) 28. H + ON + AN 29. [B/iJ-AHT (rev.)
TENETMARKKAA 30. ARABIAN (anag.) 32. H + UNTER 33. T(REP)AN 34. QATAR ("catarrh") 36.
KEEP (hidden) 37. PRO + TEST 38. PRO(B + L)EM 39. RICOTTA (hidden)
BU I LDSPORTAL 39 X-WORD
TNEARMEAGREU ACROSS 1. BU(I + L)DS 5. PORT(R)AYAL (payrollJI ta[xj anag.) (X-ray) 10. CO + LI
EDUCESRHCOAT + NE + AR[e] {E. coli} 11. ME + A + GRE 12. DE(D)UCES (first of dancing) ID-day)
13. TURNCOAT (c[ujt out ran anag.) (U-turn) 14. T + EARFUL 16. PRO + U + D (U-
METEARFU LTSE Haul) 19. OZ + ARK'S 21. S(LEE)PER (reps rev.) 22. [nUN + [s]PIN 24. T(I + D)IES
PRODMFOZARKS II beam) 25. ACE + TONE 27. ANTIPODES (Pat Dion Es[qj anag.) (Q-tip) 29. B +
[t]ILL + I + ON + S IT-bill) 31. SPINACH (anag.) 34. BARGAIN (Ii] in a grab anag.) (J-bar}
SLEEPERUNP IN 35. B(RIB)EE 36. DEFILE (2 defs.) 37. SAW + [tIB + ONES IT-bone) 38.
TI DESACETONE TUR(TL([v]EN[ice])EC)K (Celt rev.) (V-neck) 39. SHORTS + TOPS (rev., ffjad = spot) If-
stop) DOWN 2. UN + DER + LYING IY coordinate) 3. LACERATION (rev, hidden) (K
ANODESEM IONS ration) 4. DREAMBOAT (o[ujr bad meat anag.) (U-boat) 5. PERFORMAN(C)E (Emperor
UGPSP I NACH IT Fan[gj anag.) {G-manl 6. OAHU (hidden) 7. TAR(0)T (0 = "member of on") (A Team) 8.
FLUTES (anag.) IF sharp) 9. T(EM)POS (me rev., spot anag.){O-ring) 14. TO + YED (dye
GA I NHBBR I BEE anag.) {Y chromosomes) 15. SKINNIEST (anag.) 17. DEFLATED (anag.) (A flat) 18.
HDEF I LESAWSR FEASIBLE (hidden) 20. A(N) + TIC {C-section) 23. PO(OC)H (rev.) IC-note) 26.
TURT L ESHORTS EASTER (anag.) (A-OK) 27. CA(UGH)T IC major) 28. MARS + H + A IA-bomb) 30.
P([zJION)EER (pr[a]y = peer) (A-one) 32. P([s]HI[p])AL (A-plus) 33. CIAO ("chow")
NNFS NWZ A LAND 40 KICKING A HABIT
SWANSAUN I LVR This cryptic crossword avoids any contact with MDMA, using that drug's monoglyphic
TSIANIXTNSIV short form. Diagonal words form "withdrawal symptoms."
OMNTASPRMARY ACROSS 5. N(E}
U(NIL){E}V(E} + R
+ W([y]Z{E}AL)AND (lazy rev.) 11. S(WANS){E}A 12.
13. {E}T(E}SIAN (anag.) 14. {E}X + T{E}N + S + IV{E} 15.
R A T C H TOINICOIY OM{E}NTA (anag.) 16. S + P{E} + R + MARY 17. RA(T)CH{E)TS (starch anag.) 20.
I NDHJDTRAI NS D{E}T(RAIN)S 23. AL{E) + DR + AP{E}R 29. BRASS + I{E}R{E}[on] 30.
A L D R AIS N GjT {E}M(PH)YS{E}MA (Sammy anag.) 31. SW{EE}(T) + {E}N{E}D 32. PISCIN{E} (in c[hJips
anag.) 33. {E}R(R)AT + A 34. P{E}(R)IN{E}AL (lap in anag.) 35. AL{E)(RT)LY 36.
NMTMMBRASS I R P(E}AS(AN)TRY DOWN 1. N{E}STORIAN (anag.) 2. N(E}(WSMA) + N (swam anag.)
M P H Y S M AWT ND 3. FAIN + T(E}D 4. SNATC + H{E}R (scant anag.) 6. WAIST-D{EE}P (anag.) 7. ANT
Sc I NMRATA + RO[a]RS(E} 8. L + IN{E}(M){EJN 9. ALSAC{E} (hidden) 10. {E}N(VIR)O-N[o] 18.
Y{E}ST(E}RDAYS (anag.) 19. JAM{E}S + IAN 21. T{E}(RR)A + MAR{E} 22. AN + S
PR I NALALRTLY + W(EI + R{E} + RS (rev.) 24. L{E}MPIRA (anag.) 25. G{E}STA-[alf]-{E}D 26.
P AS A N T RV1SIDISIS U(N)T{E}LS (still anag.) 27. THfE}(S)IS 28. MY(C){E}NA{E}
42 SUPERBALL
The hexagons ' cen ter le tters spe I 1 BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE.
PENTAGONS a. T + RIAL b. [soJUCITEor] c. TULS + A (rev.) d. UNDUE ("undo")
e. SH(AD)E f. TR(I)AD (rev.) g. APAC[h]E h. 0 + RION (iron anag.) i. PUB[1]IC j.
TE(MP)T k. [b]UNION 1. GE(0)DE (edge anag.) HEXAGONS 1. L + ESBIAN
(Sabine anag.) 2. E(DUCAT)E 3. CARBINE (anag.) 4. KIB-[it/BUT]-Z 5. N(AZ + I
+ IS)M 6. I'LL + [tralGIC 7. UT + ENSIL (lines anag.) 8. RUT(TIS)H 9. E-
[r/NTJ-RANT 10. ADDENDA (anag.) 11. P + ARAGON (angora anag.) 12.
FINANCE ("fine aunts") 13. PER(M)UTE (repute anag.) 14. ULUL + ATE (lulu rev.)
15. RE(AL)IGN 16. GOURM-[and/ET] 17. SURGEON (anag.) 18. DR + EDGED
19. CON(DIG)N 20. COM(PET)E
LATHE 43 CRYPTIC WORD SQUARE 1
Each clue leads to two different words.
STILT
SERVE
ASTER
STEAL
HARDY