62 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES | december 2019
We wouldn’t know a French hen from a calling bird, so we’ve prepared our own list of a dozen things to give. These
are clued by wordplay only and in alphabetical order. The solver must determine where to place each in the grid.
Non-theme clues are standard. ANSWERS, PAGE 798ǤȨ8ǕȨǠǖȨ(ȳǓǙ6ȨǖǣǙǣǘȨȰ BY BOB STIGGER
ACROSS
5 The origin of fighter combat wing (7)
8 Freight car left in railroad storage area (4)
9 Start to finish, arduous quarrels (5)
12 That’s right, a short-lived craze, in
retrospect, is foolish (4)
13 Hog owners buy mongrel dogs, we hear (6)
14 Thought I had excellent answer (4)
17 Advanced Christians may fast
during this season (4)
18 Member retreats, a hazard for golfers (4)
21 Herb announced schedule (4)
23 With surgery, heal Jacob’s wife (4)
25 Misprint is fodder for dirty politics (4)
27 Sorry, lads, I’m very bad (6)
31 Prayer leads to people loving
even adversaries (4)
32 Goofy’s number one and Pluto’s number
two in cunning (5)
33 Tenor almost botched a piece of music? (4)
34 Layouts of Spanish books, e.g. (7)
1 2345 678 9 1011 1213 1415 16 1718 1920 21 2223 2425 26 27 28 29 303132 3334DOWN
1 A type of lettuce with B1 and B2 (4)
2 Weatherman Al totes clubs for someone like Mick Jagger (6)
3 Feisty kestrel’s protecting little one (4)
4 Musical chairs without clothing (4)
5 California city that’s almost brand-new? Hardly (6)
6 Audio drew current (4)
7 Exposition of average quality (4)
10 Stop collecting building rent for August (7)
11 A department expert (5)
15 Country’s border police capturing large one-eyed creature (7)
16 Drive like heck at first race (4)
17 Rail about thieves’ hangout (4)
19 Energetic private-school student ditching Intro to Religion (5)
20 YouTube features six dancing does (6)
22 Mom is going wild over a champagne-based drink (6)
24 Make a recording of Tanzania’s principal primate (4)
26 University fraternity’s last beer (4)
28 A bit of Riot Act’s content (4)
29 Get rid of outbuilding (4)
30 Meager tip (4)GIVING LIST
Radar network’s components
(2 wds.)
Spot immorality
College degree? Check
Suggested bed on a ship
Hospital embroiled in lawsuit
Study a sample of crustaceans
inhabiting truncated brook
Good 18 holes of golf
A short flight East
Not working stupid wasting day
The sound of canine feet
It’s found in a religious house
It helps to be refined (2 wds.)