Wall Street Journal hint (November 30, 2013)

Here’s a hint for the Wall Street Journal puzzle this weekend.  As the instructions note, twelve answers have to be altered before entry in the grid.  The unaltered answers should help you figure out what’s been done to them.  As far as I can tell, the altered answers are not necessarily valid words.

Below the fold is a table of which answers are altered and which are unaltered.  Drag your cursor to highlight the answer you aren’t sure of.

At Sunday brunch this weekend, we’ll remember the late John Graham: Araucaria in The Guardian, Cinephile in the Financial Times, and mentor and friend to many other cryptic setters.  Join us, won’t you?

Hint to Wall Street Journal Saturday puzzle 11/30/13: In the Shop by Hex

Across		Down
1a	ALTERED	1d	ALTERED
6a	ALTERED	2d	unaltered
11a	ALTERED	3d	unaltered
12a	unaltered	4d	unaltered
13a	ALTERED	5d	unaltered
14a	ALTERED	6d	unaltered
15a	unaltered	7d	ALTERED
16a	unaltered	8d	unaltered
19a	unaltered	9d	unaltered
20a	unaltered	10d	unaltered
21a	unaltered	16d	ALTERED
24a	unaltered	17d	unaltered
27a	unaltered	18d	unaltered
29a	unaltered	22d	unaltered
32a	unaltered	23d	ALTERED
33a	unaltered	25d	unaltered
34a	ALTERED	26d	unaltered
35a	unaltered	28d	unaltered
36a	unaltered	29d	unaltered
37a	ALTERED	30d	unaltered
38a	unaltered	31d	ALTERED
39a	unaltered	33d	unaltered