Start with an abbreviated rank, then add a little word for “at home” and insert “no.”ġ7A. I solved this backward: “Police officer at home, possessing no photo ID?” solves to a “photo ID” that appears beneath a photo, as an explanation. Think of a common dietary “ intolerance” that uses the letters in “locates.”ġ5A. “Doctor locates source of intolerance” is an anagram clue that sneaked up on me, despite the appearance of “Doctor” (which is often used to indicate a rearrangement of letters). This is a straightforward container clue: “Principles about fellows in city dwellings” solves to fixtures of early New York City, to name one urban spot.ġ3A. Easy once you see it (“Ri fle erratically”), but also easy to get sidetracked by “erratically,” which is often an indication of an anagram.ġ2A. Find a word for “ Move sinuously” and render it “unclothed” by removing its first and last letters the answer is a useful trait for the balance beam, parallel bars and other gymnastic equipment.ġ1A.“Rifle erratically covers one who runs away” is a rare hidden word clue. This clue, “Move sinuously unclothed, as a gymnast,” is a tricky deletion. I just ran through a mental inventory of dangerous objects to solve this one, “Muck about with tangled net - gladiator’s weapon.” The answer is a combination of a “ Muck” synonym and the “tangled” letters in “net” (and an armament I had always associated with the sea).ġ0A.
“Solo federal agent, an old executioner,” is a charade that places a “Star Wars” hero and Melvin Purvis side by side.ĥA. The very first entry of this puzzle is a bit dark (and was more than a bit hard for me to decipher - I was about halfway through when I solved it). I also appreciated the macabre and creepy entries that scuttled through the puzzle.ġA. Of course, it’s all worth it - each of Richard Silvestri’s challenging twists and turns is sublime and so satisfying when it finally falls into place. (There are many useful cryptic glossaries online, if you need one.) There are also very few simple entries, like anagrams and hidden words, to get crossing letters, so this was a solve that built very slowly for me. CRYPTIC CROSSWORD - At first glance, this is one of the more imposing cryptic puzzles that I’ve seen in a while! Many of its clues contain indicators that are easy to misinterpret, and the equations for solving them are inventive and convoluted.
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