The Atlantic Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

HIDDEN FACES

(Acknowledgments to Ad of The Listener)

The diagram shows cubes in rows of six, their top faces numbered 1-36, their four side faces unfolded to view, and their bottom faces obscured. Each cube has one letter on every face, and these six letters can be arranged to form a word (Cube Word). Overlapping side faces of cubes share the same letters. Letters on the 36 obscured bottom faces, taken in order, spell out a quote and its source. As an aid, clues are given for four 6letter Edge Words (a-b, c-e, etc.) and six 6-letter Top Face Words (1-6, 7-12, etc.), to be entered normally. Answers include seven proper words. Punctuation may be used deceptively.

The solution to last month’s Puzzler appears on page 87.

EDGE WORDS

a-b. You cryptic lovers

c-e. Mother love is man’s primary creed

d-f. Crush a vegetable

g-h. Mix in steaming lentils

TOP FACE WORDS

1-6. Top Japanese pig with tan coat

7-12. Rock Hudson acts like a pest

13-18. Mad Hatter’s menace

19-24. Relax and remodel

25-30. Roster lost in spa

31-36. Novelist’s drunken stupor

CUBE WORDS

1. Last letter of bottom side’s mysteriously unseen

2. Praise and laughter before wild game

3. Girl rolling log on creek

4. Norseman is number six ruler

5. Small is the sound of my salamander

6. Serious English writer

7. City with Henry’s first church district

8. Encoded letter bit

9. After fifty, lousy but legal

10. Mann also keeps historical records

11. Inquire after mother’s fabric

12. An honest figure?

13. Modern paintings left around Pennsylvania (two words)

14. Heroin ultimately changes characteristic of a champion

15. Supply data in plain formulae

16. Chaperone’s corset burst

17. Commit a crime in greeting Mr. Benny

18. One dwelling in brute new city

19. Scared of Air Force attack

20. Arches in a series are sheltering a bad guy

21. School existentialist keeps quiet

22. Badly used or spoiled

23. Duels should be arranged just so

24. Stories of Belfast disturbed without end

25. A bit like trunks

26. Elizabeth Melville’s husband?

27. Neighbors finally dug me out from a messy spot

28. Make nothing, Father, with this thingumbob

29. Misprints are art, in a way

30. Ornament diminished upon being reversed

31. Ornament Mom and Pop interlaced

32. Tedious drillwork

33. Note to the Beatles’ drummer from an American in Mexico

34. Oxford accent

35. Salesman in basement, talking

36. Look at the boil

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.

Answers to the June Puzzler, “BREAKING IN”

“Life is made up of interruptions.” (W. S. Gilbert)

Across. 1. PAL-MIST 6. P-LEA 10. PRETTIEST (anag.) 12. R(EM)AIN 13. ADO-RE 14. ST(udy p)IPE 15. LIST (double def.) 17. FIFE (double def.) 19. NUR-SERY (run rev. + ryes anag.) 21. MEDUSA (anag.) 22. O-PTS 24. F-LAB 27. O-MAN 28. FE(L-IN)E 29. WRESTING (hidden) 30. HELLEBORE (anag.) 31. SALT (anag.) 32. TA(XER)S (rev.) Down. 1. PE(D)AL 2. REDOUBT (pun) 3. MEN-US 4. T(a)ROT 5. TEA-RED 6. PEAS (anag.) 7. LA(T)ER (rev.) 8. FINES-SING 9. ADDENDA (anag.) 11. REIN-FOR-CE 16. PROFIT (homophone) 18. FIASCO (anag.) 19. T(ROOP)S (rev.) 20. RE-TAIL 23. STET (pun) 24. FLEX (homophone) 25. LIME (double def.) 26. BE(G)ET