The Atlantic Puzzler
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
HI (SHORTHAND I)
This puzzle features the sort of rebus found in the National Puzzlers’ League’s publication, The Enigma. Answers to the fourteen clues in shorthand form enter the diagram as normal words. In case of ambiguity, the solver must rely on other intersecting answers. Answers include four proper words and two uncommon words, 33A and 7D. Punctuation may be used deceptively,
ACROSS
1. TT (7)
6. Returned flushed by race (5)
10. Prepare for grave trouble—blame leader of Mob (6)
12. Some baseball players fell or turned back (6)
13. Condescend in speech to Scandinavian (4)
14. Lie back with cola on the rocks in a glass (7)
15. PA (5)
16. SR (7)
18. Part of the body wanted for headless horseman? (5)
19. ME (7)
21. EE (5)
22. Number of disciples practice Eastern philosophy (5)
24.The Castle in foreign dialect (7)
26. Checks for ladies’ underwear (5)
27. Bird after night in storm (4)
30. N (5)
32. VR (4)
33. Endlessly rib seasick sailor, provoking laughter (8)
35. By exercising cure pale color (4)
37. Suspension of riper bananas in
front of someone who wanted an apple (8)
38. Note about inflated East Indian money (5)
39. Judges tying tongues with sesquipedalianisms (7)
40. $ (7)
41. Bucks and bolts (5)
DOWN
1. DE. (6)
2. Someone who wants a fat lip? Pop one after school (6)
3. BA (7)
4. M { (7)
5. Instrument for alerting in distress (8)
6. E (6)
7. Little island is covered with peyote (4)
8. Breed for speed (4)
9. Bunk bed’s top piece nearly toppling (7)
11. Set at an angle, burrow comes up under field (6)
13. Scopes’s lawyer loses fight but gains victory for me! (6)
17. N (9)
20. In condition of poor visibility, circle hill with autopilot? (8)
23. co Man-sized, shelled, cracked nuts (6)
24. CS (6)
25. Cross between “tweet” and “chirp” comes from dodo (5)
26. Z’s point penetrates tender areas (6)
27. Over fifty, develop urge for mushy stuff (5)
28. The Earth comes up for judgment (5)
29. CT1 Subject, e.g., in story (5)
31. In 400, hail fell (5)
34. Source of starch in Christmas pudding (4)
36. Most of nice slice (3)
Note: The instructions above are the special instructions for this month’s puzzle. It is assumed that you know how to decipher clues. For a complete introduction to clue-solving, write to The Atlantic Reprint Department, enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
The solution to last month’s Puzzler appears on page 87.
Answers to the June Puzzler, “MITOSIS”
Across. 1. SH-OUTS 4. L0D(G)ES 10. SlANDiS 11. STONE (anag.) 12. F(AC)ILE (ca rev.) 14. A-LLOT (toll rev.) 16. (n)EGRESS 17. SE(CAN)TS 22. A-SCENT 23. LEPER (hidden) 27. I(RISE)S 28. A-FIRE 29. ROUSE (anag.) 30. SU(LLE)N (ell rev.) 31. NEPALI (anag.) Down. 2. ONdiON (anag. + i) 3. TYPES (pun) 5. OREADS (anag. I 6. G-RAIL 7. ANSATE (hidden) 8. HOSTEL (homophone) 9. SENSES (double def.) 12. FE(AR)-MALES 13. A-GREE(n) 15. O-PINE 18. S(COFF[in])S 19. STREET (anag.) 20. PL-URAL 21. GR(E)AVE 24. E(IS)EL 25. TASTE (hidden) 26. vi-LLA (rev.) Eight-letter words, a.I SEA-ROVER (anag.) b.) SEA-LIONS (anag.) C.) HEAT-HENS d.) PERI-SHED e.) DISC-LOSE f.) AVE(RAGE)S g.) ANTE-LOPE h.) S( PART) ANS i.) PAGE(ANT)S j.) RESTRAIN (anag.) k.) REAP-PEAR 1.) SLATTER-N (anag. + n) m.) SIDE-REAL