The Nation.
38
January 5, 2015
Puzzle No. 3348
JosHUA Kosman
and
Henri Picciotto
1`2`3`4`5`6~7`8
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`~`~`~`~~~`~`~`
q```~~w`e``````
`~~~r~`~`~`~~~`
t`y``````~~ui``
`~`~`~~~`~o~`~`
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ACROSS
1French painter’s lemonade cut with booze? (6,5)
7See 1D
9Beat back someone who makes things even smarter
(7)
DOWN
1& 7A, 27D, 28A John made a machine part, with
time for an old television show (6,6)
2An idiot in a European city (7)
3Motorist connecting source of Danube with Rhine,
for example (6)
4Spoil an excavation with mostly over-hasty
celebration (5,4)
5Carol and Russell looking up (4)
6Garment in an in-box? That’s a joke (8)
7Choose to imprison one slayer of gods (7)
8Something helpful for grooming furry TV alien
amid depression and bereavement (6,5)
11A woman might keep her skirts up with this remote
item: beer (11)
15One feature of this puzzle’s grid is smarmy yet
affected (9)
16Eat all of something yummy, swallowing the usual
way (8)
18A couple of paramedics examine a weak boxer (7)
10Polished toenail brings joy (7)
20Am I incapable of accepting a greeting with wine?
(7)
11Retract quote: “Toy material is wild” (8)
21Poet doth wend his way east (6)
12After temperature dropped, 9 repaired part of the eye
(6)
24Buddies coming up with an insult (4)
27See 1D
13Ready? It’s necessary to strip everything (4)
14What you might find at a dinner: the jokes about the
guest of honor are not mean enough, perhaps (5,4)
17How Charlie Clin’s characters behaved?! (9)
19Karate chops requiring repetition (4)
22Hold a naval hero (6)
23Freaky, noisome cult members (7)
25Is a cola unpalatable without friends? (7)
26She ran into a lot of ice. Surprisingly, it ain’t cold (7)
28See 1D
29One who’s glad to communicate with the dead
without going to extremes? (5,6)
SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3347
1 EL + EV(A)TOR (voter anag.)
5 L(APT)OP 10 P + ETER (anag.)
11 rev. hidden 12 anag. 14 “swayed”
15 STEPP(ED)UP (rev.) 18 A FOR TI
OR I 22 anag. 24 anag. 27 ROCK +
OPERA (a rope anag.) 28 SPA + GO
29 “I lean” 30 T(HIRTEE)N (either
anag.)
DOWN 1 anag. 2 hidden 3 A +
GREE(MEN)T 4 OED + I(PU)S
6 [m]ARGOT 7 anag. 8 [f/P]-LEA
9 T(RI)UNE 13 UPSIDE + DOWN
([o]edipus anag.) 16 rev. 17 pun 19 anag.
20 ON VIE (anag.) + W 21 IMP +
EACH 23 VIOLA + T.E. 25 EMOT-E
(rev.) 26 T + RUE
ELEVATOR~LAPTOP
X~X~G~E~T~R~A~L
PETER~DIRIGIBLE
R~R~E~I~I~O~L~A
ELEVENPLUSTWO~~
S~M~M~U~N~~~I~U
SUEDE~STEPPEDUP
W~~~N~~A~~R~~~S
AFORTIORI~ENVOI
Y~P~~~N~M~C~I~D
~~TWELVEPLUSONE
T~I~M~I~E~R~L~D
ROCKOPERA~SPAGO
U~A~T~W~C~O~T~W
EILEEN~THIRTEEN