Cryptic Journey
A wandering journey is traced by the shaded path in the diagram. Moving generally top to bottom and proceeding left, right, up, or down but never diagonally, this path spells out the names of the journeying fellows, one of whom puts his 9 Down in 32 Down. Solve the puzzle as a diagramless; no bars or numbers are shown in the grid, but clues reflect proper sequence and numbering, and the finished puzzle displays 180° symmetry. Answers include seven capitalized words. See the solution to last month's Puzzler. Across 1. Upon reflection, top Austen novel's problems 6. Shelter, except for the first garden spot 10. Tear on the outside of organ seat (two words) 11. Girl in the Alps vocalized soprano note 12. Spry maid improved broad-based works 13. Elmer Fudd for one song we hear 14. Care about large level tracts 15. Utter sentence in jail the wrong way 17. One running baseball card company 19. Tests for ethics starting on the 2nd 21. Land back in elementary Latin 23. Fairy King in love: "Be right over" 25. Pass through peaks like Pops 27. Look embarrassed and horse around 28. Message received from ogre wandering Middle-earth 29. Dish in Southern America and Hawaii 31. Use deduction in finer cryptic 33. Mr. Young's debt problem returned 35. Light convertible I get in 36. Bouquet of daisies or roses using just the heads 37. Element of rule in Mobile 38. Shaped like a sphere or stratum 39. Some horn-honking that is for "babe" 40. Botch soybean paste packed with vitamin 41. Brine and sweat are different Down 1. Dee destroying small rotisserie remnants 2. Necklace lifted off the bottom (said item reserved) 3. Changing my lane as a bully would 4. Opening with one sound of Morse 5. Audibly blew out, and traveled on an alternate route (two words) 7. Given new treads, or junked 8. Bee-bit forms of life 9. Band leader in garage's center 12. A seal put at sea levels 16. Tuned a lute to E for children's song 18. Somewhat repellent name to call a lady 20. Nuts or kernels, with one floating 22. Apes some warriors for an audience 24. Around this spot, tot is stuck 26. Con gets in a Ford model 28. Go back to nurturing Reginald before fight 30. Society fops and know-it-alls 32. Reversed low-down fate 34. Chief of mountain tribe in Colorado (that's not saying much) Note: The instructions above are for this month's puzzle only. It is assumed that you know how to decipher clues. For a complete introduction to clue-solving, click here.
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