The Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

RECT A A LUGN

Like the word RECTANGULAR above, each clue answer in this puzzle begins and ends on the same letter, and each is to be entered in the diagram so as to form a rectangle. Starting in its numbered square, an entry may first go left, right, up, or down; the numbered square may or may not be a corner of the rectangle eventually formed by the entry. Answers include three proper nouns.

The solution to last month’s Puzzler appears on page 97.

CLUES

1. Within the borders of “Rectangular,”I work with difficulty (5)

2. Root for start of game in southern England (7)

3. Omit part of the lid erroneousty (5)

4. Considered Eddie Albert in a different light (11)

5. Revoked record permit involving this transmitter? (11)

6. Recalled one-time scene (5)

7. Runs around pro competitor (5)

8. “To need a lawyer is,”I call, “almost lazy" (13)

9. Chicken fighting in a tree, breaking pottery (11)

10.Spanish steamship maintaining right course in animation (13)

11. One taken by different name for a cow (5)

12. Engineer errs about ICBM’s first part of flight (5)

13. Have dinner after movie king feels better (7) (two words)

14. Writing hot disc, record rap hit (9)

15. Mock terror’s locale! (13) (two words)

16. Endlessly try to consume snack (5)

17. A singer’s put off some big stars (11)

18. Effort wore beagles out (11) (two words)

19. Musical combos established in groups (7)

20. Door hung crookedly on back of dwelling for beast (9)

21. Live in bird land (5)

22. I’m filling articles with soul (5)

23. Most dependable sign of oxidation I found in experiment (9)

24. Ada grabs Irma in flight (7)

25. Funny, coy mice with their tails cut off (5)

26. Gossip lodger heard (5)

27. Wipe out dirty ear next time (11)

28. Damned doctor, lawyer, editor (7)

29. Valentine’s Day offering I shortened: “One from the heart" (7)

30. Instant cleaner to use on pans (11)

31. Underprivileged bum dated GI owning blue truck (13)

32. French painter finished framing a vicar’s face (5)

33. Some housewives plan a demonstrative walk (9)

34. Fruit soft and fat (5)

35. Project to relax a pet cuckoo (11)

NOTE: The instructions above are for this month’s puzzle only. It is assumed that you know how to decipher clues. For a complete introduction to clue-solving, send an addressed, stamped envelope to The Atlantic Puzzler, 745 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 02116.

Answers to the July Puzzler

“KANGAROOS”

Passenger letters in the diagram spell “Go joey riding.”Across. 1. S(PIG)OT 5. FI(SHE)R 9. TART (double def.) 11. REPAVE (Eva Peron rev.—on) 12.A(C)-IDLY 14. RING (double def.) 15.SE(S)S10N (noises rev.) 16.PARK-A 17.A-U-DIT 19. lUN-D 21. T(REF)OIL 22. I-N(UR)ED (end anag.) 25. DECOY (hidden) 27. BARD (homophone) 31. ATLAS(t) 32. CUR-LED 33.GEES(e) 34. STRAND (double def.) 35. L(UP)INE 36. SU(IT)E 37.E(AS)ELS 38. SINNED (rev.) Down. 1.S(T)ASH 2. IRIS-H 3. GODSON (anag.) 4. TROUT 5. FOND(a) 6. SPRAT (rev.) 7. HAIR-DO (homophone) 8. RE(A-L)LY 10. ACE-TONE 13. SP-ED 18. VIOL-ET 19. FI(NA)LE 20. D(u)RESS 23.JULE(P)S 24. DR-USES 26. END RUN (anag. +N) 27. BAS(I)E 28. A-CHE’S 29. PLAN(e) 30.A(DDE)D