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"Cryptic Journey"

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

puzzler solution grid

The travelers are SAM, MERRY, PIPPIN, GANDALF, LEGOLAS, BOROMIR, ARAGORN, GIMLI, and FRODO, who puts his RING into Mount DOOM, as in The Lord of the Rings.

Across. 1. dil + emma's (lid rev.) 6. (h)arbor 10. r(ear)end 11. heidi (high D homophone) 12. pyramids (anag.) 13. toon (homophone) 14. p(l)ains 15. emit (rev.) 17. fleer(double def.) 19. (m)orals 21. italy (hidden rev.) 23. o + be + r + on 25. col + as 27. gan + der (rev.) 28. roge + r (ogre anag.) 29. s + us + hi 31. infer (anag.) 33. neil(rev.) 35. ignite (anag.) 36. odor (first letters) 37. fluorine (anag.) 38. or + bed 39. toots + ie 40. mis(d)o 41. seawater (anag.) Down. 1. d + ripping + s 2. layaway (lei aweigh homophone) 3. meanly (anag.) 4. a + dit 5. side road (sighed rode homophone)7. retired (double def.) 8. b + iota 9. ring (hidden) 12. plateaus (anag.) 16. alouette (anag.) 18. ellen (hidden) 20. snorkeler (anag.) 22. gorillas (homophone) 24. ad(here)d 26. a(gains) + t 28. reg + row 30. s + nobs 32. d + oom (rev.) 34. m + ute

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