Answers to the September Puzzler October 2002 Atlantic Monthly

by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

"Sign of the Times"

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The September Puzzler Solution

The letters AG in the central square stand for silver, symbolic of a twenty-fifth anniversary.

Across. 2. s(p)lice 3. tars + a + l Down. 1. sti(f)le 4. pall + or Mixed. a. gen(r)e

b. marquise (homophone) c. ka(lama)zoo d. for + ties e. li(mne)d (men anag.)

f. corset (anag.) g. cre(p)es h. le(a + d)ers i. h(ole + in on)e j. (j)ouster k. i(c +

ea)x l. w + hopper m. mes(he)s n. e + yes + ore o. a + l(eh)ouse p. old saw (anag.)

q. pa(ire)d r. as(c)etics (a sect is anag.) s. fiscal (hidden) t. l(i'm abe) + an

u. ta(m)per v. makeup (may cup homophone) w. a + do(u)t x. rejecting (anag.)

y. p(a)ints z. pur(pos)e aa. d + rakes bb. scal(p)e + l cc. (g)lenn + on dd. s(u)ited

ee. t + incan ff. p(recurs)or gg. mia's ma hh. fe(rm) + i ii. ev(asiv)e (Visa rev.)

jj. co(ntex)t (next anag.)

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