Answers to the September Puzzler October 2005 ATLANTIC MAGAZINE

Puzzler Solution

puzzler solution grid

"Lost and Found"

The unclued diagonal entry is METAL DETECTOR. "Lost" items are the symbols for various metals, and "found" items are the names of those metals. Across. 1. ma(i)l + let 3. rip + snor(t)ing 10. up(bea[k])t (put anag.) 11. faulkner (anag.) 13. idea (hidden) 14. to + ss 15. w(e)ary 17. con(t)e 18. anti + gua (Aug rev.) 19. d(i) + d 21. loom (double def.) 22. b + leep (peel rev.) 24. evil (rev.) 27. pr + one 28. b(l)an + c 31. s + a + rum 33. r + ancor (acorn anag.) 35. septuplets (anag.) 36. crowe (homophone) 37. en(d)result  (ten rules anag.) 38. con(i)fer Down. 2. eaten (homophone) 3. run(t) 4. p(ass)e 5. o(utsi)de (suit anag.) 6. cur + lew 7. in + cans 8. (u)nearthing 9. gr + oz + ny 12. neoteric (anag.) 16. s(now + lad)en 20. sleazier (anag.) 23. la + undries 25. mar + a(u)d 26. tun + a 29. b(ant)u 30. int(r)o 31. sase (anag.) 32. mule (double def.) 34. tot (double def.)