The Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

VALENTINE

Letters of clue answers, when put in the designated squares (1A being the upper-left corner), will spell out some lines from a classic film. Each letter in the quotation appears in two clue answers. The first letters of clue answers identify the speaker and source of the quotation. Solvers are encouraged to blacken diagram squares containing no letter. Answers include five proper words.

The solution to last month’s Puzzler appears on page 107.

CLUES

1. Blasted metal container (12C, 1L, 2H, 8D, 10E, 2A, 7F)

2. Teacher tests some pens? (3C,

8G, 6M, 91, 1H, 3M, 5D, 7K, 6G, 11H)

3. Cat’s weight (10,J, 6,D, 1I, 9D, 12M)

4. Substandard one has bad mark (8B, 11D, 5M, 3B, 9L)

5. Thousands of hot food spots (10C, 7I, 5L, 3H, 2I, 11L, 8D, 9J)

6. Fake drone by insect (4M, 9G,

2K, 10A, 12H, 7M)

7. 0 or 12½¢? (2G, 4L, 5F, 7k, 8C)

8. In hearing, Arab skillfully starts off (2E, 4J, 9C, 5L, 6M, 9E, 12F)

9. Islander wrong about lashes (9J,

1A, 11I, 8F, 2H, 12A, 6H, 4B)

10. Farm kid with soft chest (10M, 3H, 4E, 12J, 91, 8J, 7G)

11. Sing about it, Grammy winner (12E, 9A, 2I, 9L, 3G)

12. One kind of bracelet per tribe (4I, 7E, 11E, 3B, 1F, 11L)

13. Power-hungry one in rant(3A, 5B, 10E, 2J, 7H, 11G, 2E, 1B)

14. Cover unhorsed jockeys (7A, 8K, 11H, 6F, 2A, 12D, 6D, 8L)

15. Rapid work in screen (8M, 12J, 1H, 5M, 2D)

16. Want to hurt town (1C, 9D, 8G, 10L, 10C, 3K, 11M, 7G)

17. Follow old Turkish VIP (4E, 2F, 6G, 10I)

18. Grains grow in the sound (3C, 6A, 12M, 2J)

19. Win Chekhov’s pet (2L, 9A, 12B, 4D, 8J, II)

20. Neighbors while eating spread (10D, 8A, 9G, 1D, 3G, llE, 6I, 9M)

21. Flower with male element (12C, 7A, 5D, 2k, 5B, 9B, 3K, 12H, 8H)

22. Short and fat! (10F, 2D, 4J, 10A, 8A, 1G)

23. Test fish with club (7C, 10L, 6A, 10J, 1M, 8C)

24. Mark my contrary quality? (7E, 12B, 3M, 1L, 1B, 12F, 2B, 4G)

25. Handles Freemason badly (3A, 4I, 6E, 5H, 7L, 10D, 2B, I1K, 3L)

26. Spoken for cardinal (12L, 2G, 1M. 6E)

27. Feel into it, you say? (11G, 4B, 7H, 10K, 1A, 4D)

28. Bird near the river, riding (two

words) (11D, 8F, 1J, 6F, 1D, 7I, 5H, 12I, 6B, 8K)

29. High times in pronounced grass stupor (4M, 11K, 1K, 9C, 7E, 4G, 3L)

30. Doctor’s vow about backward bards (12G, 1C, 7C, 4A, 6B, 10M, 6H, 6J, 11J)

31. Vocally attack a land (4L, 1E, 8M,

9M, 12A, 5I)

32. NW locale’s housing half of your reptiles (two words) (6L, 10H, 11A, 5E, 10K, 6I, 5J, 9E, 4A, 3F)

33. Spied, I’d heard (5A, 1K, 10B, 8L)

34. Tree’s true start (12L, 9K, 12E, 3F,

6J)

35. Sheep, you said (10H, 2L, 2C)

36. Argonauts’ new bark (7B, 9B, 7M, 12G, 6L, 11M, 1E, 11B, 5I)

37. Root for subway run (11C, 8B, 2F, 10B, 12I)

38. Solitary disbeliever’s holding mass (11J, 2M, 11B,8H, 2C, 5E, 12K, 11I)

39. Note thin wood (2M, 5F, 12D, 7L, 1G)

40. Sun with 502 rays (11F, 11A, 1F, 9K, 12K)

41. Go back in errant plan (10F,5J, 11F, 7B, 11C, 5A, 1J, 10I)

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 January Puzzler

“INITIATION”

Added letters spell BEGINNER’S LUCK. Across. 1.CH(RON)IC 6. SY(a)LP-(e)HS (rev.) 10. M(AN)ET 12. BEECH (homophone) 13. MOLE (double dcf.) 14.S(PIC)A 16.P(L)ACE 17. US-TED 18. HES(PERU)S 20.TALK (hidden) 22.A(R)GENT 24. GIR(D)L-E 25.WORST (homophone) 27. READ-JUST 29. A-DON-IS 31.TENTS (homophone) 33. RATE (anag.) 34. RICH (hidden) 35.A-ITCH 36. EARS (double def.) 37. A-SKED (a + anag.) 38. NUMBERS (double def.) Down. l. CUMSHAW (anag.) 2. HO(O)P 3. ROLLS (double def.) 4. ASCENT (homophone) 5. IN(S)ERT 6.ST(a)IR 7. E(AS)T 8. PEN-TAD 9. SHED (double def.) 11. PA(U)LETTE 15. ELLS (anag.) 19. RODE (homophone) 20. SI(DEAR)M 21. ETC-HES 23. R(O)UTS 24. GATE-AU 26. S(t)NICK 28. TI(L)E 29. A-RAB (rev.) 30. S-AND 32. (o)SCAR