The Atlantic Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Answers to the May Puzzler, “MISPRINTS”

Correct forms of misprinted words are given in italics after the solution. Across. 3. WATERFALLS (anag.) 10. SEA-SON (pun) 11. HAM-LET 12. CANT (double def.); bevel 13. T(RIB)UNE; Roman 14. OR-DEALS; tests 17. REEFER (pun) 18. RAT-I(0)N; share 20. SA(TISF)Y (fits anag.) 22. OPIATES (anag.); drugs 25. RANCHO (anag.); home 27. HIT-HER 29. C0R(SAG)E 31. TORN-ADO; storm 32. SPAR (raps rev.) 33. IN-COME 34. TOLEDO (anag.); city 35. PEDESTRIAN (anag.); walking Down. 1. INCORPORATES (anag.) 2. SHA(RE)D 3. W(ANDE)RING (Dean anag.); roving 4. TOGA (anag.); wrap 5. ENTERS (anag.) 6. F(RIG)ATE; ship 7. AM-BER (Reb Ma rev.) 8. CENT (homophone); penny 9. STERNUTATION (anag.); sneezing 15. ETNA (ante rev.); mount 16. MISSHAPEN (anag.); bent 19. STREAMS (anag.) 21. (s)IDES (pun) 23. SHOOTS (double def.) 24. REGAL-E 26. CAN-O-E; boat 28. TONE (anag.); sound 30. ROOM (moor rev.)

The Atlantic PUZZLELR

by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

MITOSIS

Each of the 13 eight-letter words divides in the middle, giving birth to two four-letter words. These four-letter words are to be entered in the diagram; the solver must determine where. Answers to Across and Down clues include one proper noun and three uncommon words: 7D, 21D, and 24D (a variant spelling found in Chambers but not in Webster’s). Eight-letter words include one proper noun; the first two eight-letter words (a and b) are hyphenated in Chambers but are two-word phrases in Webster’s. Punctuation in the clues may be used deceptively.

ACROSS

1.Calls for silence, then exits (6)

4.In veins, gold primarily resides (6)

10. Steamship coming around and arriving at shores (5)

11. What Medusa’s observers are set on improving (5)

12. Turning around in line is easy (6)

14. Distribute tax returns after one (5)

16. Exit black woman, beheaded (6)

17. Places concealing tin lines of a sort (7)

22. A trail’s upgrade (6)

23. Outcast swallowed by whale perhaps (5)

27. More than one rainbow is about to come up (6)

28. Burning a sack (5)

29. Wake up Sue or Dotty (5)

30. Lowering wing turning in sun (6)

31. Asian leap in dancing (6)

DOWN

2. “High Noon” enthralls one; it’s a tear-jerker! (5)

3. Varieties of print? (5)

5. Madly adores nymphs (6)

6. The opening of “Grill, Bar, and Platter” (5)

7. In plans: a teapot with a handle (6)

8. Unfriendly sounding travel stop (6)

9. There are five ways a word may be used (6)

12. Half of us (50%) fear the other half! (7)

13. A grass-colored short suit (5)

15. Suppose tree stands under halo (5)

18. Secret Service carries coffin, but not in acts of mockery (6)

19. Setter running loose in public thoroughfare (6)

20. It indicates more than one place atop mountain range (6)

21.Grave contains English leg armor (6)

24. Vinegar is put in eel (5)

25. Just a stealthy tidbit? (5)

26. All four mounts reside here (5)

EIGHT-LETTER WORDS

a. Pirate’s oars veer out of control

b. Frenzied S.O.S.—“Alien Creatures”

c. Savages barbecue chickens?

d. Sprite before she’d died

e. Reveal record drop

f. Means to get angry during prayers

g. Pay up—then run with a speedster

h. Member among missing Greeks

i. Shows insect sitting among leaves

j. Check uneven terrains

k. Harvest fruit that’s come into view again

l. Starlet changes name to “Hussy”

m. Surface with concrete displays of the stars

Note: The instructions above are the special instructions for this month’s puzzle. It is

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The solution to last month’s Puzzler appears on page 103.