The New York Times Magazine - USA (2022-02-12)

A. Ate noisily, and perhaps with some
impatience

95 161 16 179 63 32 126
B. Ripe chestnuts? (2 wds.)

40 26 143 182 90 108 71
C. Egg-laying mammal of Australia and
New Guinea

72 43 121 174 101 145 14
D. Like a slingshot or dowsing rod
(hyph.)

137 168 19 2 62 118 84
E. Iowa’s “City of Bridges”

66 92 124 45 24 153 110
F. Rumpled, scruffy

96 147 42 122 165 65 8

G. Fast-food chain associated with

Coney Island

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

6 146 160 89 68 177 48

H. Held together with strong glue

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

20 88 58 171 5 142 106

I. Indomitable, bold and brave

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

52 12 76 116 150 33 173

J. Steers clear of, shuns

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

104 81 18 135 159 1 38

K. Endangered coyotelike canine (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

131 27 112 74 53 181 162

L. Flood from a spring thaw

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

114 77 170 94 4 127 34

M. Counted as a regular employee

(2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

125 10 23 99 75 50 138

N. Slack; calm

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

54 80 141 17 117 100 31

O. Shine with a pearly radiance

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

149 166 61 3 37 132 111

P. Hard, lustrous coats

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

87 46 180 105 158 140 73

Q. Disperse, become more sparse (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

134 156 35 91 172 70 120

R. Language whose writing contains no

capitalization

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

55 29 13 119 154 79 103

S. Creature whose name may be

shortened by dropping the first letter

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

49 98 9 22 169 130 69

T. Go into overdrive, maybe

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

78 151 133 28 51 115 102

U. Take it from the top, scene-wise

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

57 167 152 11 107 41 129

V. Possible lead-in to “Here I come to

save the day!” (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

56 85 113 21 128 164 39

W. Base for an artificial crown

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

144 123 15 86 176 109 67

X. Characteristic of hip-hop and

Cockney slang

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

163 44 148 59 25 83 7

Y. Displaying a stiff upper lip

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

36 155 64 139 175 82 97

Z. Gustav Klimt painting popular as a

dorm room poster (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

157 60 136 47 178 93 30

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138 M 139 Y 140 P 141 N 142 H 143 B 144 W 145 C 146 G 147 F 148 X 149 O 150 I 151 T 152 U 153 E 154 R 155 Y 156 Q 157 Z 158 P 159 J

160 G 161 A 162 K 163 X 164 V 165 F 166 O 167 U 168 D 169 S 170 L 171 H 172 Q 173 I 174 C 175 Y 176 W 177 G 178 Z 179 A 180 P 181 K 182 B

Guess the words defined below
and write them over their numbered
dashes. Then transfer each letter to
the correspondingly numbered square
in the pattern. Black squares indicate
word endings. The filled pattern will
contain a quotation reading from left
to right. The first letters of the guessed
words will form an acrostic giving the
author’s name and the title of the work.

ACROSTIC

By Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

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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: 8 = good; 16 = excellent; 24 = genius

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Our list of words, worth 27 points, appears with last week’s answers.

HEX NUTS

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.

Each nine-letter Row answer reads across its

correspondingly lettered row. Each six-letter Hex answer

fills its correspondingly numbered hexagon, starting in

one of the six spaces and reading clockwise or

counterclockwise. As a solving aid, the two shaded

half-hexagons will contain the same three-letter

sequence (as if the grid is wrapping around vertically).

ROWS

A. Info display at the bottom of a TV screen (2 wds.)

B. Speaker’s memory aids C. Mixed martinis and

manhattans, say (2 wds.) D. Subway-station posting

HEXES

1. Boxes made of slats 2. Formulator of the three laws
   of motion 3. Talks like Scarlett O’Hara 4. One-hundredth
   of a millennium 5. Child’s glove 6. Disorderly throng

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5 6

3

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B

C

D

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