In thirteen squares of this puzzle's grid, intersecting Across and Down answers have different letters. In these cases both letters should be entered in the same square. The resulting thirteen pairs of letters provide the key for deciphering the unclued entry at 21 Across. Seven clue answers are capitalized.
See last month's Puzzler solution.
1. Drive behind hill out West and hit head-on (6)
5. Notice tenor getting into playing
a role (7)
11. Rig vote, upset with lack of
balance? (7)
13. Writer in nightclub left (5)
14. Wearing titanium jewelry (6)
15. Bill considered wild, provincial …
and passable (6)
16. Covering for a pot addict, finally
relaxed around company (3,4)
20. Bear crossing woods to
machinery (7)
25. Island stuff a group of agents
looked back at (7)
29. European region's border I
skirted with snake (7)
30. Squeeze fermented juice on
the tongue of a horse (6)
31. Vassar's foremost grad taking
interest in sedative (6)
32. Smooth tree with peeling bark (5)
33. Note: formal wear sells (7)
34. Artificial chow containing
processed gin (7)
35. Break away from predecessors
partially, turning to the West (6)
1. Low point two times interrupting
period of prosperity (6)
2. Large amount of information
Betty altered about age (8)
3. Not very smart, putting arachnid
outside front of house (5)
4. Returning GI Joe initially, visited
puzzlemaker? (6)
6. Cries of amazement get lost
from behind (4)
7. Philosopher in Australia
entering resort (7)
8. Besides myself, about 100 on
the way (2,4)
9. Edited out cow, keeping original
of doctored print (7)
10. Stringer's material maintaining
Liberal excess (4)
12. Grate in triangular part of a wall
is within reach (9)
17. Puff up corn, including blend
from the east (8)
18. Walk unsteadily in crumbly rock
around Manitoba (7)
19. Go in van all over French city (7)
22. Finish first in spree, going on (6)
23. Comprehending nothing,
ends game (6)
24. Burning livestock youngster with
iron superficially (6)
26. Curse about Long Island spring,
maybe (5)
27. Agent's exercise units (4)
28. Paltry pond (4)
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.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/07/code-pairs/4073/
