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The Atlantic Monthly | May 2003
 
The April 2003 Puzzler Solution

"Circular Logic"

by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
 
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The April Puzzler Solution

Circled letters spell COPERNICUS, who postulated a heliocentric system for the six planetsknown to him. Radial. 1. scenario (anag.) 2. (y)ou + twit 3. a + poll + o 4. sty + p + tic 5. a(e)ge + an 6. u(sure)r 7. re(s)tain 8. no siest(a) 9. spit curl(anag.) 10. a-lines (anag.) 11. l(in)ens 12. u(nmas)k (man's anag.) 13. i + n a rush(has run anag.) 14. ensile (hidden) 15. rest + ores 16. doo(m)ful (of loud anag.)Rings. a. seal (double def.); quivered (double def.); st(o)at b. sego (hidden); p + e + lion; non(eg)o c. goes to (anag.); cy + gnus; as + i + nine d. i + t(in +era)ry; i + tem (rev.); new + ly (knew Lee homophone) e. flow (rev.); f(aci + lit)ate(cia anag.); ale + c f. i + ssues (Seuss rev.); saks (homophone); to + wing
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The Atlantic Monthly; May 2003; The Puzzler Solution; Volume 291, No. 4; 136.