Monday, July 13, 2015

Puzzle Answers - Changing Direction - July 11-12, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - Changing Direction - July 11-12, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)



ROWS

1.
Down and out = POOR
Dust Bowl migrant = OKIE
Annual music festival in Tennessee = BONNAROO

2.
Bugs = ANNOYS
Wasn't caught by, say = OUTRAN
"American Idol" contestants = SINGERS

3.
Athletes who wear silks = JOCKEYS
Of historic significance = MOMENTOUS

4.
Film set on Pandora = AVATAR
Parmesan substitute = ROMANO

5.
Portions out = METES
Monument Valley sight = MESA
Pricey fur = SABLE
Egyptian headdress symbol = ASP

6.
Many a Sinai Peninsula dweller = ARAB
Comes down with something (2 wds) = TAKES ILL

7.
Sudden outpouring = SPATE
Imitate a bunny = HOP

8.
Pull down = EARN
Shish ______ (Turkish Dish) = KEBAB
Guilty party, in cop lingo = PERP
Democratic politician Feingold = RUSS

9.
Offset one's bad deeds = ATONE
Muckracking journalist Bly = NELLIE
Piedmont city = ASTI

10.
Like new releases of old albums, often = REMASTERED
Jeeves-to-Wooster address = SIR

11.
Colosseum racer of old = CHARIOTEER

12.
State capital whose name means "sheltered bay" = HONOLULU


COLUMNS

1.
Successfully persuaded (2 wds.) WON OVER
"Open" sporting events (Hyph.) = PRO-AMS
Germany's second-largest city, after Berlin = HAMBURG

2.
Geologic time unit divided into eras = EON
Firstborn con = CAIN
Goes on a spree = SHOPS
Ivy League school briefly = PENN

3.
Unmanned craft = DRONE
Posthumous 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee (2 wds.) = LOU

REED

4.
Group's senior member = DOYEN
Pieces in the game Go = TONES
"Up" voice actor Ed = ASNER

5.
Working well together = In SYNC
Yalta Conference participant = STALIN

6.
#10 on the periodic table = NEON
Hatchery residents = HENS
Volkswagon model designed in the 1930s = BEETLE
Attends as a visitor (2 wds.) = SITS IN

7.
Sugar in the blood = GLUCOSE
"Malcolm in the Middle" dad = HAL
Help a worrywart = REASSURE

8.
Little One = TOT
Ultracurrent, as technology = SPACE-AGE

9.
In need of medical attention = HURT
Italian seafood entree = SCAMPI
Demonstrated audacity = DARED

10.
Bank offering, for short = IRA
Pals of Tarzan = APES
Largely obsolete telecom device = BEEPER

11.
Stimpy's compatriot = REN
Low in fat = LEAN
____ Minor (Polaris constellation) = URSA


12. = DESI





Sunday, June 21, 2015

Puzzle Answers - Labyrinth - June 20-21, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - Labyrinth - June 20-21, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)



I don't always solve the puzzle but when I do, it's on a sundae.



Labyrinth by Mike Shenk 


Across

1. 
  • Composer of the 1963 televised opera “Labyrinth” = MENOTTI
  • It comes straight from the horse’s mouth = NEIGH

2.
  • Cross training goal = FITNESS
  • Set aside = ALLOT

3.
  • Neapolitan, e.g. = ITALIAN
  • Four for Favre = DOWNS

4.
  • Witty conversation = REPARTEE
  • Boarding site = GATE

5.
  • “A Musketeer of great height and haughty countenance” = PORTHOS
  • Singer with the 2006 album “Songs from the Labyrinth” = STING

6.
  • Sites for muezzins = MINARETS
  • Largest member of the brass family = TUBA

7.
  • Treats with more leniency (3 wds.) = LETS UP ON
  • She pined for Narcissus = ECHO

8.
  • Spa treatment = PEEL
  • Oscar nominee for “Tootsie” (2 was.) = TERI GARR

9.
  • Mental workout = TEST
  • Sheets and pillowcases (2 wds.) = BED LINEN

10.
  • Rigging support = SPAR
  • Inflatable used in an emergency (2 wds.) = LIFE RAFT

11.
  • Unaffected = NATURAL
  • Focus of IBM’s Deep Blue computer = CHESS
12.
  • Choose a successor = ANOINT
  • Newspaper coupon section for example = INSERT

13.
  • Witty conversation = BANTER
  • Skylit courtyard = ATRIUM

14.
  • Mount Vernon is on its banks = POTOMAC
  • In-group outcasts = NERDS


Winding
  • Unwritten reminders = MENTAL NOTES
  • Herbal infusion for medicinal purposes = TISANE
  • Worst part of a performance or event = LOWLIGHT
  • Beginning = ONSET
  • Senescence = AGEDNESS
  • Quarry work = STONECUTTING
  • Inspiring disgust = ABHORRENT
  • Cream of Wheat, for example = FARINA
  • Corset’s cousin = GIRDLE
  • Jerks back in fear = FLINCHES
  • Makes balalaika music = STRUMS
  • Helps with the dishes = DRIES
  • Budget item? (Hype.) = RENT-A-CAR
  • Anathema to a Vulcan = EMOTION
  • Head honcho (2 wds.) = TOP BANANA
  • Beat a hasty retreat (2 wds.) = TURN TAIL
  • Entomologist’s specimen = BEETLE
  • Shoulder bag feature = STRAP
  • High point of many a village skyline = STEEPLE
  • Consequential = IMPORTANT
  • Apartment house worker = SUPER
  • Empty talk (2 wds.) = HOT AIR
  • Ouzo or pastis = APERITIF





Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Puzzle Answers - 2 for Two- June 13-14, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)


Puzzle Answers - 2 for Two- June 13-14, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)




Skunk Party.




2 for Two | a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon 

Across 
1. For a pointer, don’t start a litter of pigs = ARROW
litter of pigs = f[ARROW]

4. Sign on a score for scales transposed between two keys (2 wds.) = BASS CLEF

9.  Count hard to believe? You betcha (2 wds.) = TALLY UP
hard to believe = [TALL] + you betcha = [YUP]

10.  A river, isn’t that right?! = ARNO
[A] + [R]iver + isn’t that right = [NO]

11.  Dorothy’s aunt, the one reported to work with studs = EMBOSS
Dorothy’s aunt = [EM] + the one reported [BOSS]

12.  Harsh season’s ending for a wading bird = BITTERN
harsh = [BITTER] + seaso[N]

13.  Vessel’s amount of gas: about empty = GALLEON
amount of gas = GALLON + [E]mpty

14. Native American playwright born in France = SHAWNEE
playwright = [SHAW] + born in France = [NEE]

16. Spread fertilizer around bit of myrtle = HUMMUS
fertilizer = [HUMUS] = [M]yrtle

17. See instructions = TOOOOOOT [T222T]
“Solvers who complete this puzzle may want to blow their own party horns.”

20. Market is quite peculiar, by the sound of it =  BAZAAR
quite peculiar = bizarre {Homophone}

21. Convertible sleepers that can’t be matched = PEERLESS
SLEEPERS {Anagram}

22. A large wager—around half of it, though = ALBEIT
[A] + [L]arge + wager = [BET] + [I]t

25. Fan taking in live pop (2 wds.)  = ROOT BEER
fan = [ROOTER] + live = [BE]

26. With fancy touches, young horse captures first in race = FRILLY
young horse = [FILLY] + [R]ace

27. Medicinal plant a couple of Henry VIII’s wives brought back = SENNA
a couple of Henry VIII’s wives = [ANNES] {Reverse}

28. A McAn shoe width that’s comfortable (2 wds.) = AT HOME

29. Family of singers wanders off = ANDREWS
[WANDERS] {Anagram}

30. When speaking, must have bumped in a way = KNEED
 must have = [NEED] {Homophone}

Down 
1. Chilling a needle (2 wds.) = AT EASE
[A] + needle = [TEASE]

2. Where to see shoppers returning a source of wool = LLAMA
where to see shoppers = [A MALL] {Reverse}

3. Odd outfield achievement: bee-catching = OFF BEAT

4. Pirate stated aloud price for corn on the cob? = BUCCANEER
price for corn on the cob = [BUCK AN EAR] {Homophone}

5. Center of vertebral canal giving the spine a chill = EERIE
vert[E]bral + canal = [ERIE]

6. Challenge American League amid bash (2 wds.) = CALL OUT
[A]merican + [L]eague + bash = [CLOUT]

7. One true stranger along the way (2 wds.) = EN ROUTE
[ONE TRUE] {Anagram}

8. Sources of footnotes, oddly = FONTS
foot = [FO] + notes = [NTS]

12. Accountant’s pager bearing 0-0-1000-1000 = BOOKKEEPER 
pager = [BEEPER] + 0 = [O] + 0 = [O] + 1000 = [K] + 1000 = [K]

15. Grouse, attesting disbelief about piece of hearsay (2 wds.) = HEATH HEN

16. These fill new requirements for some wearers of shoes (2 wds.) = HEEL LIFTS
[THESE FILL] {Anagram}

17. Labor to reset a row of buttons on your computer screen = TOOLBAR
[LABOR TO] {Anagram}

18. A pound—one appearing in old England = ALBION

19. Marshaled a police action using a loudspeaker? = ARRAYED

20. Massage back second, with a cushion for the shoulder, maybe = BURSA
massage = [RUB] {Reverse} + [S]econd + [A]

23. Utter disapproval for the hard stuff = BOOZE
disapproval = boos  {Homophone}

24. Announced “low, low” dress in an island style = MUUMUU 
low = moo {Homophone}


Monday, June 8, 2015

Puzzle Answers - ROWS GARDEN- June 6-7, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - ROWS GARDEN- June 6-7, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Rows Garden | by Patrick Berry

When in Rome




Rows

A. Fast growers in the garden = MUSHROOMS

B. Stuff kept in cellars (2 wds.) = TABLE SALT

Item whose head can have a maximum width of 12.5 inches (2 wds.) = TENNIS RACKET

C. “No need to dress up” (4 wds.) = COME AS YOU ARE

Unfortunate side effect of xerostomia, or “dry mouth” (2 wds.) = BAD BREATH

D. Of the highest quality (Hyph.) = TOP NOTCH

The first one, issued in 1861, depicted Abraham Lincoln (2 wds., Hyph.) = TEN-DOLLAR BILL

E. He donated $1 billion to the United Nations, saying “A billion’s a good round number” (2 wds.) = TED TURNER

Irish landmark that supposedly bestows “the gift of the gab” when kissed (2 wds.) = BLARNEY STONE


F. Popular Christmas song of 1934 that never actually mentions the word “Christmas” (2 wds.) = WINTER WONDERLAND

Blue Cross competitor = AETNA

G. Exhausted runner’s asset (2 wds.) = SECOND WIND

Like some metaphorical glasses (Hyph.) = ROSE-COLORED

H. Real-life actress portrayed in the films “The Rat Pack” and “The Aviator” (2 wds.) = AVA GARDNER

Planet that’s visible in the night sky (2 wds.) = EVENING STAR

I. People whose success must be equaled, with “the” = JONESES

Veterans service organization whose creation was overseen by Theodore Roosevelt Jr.(2 wds.) = AMERICAN LEGION

J. 1974 hit song whose lyrics name-check Neil Young (3 wds.) = SWEET HOME ALABAMA

Broadway musical featuring the song “You Won’t Be an Orphan for Long” = ANNIE

K. They’re taken for parts (2 wds.) = SCREEN TESTS

Capital city of New Zealand, named for an English duke = WELLINGTON

L. “Strangers on a Train” actress who survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria (2 wds.) = RUTH ROMAN


Light Blooms

Rotating part of a tank = TURRET
Pointy tooth = CANINE
“...the Lord ___ away” = TAKETH
Penitent people make them = AMENDS
“Arabian Nights” sailor = SINBAD
Dish for serving soup = TUREEN
Consume sparingly, as food = RATION
Action seen by soldiers = COMBAT
Most populous U.S. native tribe = NAVAJO
Made a raucous sound = BLARED
Plays darts = THROWS
Art director’s creation = LAYOUT
Unwavering = STEADY
Giving a title to = NAMING


Medium Blooms

Sign up = ENROLL
Carpenter’s fasteners = SCREWS
“Catch you later!” (2 wds.) = SEE YOU
Shelled sea creature = MUSSEL
Fire-breather of myth = DRAGON
Hampton of jazz = LIONEL
Pre-1984 telecom giant, familiarly (2 wds.) = MA BELL
Like plants in offices = POTTED
Goes overboard on stage = EMOTES
High chair? = THRONE
Worker who steers steers = DROVER
Ritualistically recite = INTONE
Rebounds, as a billiard ball = CAROMS
World War I construction = TRENCH


Dark Blooms

Reacts to a friend’s faux pas = WINCES
German chancellor Merkel = ANGELA
Scissors wielder = BARBER
Do a slow burn = SEETHE
Jousting weapons = LANCE
Sift (through) = WINNOW
Retro roof attachment = AERIAL
Lawn pest that stings (2 wds.) = RED ANT
Pop singer Sheena = EASTON
Closed in on = NEARED

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Puzzle Answers - Diametricode - Harper's Magazine June 2015 (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - Diametricode - Harper's Magazine June 2015 (SPOILER ALERT!)


Guess who's back. Tell a friend.



ACROSS
8. In West African religion, be a sweet thing = JUJUBE
10. Alabama, South Carolina capitals back the Confederacy = CSA
12. Kind of wine, no year, sent back—far out! = YONDER
14. Holds up on nonsense, otherwise turns back = ROBS {AETF}
15. A red X put in plastic jar = RIOJA {AHECR}
16. Plan taking time off for fish = CHAR {JIRA}
17. Flowers one grows = IRISES
18. Chatter at the heart of the phone company? Just the reverse! = ATT
19. Saying: Of course it's, like, mailed = ASSENT
20. The Reb yields openers because of that = THEREBY {BIOAOTG}
22. Hundred hits into replayed video with vocals = VOICED
24. One can take her cue from cheat = EUCHRE
26. Rotund configuration with zero feet on it? = UNTROD {PLBAEK}
28. Streak, running around Olympian, perhaps = SKATER {FDRBOA}
29. Latin into bongo playing is hardly square = OBLONG
34. Canadian native makes American win in a fight, million times over = MUSKOX
37. Swiss city old fart comes from = ALTDORF {RNBKEAS}
38. Country once linking Namibia, France = BIAFRA
40. Latin American goddess, royal at heart = OYA
41. Quiet! (Passion held in in case of swordplay!) = SHEATH
43. French city, only misspelled = LYON {NGEL}
44. Dresses not loudly, with gems = ROCKS
45. Small pale-colored bird = SWAN {FQRL}
46. Caveat on Alaskan houses having no key = ATONAL
47. Put vegetable back in can = MAY
48. Ice cap melting—it produces heaving = IPECAC

 DOWN
1. Status follower holding art book = QUARTO
2. Cracked back in crazy stunt = NUTSY
3. Strand after disease is cured = SEASIDE
4. Reforming Texas university, first duty of a state? = USE TAX
5. Was a revolver involved in tragedy = GYRATED
6. Go down, up on horse—that's quite a turnover? = KNISH
7. Wander down, going out more right = MEANER
9. Big fish company blankets Ohio = COHO {JEIE}
10. Cash exchanged, boxing ring mess = CHAOS
11. Man playing in factory
13. Doctor we upset pulled a gun = DREW
20. Head soup maker = BEAN
21. Toupee showing up on American wise guys = GURUS
23. Troubles with leaving documents about estates = ILLS
25. Deceive the man with healthy heart = HOKE
27. "Running Amok Around Outskirts of Barrio"—big report! = KABOOM
28. Weird wicked fakery = FREAKY
30. Stuffed food into London wartime place name = BLINTZ
31. Wound, kill, die = OFFEND
32. Called up, landlady, heartless and crooked = GNARLY
33. Spacy kid, with no passport, traveling—he comes with a lot of baggage = SKYCAP
34. Ceremony providing big rock presentation = MASSIF
35. Queen, in heels, perversely gives Hebrew money to Hebrews = SHEQEL
36. You can't start Disney turning fugitive = OUTLAW
39. Shakespearean role I never appeared in before = AGO
42. From Bismarck? Take a bow = ARC

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Puzzle Answers - LABYRINTH - January 3-4, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - LABYRINTH - January 3-4, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Chartres Labyrinth Photograph by Jeff Saward http://www.labyrinthos.net/  


Labyrinth | by Mike Shenk 

Across

1 • French city whose cathedral floor features a labyrinth = CHARTRES


• Lead, for example = ROLE


2 • Prepares potatoes, in a way = RICES


• How Pyrrhic victories are won (3 wds.) = AT A COST


3 • Nostalgic number = OLDIE


• King’s enemies = RACISTS


4 • Like some oils and candles = SCENTED


• Correct for publishing = AMEND


5 • Fit for farming = RURAL


• Masthead setting, often (2 wds.) = PAGE TWO


6 • Did a drum major’s job (2 wds.) = KEPT TIME

• Fiddlehead source = FERN



7 • Dramatist with three Pulitzer Prizes = ALBEE

• Thug = GORILLA


8 • A matter of degrees? = ANGLE


• Far below the actual value, say = NOMINAL


9 • Tennis star with a record 17 Grand Slam titles = FEDERER

• Distinguish oneself = SHINE


10 • Intensely engaged = IMMERSED

• Give up = CEDE



11 • Cold season purchase = TISSUES

• Monopoly collections = RENTS


12 • Pugilist’s prize = PURSE

• Doubloons from a sunken galleon, e.g. = SALVAGE


13 • Seeing the sites = ONLINE


• One might be good with figures = SKATER


14 • Common name for pyridine-3-carboxylic acid = NIACIN

• Playing hooky, perhaps = ABSENT



Winding

• Concern for working parents (2 wds.) = CHILD CARE

• Fed subjects (2 wds.) = INTEREST RATES

• Purely theoretical = ACADEMIC

• Fowl poles? = ROOSTS

• Disappoints (2 wds.) = LETS DOWN

• Promise of Christianity (2 wds.) = ETERNAL LIFE

• Pool settings (2 wds.) = GAME ROOMS

• Mao’s realm (2 wds.) = RED CHINA

• Sparing the rod = LENIENT


• Gila monster’s habitat = DESERT

• Invalidate = NEGATE

• Frugal fellow = SAVER

• Polio vaccine developer = SALK

• In it, the square of 8 is 71 (2 wds.) = BASE NINE

• 2000 Broadway show including the song “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!” = SEUSSICAL

• Quarrel (Hyph.) = RUN-IN

• Pollyanna quality = OPTIMISM

• Render harmless = DEFANG

• Groucho expression = LEER

• Home to the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world = SERENGETI

• Batter’s place = PLATE


• “The Tyger” poet = BLAKE


• Walkman, to the iPod, e.g. = PRECURSOR

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Puzzle Answers - TWENTY-SIX OUT - December 27-28, 2014 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)

Puzzle Answers - TWENTY-SIX OUT - December 27-28, 2014 - The Wall Street Journal - (SPOILER ALERT!)




Across

1. Peg gets away with candy = TOFFEE

peg = (TEE) + away = (OFF)


5. For audience, singers as a group take to the ice with dazzle = CORUSCATE

CHORUS + SKATE (audience = HOMONYM)


10. Lopsided defeat overwhelms Oakland player in bad day at the ballpark = RAINOUT

lopsided defeat = (ROUT) + Oakland player = (A) + (IN)


11. Horseshoe Peak, Iowa, is a nice place to live = UTOPIA

horseshoe = (U) + peak = (TOP) + Iowa = (IA)


13. Tore around lake and made waves = RIPPLED

tore = (RIPPED) + (L)ake


14. Protestant group jokes about Rudner in comedy  = PURITANS

jokes = (PUNS) + Rudner in comedy = (RITA)


15. Faculty I jailed in prison term = SENTIENCE

(I) + prison term = (SENTENCE)


18. Red spy caught in Massachusetts = MAGENTA

spy = (AGENT) + Massachusetts = (MA)


19. Mac tried doctored proof of work = TIMECARD

MAC TRIED [ANAGRAM]


20. Hype and hoo-ha for a museum name = PRADO

hype = (PR) + hoo-ha = (ADO)


21. Hot spots with good puzzles = GRIDDLES

(G)ood + puzzles = (RIDDLES)


24. Quality of an ape: primarily, his buoyancy = HAIRINESS

(H)is + buoyancy = (AIRINESS)


27. Mantra adopted by newlywed is a cliché = BROMIDE

mantra = (OM) + newlywed = (BRIDE)


30. Fight starter: a character in “Twilight” = BELLA

fight starter = (BELL) + (A)


31. Statement from a mathematician garbled in a quote = EQUATION

IN A QUOTE [ANAGRAM]


33. Henry VIII’s second tree pronounced very old = ANTIQUE

Henry VIII’s second = (ANNE) + tree = (TEAK) [HOMONYM]


35. Oddly dry eyes at sad Beatles song = YESTERDAY

(EYES) + (DRY) + (AT) [ANAGRAM]


37. Without having a theater debut, duet sang freely = UNSTAGED

(DUET) + (SANG) [ANAGRAM]


38. Fashioned a great ID for an animal (2 wds.) = EAR TAG

(A) + (GREAT) [ANAGRAM]


39. Homer, in Italian lake, makes a sort of picture = CHROMO

homer = (HR) + Italian lake = (COMO)


40. Embarrassed Dickens baddie is seized by call for quiet = SHEEPISH

Dickens baddie = (HEEP) + (IS) + call for quiet = (SH)


41. Hard water’s running into the ground = EARTHWARDS

HARD WATERS [ANAGRAM]


42. After gym, fish around for a bit of gorp = PEANUT

after gym = (PU) + fish = (NET) + (A)


Down

1. Spare part adapted for roofing materials = TARPAPERS

SPARE PART [ANAGRAM]


2. Fahrenheit elevation in icebox = FRIDGE

(F)ahrenheit + elevation = (RIDGE)


3. Baloney for a cardinal back in autumn = FALDERAL

cardinal = (RED) + autumn = (FALL)


4. James, the singer, following deal in “Family Feud” = VENDETTA

James the singer = (ETTA) + deal = (VEND)


5. Faucet’s former temperature within upper limit (2 wds.) = COLD TAP

former = (OLD) (T)emperature + upper limit = CAP


6. Pharaoh keeps stray back in castle tower = TURRET

Pharoah = TUT + stray = ERR


7. Small heart label = STICKER

(S)mall + heart = (TICKER)


8. Shoot a ray gun at a Mexican revolutionary = ZAPATA

shoot a ray gun = (ZAP) + (AT) + (A)


9. Carl’s van slowed and stopped = CEASED


12. Hardened around the face of John Hurt = INJURED

hardened = INURED + (J)ohn


15. We own this reassembled fairy tale figure (2 wds.) = SNOW WHITE

(WE) + (OWN) + (THIS) [ANAGRAM]


16. Number Rev. Spooner might call neato, swell (Hyph.) = FIFTY-NINE

neato = (NIFTY) + swell = (FINE) [SPOONERIZED]


17. Added fee for new exec at six (2 wds.) = EXCISE TAX

(EXEC) + (AT) + (SIX) [ANAGRAM]


22. Satisfactory speed and average float for orbiter, maybe =  SPACEGAIT

(S)atisfactory + speed = (PACE) +


23. One grieving for our Navy’s leader in French sea = MOURNER

(OUR) + (N)avy + French sea = (MER)


25. Shallow leak slowly covers type (hyph.) = SKIN-DEEP

leak slowly = (SEEP) + type = (KIND)


26. A tailless reptile in red dye = ALIZARIN

(A) + (LIZAR)d + (IN)


28. Deny Ovid was wrong = DISAVOW

(OVID) + (WAS) [ANAGRAM]


29. Celebrates skill in bakery display = PARTIES

skill = (ART) + bakery display = (PIES)


31. Lead astray with deuces wild = SEDUCE

(DEUCES) [ANAGRAM]


32. Arrange for passport with missing pages = ASSORT

(PASSPORT) – (P)age – (P)age [pages]


34. African magic has its martial training = JUJITSU

African magic = (JUJU) + (ITS)


36. Magician who’s often silent or who’s narrating = TELLER



MISSING LETTERS

Rows (top to bottom)

O
U
P
N
M
D
I
B
Q
Y
G
H
A


Columns (Left to Right)

S
E
R
W
V
L
F
T
K
X
Z
J
C