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HALF the clues (20) in this puzzle break a kind of law, committing what you
might call 22 Across. The punishment is 5 Down, and it's applied to the answers
of the offending clues. Lest all this seem unduly harsh, we assure solvers that
our wordplay (even when we go to the dastardly extreme of withholding answer
lengths from the clues) is meant to be painless. Answers include 13 proper
words. The instructions above are for this month's puzzle only. See a complete introduction to clue-solving. See the solution to last month's Puzzler. Across 1. Stood with shields by front of dungeon 5. Silver rod holds cross 10. Cardinal eating large lunch at the outset gives grace 11. Committee's leader with church flier 12. Memorable barber and landlord? (hyphenated) 13. Dark brown or black, e.g., worn by private investigator 14. Minute instruments for horses 16. Big house behind a small tree 18. Hollow spot mars goggles 20. Pass through a mountain by day, getting dirty 26. Opens Chapel Hill school records 28. No-goodnik's behind gore in picture books 30. Valley contains English bush 31. Nutty and neat, like an old Italian 32. What we get from browning some liver segments 33. Leg's broken by great runner with footballs 34. Former police leader keeps shaking up or shooting up 35. Furnish anew with ruby ring 36. Ground gained, for example, by a cart in reverse 37. Team's opening cheer, rather Ohioan Down 1. Fish in the place where you'll find nice work for yourself 2. Somewhat antiquated kind of antenna, with nothing left on it 3. Idle, I shot temple's vessel 4. Take no pitches, buster 6. Tonier horses around polo place? 7. Reveal what rascals make with paint? 8. Quality of innocence I've found in Nathaniel 9. Bugs Bunny's heart is in gangster's arms 14. Spiritualist neither great nor terrible 15. Official wizard put another coat on 17. Conservative caught in a romance nook 19. President's yo-yo is grabbed by Mafia boss 21. Sorest man beaten with bat 23. Fire yogi in Australian city 24. Crazy about railroad that is united 25. Mutt's or mouse's obedient servant? 27. Silver butt on a slate 28. Comrade of grumpy agent taking shelter 29. Fat man's somewhat unpleasant attitudes 30. Be evasive with constable's support Copyright © 1999 by The Atlantic Monthly Company. All rights reserved. The Atlantic Monthly; May 1999; The Puzzler; Volume 283, No. 5; page 131. |
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