The Atlantic Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

RESOLUTIONS

Fourteen of the clues lead to answers that will not fit into the diagram until they have been resolved, in a way. These words include one proper noun. Other clue answers include two proper nouns. Punctuation may be used deceptively.

ACROSS

1. Dark conger eels in a stony place (4,6)

7. Skim a jazzy phrase (4)

11In reforming Red China, Teng created a new order (12)

12. Daily coffee container has face on the outside (7)

13. Horse galloped around ring (4) Fashionable party with a group that includes monarchs (7)

15. Naming members of the bird and fish classes respectively (7)

19. K-mart in Galesburg stocks riding gear (11)

20. Start artlessly, then complete speech with hesitations (7)

22. A cowpoke’s home cooking is done here (5)

23. Butcher or banker: the unfortunate in love (11)

24. Readjust deck again (7)

26. Being permissive spoiled Al rotten (8)

30. Explain desperately, “It’s all true” (10)

32. Fisherman’s cord rises and rolls (7)

33. Use a bow tie (4)

34. About 42.8% of English old people can be employed (7)

35. Great monkey food (5)

36. Old woman sprints nimbly around end of race (8)

37. Fossil fuel found in sea bottom gushed up (6)

DOWN

1. You should wash this kind of clothing and dry it off (5)

2. Change a latrine not tidied up (11) 3. With an instrument, try to catch fish (8)

4. Fancy suite with ornamental cases (5)

5. Emblem on jewelry is annoying (9) 6. Doctor covers American sailor with medicinal powder (7)

8. Apt 151 in rooming house located on Central Speedway (8)

9. Rest period precedes quick meal (9)

10. Leader of fallen angels in Pandemonium gets means of support (7)

16. Seattle’s rank, swarming with vipers (12)

17. Red Alert ordered after onset of commandos (6)

18. Itch when wearing certain garments in lengthy measures (8)

20. Lester went out for a paper (10)

21. Most of the difficult part is finished (7)

24. Drapes arranged and filed (6)

25. Seek a phrase styled for a poet (11) 27. Disappear after sun dance (5)

28. Out West, bed mule in prairie plants (11)

29. The end of good quality (4)

31. In Jodhpur, a lazy river (4)

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 93.

Answers to the December Puzzler, “NOEL”

1. STABLE (double def.) 2. EPOCHS (anag.) 3. AVOWAL (homophone) 4. SERAPHIM (anag.) 5. O(VI)NE (“1” divided by “6”) 6. NO(V)EL 7. SHAMBLES (double def.) 8. GENESIS (anag.) 9. R(OUT)ING 10. END-OW 11. EVEN (double def.) 12. TENDER (double def.) 13. IN-DO-LENT 14. NO(r)SE 15. G-ADDED 16. S(N0W)ING 17. THROW (anag.) 18. OO(M)PH (anag. + m) 19. AME(TH[e])YST (steamy anag.) 20. LOG-O 21. LOCUS-T 22. FLOUNDER (double def.) 23. (d)ROUGH(t) 24. OFF END 25. MATE (anag.) 26. THE-ME (pun) 27. HOOD (double def.) 28. ELDER (double def.) 29. A-ERIE 30. TWIST (hidden) 31. LI(MI)T 32. AND-ANTE 33. NORM-AN 34. TUMBLER (double def.) 35. IV(OR)Y 36. CAP-SIZE