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The Atlantic Monthly | December 2001

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Answers to the November Puzzler

"Full Course"

by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

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The food chain in the shaded circuit could be said to describe a full-course meal, from "soup" to "nuts." Across. 1. bar + row 5. b + race 9. ruse (homophone) 10. tear gas (anag.) 11. s(mall) talk 13. she + a 15. t(rum)an 17. algae (anag.) 20. ne + x + us 22. fir(m)ed 29. duma (hidden) 30. mos(quito)s 31. e + uterpe (repute anag.) 32. l + one 33. style (homophone) 34. en(sue)d Down. 1. bras + s 2. au + thor 3. re(m)ap 4. well (double def.) 5. b(a + lb)oa 6. a + gain 7. c + ali + ban 8. esker (anag.) 12. as + sad 14. po(p)lar 16. mo(u)th 18. fee + lout 19. hi + tit 21. s(ut)ure 23. (v)ermin + e 24. rime's 25. t + a + sty 26. idols (anag.) 27. fazed (homophone) 28. pi(p)e