The Atlantic Puzzler

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

BAR-HOPPING

(Acknowledgments to Centigram of Crossword)

Each clue in this puzzle includes 1) a definition of the answer, and 2) a subsidiary hint (second definition, anagram, charade, etc.) referring to the answer plus one extra letter, at the beginning or end of the diagram entry, separated by a bar. Thus the subsidiary clueing for 11 Across includes the second letter of 8 Down. Answers include three proper nouns.

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

ACROSS

1.Bottom fish gulps end of line (4)

6.Tie tack, undone, found in walkway

(6)

11. Carelessly paint a crooked line, suppressing your distaste (9)

12. Oddly, Pa uses a can for cookery (9)

13. Slicer one could turn into a thug’s tool (8)

14. Parts with expressions of approval (4)

15. God protects a domain (4)

16. One very captivating team of stars (8)

17. Plan for the end of a game (6)

19. Providing for an heir’s land (6)

21. A Roman leader’s antithesis (6)

23. Reflectively fret about Mom’s heart

(6)

25. Composer wearing dress in a moving film? (8)

27. Arrange to go right around curve (4)

29. Fashionable sado-masochism joints (4)

31. To soften semester’s beginning, school in Mass. has one opening (8)

32. Peculiar old-time air of a newspaper column (9)

33. Sister, around former nurse, shows lack of caring (9)

34. Sank down in Ganges while swimming (6)

35. Three having quiet feed (4)

DOWN

1. Wood chunk lifted by Air Force (5)

2. Support, in addition, one Republican after Reagan (7)

3. Stay halfway awake, being more worn out (6)

4. Reaches brief solution in spring (5)

5. One who wrote famous letters about town’s shortage (7)

7. Yonder’s a grand woman (7)

8. First and last, a king’s flower (6)

9. Fool with each little part of the eye (4)

10.Sounds of laughter killed fight (6)

18. Sea plant in sound around elevated northern city (7)

19. Feeling reduction (7)

20. Foreign tour rate is a big pain (7)

21. City birds ready for eating? (6)

22. Peg wears hoop for binding (6)

24. Maverick, or a mare wandering (6) 26. One soldier ant is monstrous (5)

28. Very little time in very little city (5) 30. Be moved by a concept (4)

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, write to The Atlantic Reprint Department, 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass. 02116, enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Answers to the December Puzzler,

“TREE-TRIMMING”

Across. 4. ELI (hidden) 5. S(L)IGH-TEST 7. (e) ASTER 9. AR(CAN)E 11. BELL-OC (co rev.) 13. ALL(O)Y 14. A-T-P 16. TANGELO (anag.) 18. S-A-Y-SO (soy anag.) 21. (t)OUCH 24. R(AG)E 27. PLIGHTS (double def.) 28. O-WE 30. A(LIGHT)S 31. B(ALL)ETS 33. ISAB-ELLA (bias anag.) 34. G-LIB 36. HURRICANE (anag.) 38. CABALLERO (anag.) 40. AP(S)E 41. TREFOIL (anag.) 42. ARAB (rev.) 43. A(S)IDE 44. AD-AGE 45. YE’S

Down. 1. STARTLE (anag.) 2. DELIGHTS (anag.) 3. WISE (homophone) 5. SARA(N) 6. TR(O)Y 8. TALLY-HO 9. ANTEBELLUM (anag.) 10. CANEL-LA (clean anag.) 11. BELLOWS (double def.) 12. CHAN-GEL-IN-G’S 14. ALMOST (anag.) 15. P-SI (rev.) 16. TOE (homophone) 17. O-STEAL 20. BLIGH-TERS (rest anag.) 22. CHIC-AN-ERY (rye anag.) 23. HO(O)SIER-Y 24. REBELLIOUS (anag.) 25. A(CA)-CIA 26. FLIGHTIER (anag.) 29. W(AF)FLE (flew anag.) 31. B(ALL)-UPS 32. SITE (homophone) 34. GAL-A (rev.) 35. BRAG (rev.) 37. RED (homophone) 39. B(ALL)AD