18. Aware of oral explanations as
well (two words) (CCW)
19. Sunni twitter: Between
the East and West,
imbecile (CW)
20. Please rewind: Cine de
Paradisiacal (CCW)
21. Darted out and switched
places (CCW)
22. Rut got nuts—awful lot of
whisky (CW)
23. Break from school is first
of May (CW)
24. Taxis bearing sudden death
for elite Bostonians (CCW)
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a S DMHENO I
b E O H I S NMD
c I N DMO S H E
d NHO E D I SM
e D I EM SHNO
f MS ONHED I
g MS I NOED H
h HE N I DMO S
i O DSHMI EN
i1..g2 OHMS—“Shmo” anagram
i3..h3 DEN—“Ned” anagram
i4..h9 SHIMMIES—SHIM (“mish”
anagram) + MIES
i9..g7 NOD—double definition
■ Nine characters: D, E, H, I, M, N, O,
S, and blackout
■ Five consonants, not four as erroneously stated in the instructions
■ Author of the quote: SONDHEIM
The Broadway composer-lyricist
Stephen Sondheim was among the first
to publish cryptic puzzles in the U.S., in
a series of puzzles he created for New
York magazine starting in 1968.
25. Major Tom sporting ascot finally as
alternative to a cravat (two words)
(CW)
26. Seeing, shouting, and
subpoenaing (CCW)
27. Stimulating growth by phone and
reinsuring (CW)
28. Impure bird dropping involves
bodily injury (CW)
29. In that woman’s pouch, upside-down kind of cake? (CCW)
30. Put down, “Seabed in upheaval”
(CCW)
31. Anteed, I’d open loose (CCW)
32. Meddling chorale director
calling for “Silence!” in broken
English? (CCW)
33. Hart’s Waterloo—short skirt that
goes both ways? (CW)
34. Puerto Rico devouring the
English, behind one who reduces
sentences (CW)
Author of the verse:
SONDHEIM
35. Madman Draper, as expected, shot
three, four, or five (CW)
36. A Yankee inn (CW)
37. Third note: stuff got stuffed (CCW)
previous issue’s puzzle—
“i never Do anything twice”
a3..a1 MODES—“domes” anagram
a6..b7 NON—starters (i.e., first letters)
of “no one negotiates”
b3..c4 HID—“Horrid” – ORR
(“hockey star”)
b5..a5 SHE—“he’s” anagram and
literally
b9..c9 DIME—“Demi” anagram
c1..e3 INDIE—Hidden in “thin
dielectric”
c5..c8 MOSH—MO (“Missouri”) + SH
(“shut your mouth”)
d2..c2 HON—homophone of Hun
(“Attila”)
d5..f5 DEMON—“No med” reversal
d9..d8 MONS—double definition
e7..e6 HIS—THIS – T (“tee off”)
f6..f2 HEDONISM—Hidden in “The
don is multifarious”
g9..f7 HIDE—homophone of “Hyde”
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