Games World of Puzzles – October 2019

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The unclued shaded entry in this variety cryptic crossword represents a patch of sand that blew its way into the

diagram. Each of the nine Down answers crossing the sand behaves in such a way that one letter shifts to a new

position before being entered into the grid. When these nine answers are entered correctly, the nature of the shift

will be revealed by the word that emerges in the sand boxes. ANSWERS, PAGE 79

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ACROSS
1 Look back over five nights (4)
4 Detective sat back and tried a little (6)
9 Mafia boss embraces each short church official (6)
10 Ethereal sprite drops facade (4)
11 Go into the creation of a sculptor’s specialized lingo (5)
12 Raise vagrant pooch (4,2)
14 Minimum numbers question university with
zero teaching assistants (6)
16 East accepted into peacekeeping alliance—cool (5)
19 Inaugurate former Israeli prime minister (5)
21 First name in jazz with the Spanish and the French (4)
23 Carpet’s backside framed with gold and bit of green (4,3)
27 Distributed manual by school’s end
concerning graduates (7)
28 Start to timidly copy cassette (4)
29 Silences leaders of militant union, threatening
economic sanctions (5)
31 Males damaged shiny fabrics (5)
34 Essentially, Lassie’s taking afternoon nap (6)
36 Boy was first served soup (6)
37 More mature berry-producing tree (5)
38 New Age singer from African nation needing
no introduction (4)
39 Farm’s good field (6)
40 It could be modifying “braved”! (6)
41 Worked on hoofs of hog initially embedded in turf (4)

DOWN

1 Emmy-winning actor endears cast (2,5)

2 Peddle too much love poetry near top of

Lover’s Leap, at first (8)

3 Talent seeker cuts loose around band (5)

4 Munchkin leader of Oz with Dorothy’s pooch (4)

5 Clipped pudgy British pigeon (5)

6 Starts to tease American men sporting

Scottish hats (4)

7 Doctor edges away from huge sedative (4)

8 Binding holds page with writing (6)

13 Saw excellent pig and sheep (7)

15 Repeatedly state sites’ limitless price (7)

17 Paid tribute to Salvador by playing duet (7)

18 Horse ran around ring (4)

20 Break the rules after the first round of competition (4)

22 Ground meat is bland (4)

24 Chamber orchestra member finished early (4)

25 Moral force of reflective work featuring

actor Richard (8)

26 Wanted Lucy’s husband Carmine (7)

27 More generous portion of sample required (6)

30 Blockade is lifted, for example, by leader of Egypt (5)

32 A sailor turned over a bunch of maps (5)

33 Grandmother sent back article about North America (4)

34 Work without energy for European (4)

35 Passerby is hugging Belgrade native (4)