The_Nation_October_9_2017

JOSHUA KOSMAN AND HENRI PICCIOTTO

Puzzle No. 3442

38 The Nation. October 9, 2017

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3441

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ACROSS

1 Stare in hole and see, at last (4)

3 Unexpected visitor with a stated objective: Get smoked
salmon off the premises? (10)

10 Agitated, exploding: “No to e-mail!” (9)

11 Bell curve initially leads that fellow to error (5)

12 Sip of tea, tea that is like this grid location (3,4)

13 Ask one Las Vegas resident? (6)

14 Sane Vermont inhabitant? Not in a million years (5)

16 Losing control? Christ, yes! (9)

19 It could be rough being someone who imitates a stock-
market index? (9)

21 Oil company adopts general replacement for an expletive (5)

22 Shoot bum or tramp in the head, like this grid location (3,5)

24 Hide fumbling Tarheel (7)

26 Film contest follows standard procedure (5)

27 Fix thirst with jug—what the diagram will be after
switching 12 and 22 across (4,5)

28 Family with an open-door policy berates her terribly (5,5)

29 Make a sucking sound, not softly: That’s an insult (4)

DOWN

1 Yo, Louganis is smuggling alien in (9)

2 Picture stolen in post office (5)

4 Worsen unmanageable joint control (9)

5 Guy’s partner to perform lines (4)

6 Freedom from pests keeping oxygen out of nose (7)

7 Heard in Sanskrit: “a sizable pan” (9)

8 For example, Nobel Prize ultimately supports Southern

link (5)

9 Zip code (6)

15 City vehicle with roof containing uranium (9)

17 Rose, upset both before and after, left—she’s not a good

sport (4,5)

18 Finks, standing on the street with you and me, turned

around to find Beyoncé or Justin Bieber (9)

20 One sound I hope for: a call from you (7)

21 Arab, if mistreated in a nation from 1967 to 1970 (6)

22 Lure short-term employee at start of training (5)

23 Fictional military man getting up to dance before ball

game’s fourth quarter (2,3)

25 That guy with hair product is a philosopher (5)

ACROSS 1 2 defs. 9 RE(F + US)AL

10 M + O IS TEN 11 [l]-OVER-L + Y

12 pun 14 NEGLI (anag.) + GENT

16 [s]ENTRY 17 ORANG[e] 18 I + DENT

+ I + CAL 20 DU(CT + TA)PE

22 SU(P)ERB (rebus anag.) 25 RAM +

PAGE 26 “rapper” 27 letter bank

DOWN 1 F OR L OR N 2 hidden

3 INSUL(T)IN + G 4 GAL + A (rev.)

5 H + UMANITIES (anag.) 6 A + LICE

7 anag. 8 anag. 13 HEM(IS)P + HERE

15 anag. 16 [l]ENT + OUR AGE

17 alternate letters 19 LAB + O.R. + E.R.

21 TWA + IN 23 final letters 24 “use”

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