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
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