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Mar 7, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Puzzle No. 3274 Puzzle No. 3274
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Mar 5, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Crowds and Power Crowds and Power
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Feb 21, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Puzzle No. 3273 Puzzle No. 3273
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad. ACROSS 1 Act of giving new vigor to accelerate the translation into a Romance language? (14) 10 Plays music idly, upsetting old ones (7) 11 Opposite a Roman general, a Roman numeral (7) 12 Little men exclaimed, “I say, brother—you’re telling a fib!” (9) 13 Jumped with broken plate (5) 14 Express apology for garment (4) 15 Trying to return thanks: seductive (10) 18 Insecure before the onset of tooth decay? (10) 21 Sports league will not be allowing starters (4) 24 Cure apnea for a song (5) 26 River tree confused dog (9) 27 Guest of the first organized event featuring me as subject (7) 28 I’m American, having internalized animal energy (7) 29 Sarge is changing course (9,5) DOWN 2 Come apart over Cunningham’s online business (1-8) 3 Lives on the tip of Lanai and Oahu, for instance (6) 4 Strike a sailor in the ear (7) 5 Invent one devious enigma (7) 6 Mammal and insect slip away together (8) 7 Ancient locality is part of region, I assume (5) 8 Form of ID doorkeeper brought up (4,3) 9 Creeps cut the head off birds (6) 16 Eggs go bad when flipped under hotel pioneer (9) 17 Attractive Orlando team surrounding goal (8) 18 Pop-Tarts: they might be used in drug manufacture (7) 19 Redesign 14 with Yale student and Middle East native (7) 20 Releasing agreement with inventor’s initial at the end? No good (7) 22 A hybrid alternative to down (6) 23 Weakling with large ecstasy habit, in part (6) 25 Concluding words in outspoken voice (5) SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3272 ACROSS 1 ABSO(LUTE)LY (LA boys anag.) 6 hidden 10 DOG + MA 11 anag. 12 CERTAINL + Y (clarinet anag.) 13 hidden 14 2 defs. 16 anag. 19 ORP(HAN)A(G)E (opera anag.) 21 rev. hidden 23 DRE + AM 24 O + KEY + DO + KEY 26 DISC + RED + IT 27 A + TRIA[l] 28 AID + A 29 anag. DOWN 1 AB + DUCT 2 rev. 3 LE(AKA + G)E 4 TAR(ANT)UL + A (ultra anag., &lit.) 5 LO + AMY 7 LA TE(CO)MER (rev.) 8 O + FCOURSE (refocus anag.) 9 [s]TIFFIN[g] 15 2 defs. 17 EL + EM + EN + TAL[k] 18 GOO + DID + E[xtr]A 20 AD + MIRE 21 dream is anag. 22 BY + PASS (spas anag.) 24 alternate letters 25 KAR[t]MA (rev.)
Feb 19, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Going to the Bank Going to the Bank
Using a LENS to look at SENSELESSNESS?
Feb 14, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Puzzle No. 3272 Puzzle No. 3272
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Feb 13, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Puzzle No. 3271 Puzzle No. 3271
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Feb 5, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
In Gratitude In Gratitude
A note of thanks for the test solvers who make the puzzle possible.
Jan 31, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Puzzle No. 3270 Puzzle No. 3270
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Jan 30, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto