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Cryptic Recipe

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

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Scattered through this puzzle's grid are some unclued entries, which are ingredients for a certain recipe. Portions (i.e., letters) falling in the numbered squares should be copied to the correspondingly numbered blanks below the grid, where they will form the Recipe Clue. The answer to this clue, showing what the recipe yields, belongs in the shaded center of the grid. As an added check, the answer includes a numbered letter from each ingredient. Normal answers are clued in order, row by row for the Acrosses and column by column for the Downs. Six clue answers are capitalized.

Last month's Puzzler solution is on page 172.


ACROSS

a. Brownie put back in front of a small hopper (4)

b. Fishes for first of the baked goods (6)

c. Heads of state may order green pea soup (4)

d. Blade initially cut slice of pie (4)

e. Dessert vendor Lee going around a lush Florida city (8)

f. Finished off large batch (4)

g. Label missing the last cereal ingredient (4)

h. Pass bananas, please (6)

i. In return, gave back toddler's napkin? (6)

j. Department head pursuing article like quinoa? (6)

k. Bit of lobster in center is not very spicy (4)

l. Stocks lie around back of kitchen quite a long time (8)

m. Chew whitish piece of gum the wrong way (4)

n. In Nairobi, epicurean award (4)

o. Straying dieter got even again (6)

p. Chuck Eliot has devoured bagels (4)


DOWN

a. For the audience, turns loose ice over (6,2)

b. Boys consuming restricted fats (5)

c. Wandering deli, be ready to nosh? (6)

d. Robber left canister smashed (9)

e. Dad carrying fish back out (6)

f. Oddball inverted barrel, empty inside (4)

g. Bee is circling orange in some sketches (4)

h. One catching a bass for the Voice? (8)

i. Raid protested out loud (6)

j. Fare that is limitless for soul legend (6)

k. Flower expert's Indian wrap gobbled by horse (8)

l. Agitate jug (4)

m. Mount bones (4)

n. Process food set out behind scoop (6)

o. Himalayan peak hotel's rum (6)

p. Fugitives ate at first in airport areas (8)

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 send an addressed, stamped long envelope to The Atlantic Puzzler, 77 North Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 02114.

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