The Atlantic Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

TWO IN ONE

(Acknowledgments to Sabre of The Listener)

All clue answers are too long for the spaces provided in the diagram; to make them fit, solvers will have to put two letters in some of the squares. Whenever two words cross on a two-letter square, both letters naturally appear in both words—but not necessarily in the same order. For example, if the upper left-hand square contains the letters A and M, 1 Across may be AMUSING while 1 Down is MADDENING. Unchecked squares always contain just one letter. Answers include six proper words; 29D is unfamiliar; a variant spelling is involved in 13D. Punctuation may be used deceptively.

The solution to last month’s Puzzler appears on page 88.

_ACROSS_

1. Identical place does best being occupied by one or two stuck together? (12) (two words)

7. Garner is featured in rare appearance(4)

10. Parades with a noblewoman in Italy (8)

11. Big hit by #1 catcher is epical, in a way (7)

12. Pull at the front of Eskimo’s sled (4)

13. Jingle can list eating place where you might spend the night (16)

15. Course traveled by manpowered boat in sound (4)

16. Smashed matron’s window (7)

20. Yule is observed, strangely, on the 5th of December in heaven (7)

21. Runs from British city in Yorkshire (6)

23. Back of the study is a perfect place (4)

to Divorced partner goes with judge on recess in court case— demonstrating alienation? (16)

26. Fellow getting draft classification exhibits hysteria (5)

28. Fuzz seizing runaway GI at party in a suit (8)

31. Wearing nothing in Love-in (7)

32. Count one missing from track & field event (4)

33. Winning’s urgent when apprehending band of armed men (13)

DOWN

1. Long view cut short (4)

2. Insignificant old pond (4)

3. Dribbled and raced around arena with Bulls’ center (9)

4. Getting together for a time in China after drink (7)

5. Scratch—the Devil (4)

6. Ursula Andress movie’ll bomb (5)

7. Following Moslem leader with wet clothing (9)

8. Extraordinary chum bearing male name (10)

9. Make a game-ending chess move, keeping in control (8)

13. Russian money and part of message concealed by recipient agitator (12)

14. Railing is in jest (8)

17. In a fog, resistance freezes and fighting halts (10)

18. A GI’s job—not one for forming bonds (9)

19. Third attempt makes prisoner of irate punk (8)

22. “Sheep” rewritten in Morse (7)

25. Act upset with a leading storyteller (5)

27. Exhaust from part of a car (4)

29. Magnetic field unit of vapor around us (5)

30. Raised bug bite (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.

Answers to the July Puzzler. “HIDDEN FACES”

“Darkness was upon the face of the deep.”—Bible

a-b. SOLVER (anag.) c-e. MA-O-IS-M d-f. SQUASH (double def.) g-h. MINGLE (hidden) 1-6. S(HOG)UN 7-12. HOUNDS (anag.) 13-18. THREAT (anag.) 19-24. REPOSE (double def.) 25-30. RESORT (anag.) 31-36. PROUST (anag.) 1. M-ISSED (m + anag.) 2. HO-MAGE (game anag.) 3. GLO-RIA (log anag.) 4. VI-KING 5. MINUTE (homophone of my newt) 6. STERN-E 7. PARIS-H 8. MORSE “L” 9. L-AWFUL 10. ANNALS (hidden) 11. DAM-ASK 12. SQUARE (pun) 13. PO(P A)RT 14. HEROI(C) 15. INFORM (hidden) 16. ESCORT (anag.) 17. HI-JACK 18. BE(I-RUT (anag. + i) 19. AF-RAID 20. AR(CAD)E 21. CAM(P)US 22. SOURED (anag.) 23. JOUSTS (anag.) 24. FABLES (anag. minus t) 25. A-ORT-AS 26. HER-MAN 27. S-MUDGE (s + anag.) 28. DO-O-DAD 29. ERRATA (anag.) 30. TA-SSEL (rev.) 31. POMPOM (anag.) 32. BORING (double def.) 33. G-RINGO 34. BROGUE (double def.) 35. SELLER (homophone) 36. SEE-THE