The New York Times Magazine - USA (2022-01-23)

ACROSS

1 Smart Arab leader, we
hear (4)
3 People coming
together rather late
at night to perform a
ballet (10)

9 One endless line in
both directions for
something to drink
(7)

11 Tearing apart material
for monuments (7)

12 Innocent I entering
church area (5)
13 He painted “Urban
Transport,” “Seniors’
Test” and “Deadly
Gas” (2,5)

15 Most extensive low-
grade pain (7)
16 Make blue wrinkle?
(7)
18 Spoken about piece in
revolution (7)

21 Jaunty golfer, at times
(7)

23 Crazy sisters tied up,
both topless (7)

25 Jog once around a

body of water (5)

27 Sci-fi character and

certain Christian in

opposition (7)

28 Spark inside of

steeple (7)

29 They provide

protection for long

hair (10)

30 Misbehaving child is

aberrant every

second (4)

DOWN

1 Singer in decline

unexpectedly

receives love (6,4)

2 Seek information

in a collection of

papers (7)

4 Rushing stream

split below rocky

peak (7)

5 Occupied with

strange need to

suppress joke (7)

6 Duck down to do

yardwork (5)

7 Offensive word

chanted amid uproar

(7)

8 Sporting contest

mostly tied (4)

10 High point: first

lady meeting the

others (7)

14 Drawing together a

cord on broken net

(10)

17 Spins or shakes cans

(7)

19 City in Colorado,

not Little Rock (7)

20 Among all our

destinations is a

pilgrimage site (7)

21 Medical man

rejected a German

drug (7)

22 Byzantine Empire

ruler, originally

Chinese leader (7)

24 Small, not so good,

trail to follow (5)

26 Part of the leg — a

little lower? (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

By Richard Silvestri

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SPELLING BEE

By Frank Longo

How many common words of 5 or more letters can

you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer

must use the center letter at least once. Letters may

be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7

letters. Proper names and hyphenated words are not

allowed. Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points

for a word that uses all 7 letters.

Rating: 6 = good; 11 = excellent; 16 = genius

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Our list of words, worth 18 points, appears with last week’s answers.

WHIRLPOOL

By Patrick Berry

NORINORI

By Prasanna Seshadri

Shade certain cells so that every outlined region has

exactly two shaded cells. Every shaded cell must share

an edge with exactly one other shaded cell, like a

domino. Dominoes cannot touch, except at their corners.

Ex.

Row answers fill correspondingly numbered Rows.

Answers to Whirlpool clues start at the top left corner

and spiral inward along the heavily outlined path,

one after another.

ROWS

1. George who created “Night of the Living Dead”


2. The ___ Dodger (“Oliver Twist” character) 3. Signify


3. Addict who goes downhill fast? (2 wds.) 5. Chevy
   muscle car introduced in 1966 6. Moved crabwise
   WHIRLPOOL
   Capital of Italy • Person worthy of emulating (2 wds.) •
   Frisbees, e.g. • Pub projectile • Animated TV series set
   in the 31st century • Obi-Wan ___

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