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6 puzzles by Zhou Zhang
with Jim Horne comments
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Constructor (6)Editor (1)Jim Horne (5)Hide commentsSee the 22 answer words debuted by Zhou Zhang.
2 collaborators: Kevin Curry Mallory Montgomery
| I | T | E | M | N | I | L | E | L | L | A | M | A | ||
| T | A | X | I | O | V | A | L | A | O | D | A | I | ||
| S | T | A | N | M | O | N | K | N | O | D | E | S | ||
| B | A | C | K | W | A | R | D | S | C | A | P | |||
| A | M | T | R | A | Y | L | I | S | B | O | A | |||
| D | I | A | D | E | M | P | S | I | A | R | M | |||
| M | A | A | C | U | T | O | F | F | T | E | E | |||
| S | K | U | L | K | O | R | E | E | L | T | O | N | ||
| M | I | N | I | S | K | I | R | T | M | A | L | |||
| O | L | D | E | L | S | T | U | X | E | D | O | |||
| G | O | O | I | E | R | F | I | R | S | I | B | |||
| S | T | R | I | P | E | D | S | O | C | K | S | |||
| S | W | I | S | H | F | U | R | Y | B | A | D | E | ||
| P | I | Q | U | E | F | R | A | U | I | R | I | S | ||
| A | N | S | E | L | Y | E | L | P | T | S | K | S |
| Clue | Visual Effect | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| timiL | "Limit" written backwards | BACKWARDS CAP |
| Golfer's suppor- | "Support" with the T cut off | CUT-OFF TEE |
| ᴱᵛᵃᵈᵉ (small superscript) | A "mini" version of "skirt" (evade = skirt) | MINISKIRT |
| P | u | n | c | h | e | s | "Punches" with stripes between letters | STRIPED SOCKS |
| F | A | C | T | I | S | A | C | H | S | H | A | M | ||
| A | V | E | E | N | O | M | A | O | P | A | L | E | ||
| W | I | N | D | O | W | S | I | L | L | E | N | D | S | |
| N | A | T | R | H | O | C | I | C | A | D | A | S | ||
| C | O | A | T | I | N | O | R | M | ||||||
| A | B | O | U | T | F | E | E | L | S | E | E | N | ||
| A | L | E | R | T | M | I | D | S | T | D | E | I | ||
| T | O | E | D | C | A | M | I | S | C | O | N | K | ||
| O | O | F | D | O | N | U | T | B | O | W | I | E | ||
| N | F | L | G | A | M | E | S | P | E | N | N | E | ||
| O | L | D | E | T | H | O | S | E | ||||||
| T | I | M | E | S | U | P | A | M | T | U | S | O | ||
| A | S | E | A | P | R | I | D | E | M | O | N | T | H | |
| S | L | I | M | O | A | R | L | A | D | I | E | S | ||
| K | E | N | S | N | Y | E | O | N | E | T | W | O |
Hand ME down.
Three Down answers that should have ME to fit the clue, hand that ME down to the answer below it.
- CENT and BEEF LO MEIN → CEMENT and BEEF LOIN
- SO WHAT and COME UPON → SOMEWHAT and COUPON
- HOLINESS and POMELO → HOMELINESS and POLO
(Pulchritude means beauty.)
| B | E | L | A | B | C | S | A | R | B | U | S | ||
| A | M | A | D | R | I | P | Y | O | I | N | K | ||
| H | I | G | H | D | I | V | E | P | O | N | Z | I | |
| T | R | U | E | T | I | A | N | A | G | I | N | ||
| N | A | E | C | R | O | P | T | O | P | S | |||
| T | H | I | R | D | S | V | I | E | |||||
| O | A | T | G | E | N | I | E | A | F | R | O | ||
| G | R | A | D | E | I | N | F | L | A | T | I | O | N |
| A | P | S | E | Z | E | S | T | Y | F | S | U | ||
| A | X | E | Y | E | N | T | A | S | |||||
| O | V | E | R | B | O | O | K | S | A | Y | |||
| A | I | L | O | N | S | E | T | S | C | O | T | ||
| K | O | T | E | X | A | L | I | S | T | E | R | S | |
| E | L | O | T | E | G | L | E | E | N | C | O | ||
| N | A | N | A | S | E | Y | R | E | T | A | S |
Thanks to GRADE INFLATION:
- HIGH FIVE → HIGH DIVE
- DROP TOPS → CROP TOPS
- OVERCOOK → OVERBOOK
- A LISTERS → BLISTERS
| G | A | G | A | C | H | I | L | D | D | E | L | I | ||
| A | X | O | N | R | U | M | O | R | E | X | E | C | ||
| D | E | B | T | A | M | I | N | O | L | I | N | K | ||
| S | I | T | T | I | N | G | P | R | E | T | T | Y | ||
| R | P | M | R | E | D | N | U | T | ||||||
| E | R | A | S | E | L | O | A | N | E | R | ||||
| L | U | C | K | Y | C | H | A | R | M | S | O | E | R | |
| I | N | K | Y | H | E | D | G | E | E | T | N | A | ||
| T | E | E | S | I | L | L | Y | S | T | R | I | N | G | |
| D | A | P | P | L | E | I | S | S | U | E | ||||
| S | U | M | A | T | V | S | I | S | ||||||
| D | U | C | K | D | U | C | K | G | O | O | S | E | ||
| A | T | O | M | N | O | W | A | Y | W | R | A | P | ||
| T | A | R | O | K | N | A | V | E | A | I | D | E | ||
| A | H | E | M | S | K | I | E | D | M | E | O | W |
| M | A | S | T | K | P | O | P | G | M | S | |||
| U | H | U | H | A | R | A | L | I | R | O | N | ||
| N | E | N | E | T | O | T | E | D | A | D | A | ||
| I | M | D | F | O | R | W | H | A | T | E | V | E | R |
| A | H | I | Y | A | Y | M | E | ||||||
| B | U | T | T | O | N | D | U | P | S | ||||
| A | S | H | E | A | S | A | M | I | S | P | F | ||
| D | E | I | S | M | I | M | P | S | E | R | A | ||
| A | R | C | U | N | D | O | T | O | P | I | C | ||
| T | S | K | S | P | E | N | T | H | A | Z | E | ||
| S | I | R | G | O | B | B | L | E | D | ||||
| A | D | D | O | N | F | E | E | ||||||
| G | O | I | N | G | D | I | N | F | L | A | M | E | S |
| A | W | A | Y | K | N | E | E | P | I | K | E | ||
| I | N | N | S | E | C | C | E | A | N | E | W | ||
| N | S | A | Y | A | K | S | L | I | D | S |
The circles contain UP or DOWN — either works in both directions. In the answers below the grid, I've arbitrarily used UP for the Across answers, and DOWN for the Down ones.
| M | A | R | X | E | R | G | O | S | P | A | M | G | I | Z | A | |||||
| V | O | G | U | E | L | O | U | D | P | E | P | E | A | N | I | M | E | |||
| P | R | E | S | S | P | S | I | S | F | E | N | D | G | A | T | O | R | |||
| S | E | S | H | M | A | I | L | L | E | I | A | W | I | R | E | |||||
| D | O | E | S | N | T | H | A | V | E | A | C | L | U | E | ||||||
| A | T | E | I | N | T | O | T | O | T | E | D | I | G | N | O | B | L | E | ||
| D | I | N | E | R | O | R | O | M | E | O | A | L | F | R | E | D | ||||
| W | M | D | Y | O | S | H | I | U | N | S | E | E | E | V | E | |||||
| A | T | O | N | E | T | A | P | T | A | U | T | R | A | I | N | |||||
| R | A | F | A | S | A | N | M | B | A | E | K | E | S | |||||||
| M | T | V | I | T | D | E | E | M | U | B | O | D | ||||||||
| H | E | R | M | E | S | X | N | A | S | S | A | U | ||||||||
| T | E | E | O | U | S | T | I | A | R | T | E | T | A | J | ||||||
| O | R | R | A | L | M | A | T | M | I | R | E | S | P | A | ||||||
| T | A | O | M | I | E | N | E | N | I | D | T | A | N | |||||||
| A | S | A | P | U | N | D | E | R | T | H | E | S | E | A | B | A | R | K | ||
| L | E | D | U | P | X | E | N | O | N | W | A | R | T | Y | ||||||
| R | O | D | D | E | N | T | U | R | E | H | I | D | ||||||||
| F | O | U | R | S | Q | U | A | R | E | R | O | D | E | O | D | R | I | V | E | |
| L | O | S | E | H | E | A | R | T | L | I | P | R | E | A | D | E | R | |||
| A | P | E | D | D | E | E | S | L | E | A | N | P | O | T | S |
- E is the End of the Road — the last letter in RODEO DRIVE.
- X is FOUR SQUARE, the letter in square #4
- I is the letter Under the (only C in the grid)
- T has no clue, meaning 76-Across