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Bonus puzzle (you know I couldn’t resist this one): “Penalty Boxes,” a straight crossword by Erik Asgard.
Solution to The Nation puzzle no. 3,317
Link to puzzle: http://www.thenation.com/article/178790/puzzle-no-3317Degree of difficulty (by standards of this weekly puzzle): easy to moderate, and very consistent
Legend: “*” anagram; “~” sounds like; “<“ letters reversed; “( )” letters inserted; “_” or lower case: letters deleted; “†” explicit in the clue, “^” first or last letter or letters, “{“ relocated letter or letters; “§” heteronym, “¶” letter bank
Across
1a
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¶SINGIN IN THE RAIN
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¶EARTH SIGN (letter bank indicated by “composed only
of ... symbols”)
It’s important to ensure that all the letters in the
bank get used in the answer.
Otherwise
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9a
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E <LLIPS< E
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office^E^ (last letter indicated by “ending”) +
<SPILL< (“tumble,” reversal indicated by “backward”) + E (“excellent”)
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10a
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*MOSH PIT
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*MOST HIP
Exclamation point for the clue and definition being
the same.
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11a
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*PHE(NO MEN)A
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NO MEN (“ladies only”) contained in (“in”) *HEAP
(anagram indicated by “random”)
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12a
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_ELEGY_
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isra_EL EGY_pt (hidden word indicated by “connection”)
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13a
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*ENUMERATION
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*MOUNTAINEER (cross-reference to 19a, anagram
indicated by “revision of”)
Here the (11) serves as definition as well as
enumeration.
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16a,
18a |
REDRAW
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RED (“rare”) + RAW (“rare”)
A double definition made explicit (“doubly”).
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19a
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*MOUNTAINEER
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*ENUMERATION (cross-reference to 13a, anagram
indicated by “differently”)
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21a
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~SOLES
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~SOULS (“spirit,” homonym indicated by “listening to”)
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22a
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AND(ROME)DA
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AND (†) + DA (“prosecutor”) containing (“taking in”)
ROME (“capital”)
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25a
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<AVO< CAD O
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<OVA< (“eggs,” reversal indicated by “returned”)
+ CAD (“rotter”) + O (“bagel”)
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26a
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T(_RIC)ORN
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_e_RIC (†, omission of E (“ecstacy”) indicated by
“dropping”) contained in (“wears”) TORN (“lacerated”)
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27a
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GREAT DEPRESSION
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Double definition
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Down
1d
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S(<LEEP<)WEAR
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SWEAR (“promise”) containing (“to hide”) <PEEL< (“skin,”
reversal indicated by “pulling up”)
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2d
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NO(L)TE
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NOTE (“bill”) containing (“gets”) L (“left”)
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3d
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IM PRO VE
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IM (“I am”) + PRO (“for”) VE (“victory in Europe”)
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4d
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_IRENE_
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questiona_IRE NE_arly (hidden word indicated by
“reveals”)
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5d
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TIM PAN IS T
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TIM (“Burton”) + PAN (“negative review”) + IS (†) + T
(“time”)
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6d
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*EASTE(R)N
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*SENATE (anagram indicated by “dysfunctional”)
containing (“welcomes”) R (“republican”)
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7d
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APPLE T RE E
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APPLET (“single purpose computer program”) + RE
(“concerning”) E (“energy”)
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8d
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NATTY
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Pun (reference to Nat Turner, rebel)
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14d
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*UNWELCOME
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*CLUE WOMEN (anagram indicated by “nasty”)
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15d
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A CUT (ABO V)E
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ACUTE (“description of disease”) containing
(“getting”) ABO (“blood types”) + V (“five”)
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17d
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DART AG NAN
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DART (“move quickly”) + AG (“silver”) + NAN (“bread”)
I usually spell “naan” with two As (I love Indian
breads, and judge Indian restaurants by the quality of their bread)
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19d
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M IS CAST
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M (“[James] Bond’s boss”) + IS (†) + CAST (“thrown”)
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20d
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IV(OR)IES
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IVIES (“some schools”) containing (“restricting”) OR
(“gold”)
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23d
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DE_TER
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DE_x_TER (“serial killer on TV,” omission of X (“adult
rating”) indicated by “losing”)
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24d
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*E C(O)LI
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*LICE (anagram indicated by “disgusting”) containing
(“devouring”) O (“love”)
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