Magic Rings Whenever the letter O occurs in an answer, it acts magically on that word. One kind of ring makes an answer shrink or grow by one letter into a new word (as WORN could become WON or SWORN in the grid); another kind changes an answer into its homophone (as CORD could become CHORD or CORED); and the third, most powerful one transforms an answer into an anagram (as HORSE could become SHORE). Two diagram entries crossing on a ring will undergo the same spell. Answers (whose lengths are withheld to make discovery of the rings more cryptic) include four capitalized words; new grid entries include one capitalized word and one two-word phrase. The instructions above are for this month's puzzle only. See a complete introduction to clue-solving. See the solution to last month's Puzzler. Across
1.Native of Ireland admitted by a doctor 6.True lass back in port in Africa 11.Fairy-tale giant fish 12.Guarding men in blue, dog gets confident (two words) 13.Octet confused about that Spanish flirt 14.Beatnik's personal computer nabbed by police 16.Dress for crashing bore? 17.Splitting meat, understand about greens 18.Jolson divides tasks with tunes 23.Is it done revoltingly? 24.Rating in About Mary causes hitch again 28.Brothers straddling North Carolina horses 29.Insure moving of bears 30.Mafia chief in crimes with thrill-seekers? 31.Small sheep adopted by Ruby and mended 32.Gratuitous charge about Republican 33.Fortune-tellers in department store speaking 34.Sets are adapted for moves in the theater? Down
1.Clever yellow cockroach 2.Bit of Code #12 3.Runners each covered in Mexican article 4.Reptiles bothered us again 5.Jobs in Dutch university—with strings attached 7.Hack sampler of "The Bells" author? 8.Bit of sheer bunk for Highlander 9.Graphite in fruit sack with orange 10.CIA operatives penning long harangues 15.Ms. Fisher and Mr. Adams had an affair (two words) 19.Love poetry by one across the ocean 20.Legendary steroid abuse? 21.I compete in railroad on a coast 22.Rash Rob doctored with hides 23.Remover of periods on E.R. 25.Rodent gobbles bit of sweet dessert 26.Rock star's first note 27.Passes out some tests inside
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