July/August 2005

"Central Intelligence"

By NO BYLINE Writer

puzzler solution grid

Across. 1. missed (homophone); e(mote)d 9. t + hem; craw(dad)s 10. t(o)iling; mu's + cat 11. ro(me)o; t + reason 12. enac + t (rev.); arch + aic (CIA rev.) 13. s(nip)ing; agent (anag.) 14. com(put)e; ba(r)th 15. ni + mrod (rev.); tr(y)out Down. 1. matte + red; scan(t) 2. s(m)ell; maxim + um 3. s(i)mile; cap(p)er 4. dir(g)e; t(aunt)ed 5. e + namor (rev.); r(eg)ent 6. odds (first letters); ma(hogan)y 7. t + race; salerno (anag.) 8. di(stan)ce; t + hat

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