The 150th Anniversary number of The Nation is
finally out, and Hot and Trazom found a unique way to mark the event. They paid tribute to their predecessor,
Frank Lewis, by including ten of his best clues in the puzzle. Too bad they didn’t leave it as a
second puzzle to the solver to figure out which clues were Lewis’s and which
were Hozom’s.
Link to puzzle: http://www.thenation.com/article/201961/puzzle-no-3358
Degree of difficulty (by standards of this weekly puzzle): hard—Frank
Lewis was more liberal in his application of cryptic cluing standards.
Agility quotient: high (see above)
Hozom’s comment: “Envoi,” in which Hot and Trazom wrap up
their work at Word Salad and hand the baton off to your humble servant.
Cluing challenge (at Word Salad): ADIOS
Back with the solution Thursday.
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