Puzzle No. 3333

Puzzle No. 3333

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle.
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

ACROSS

 1 Oil company restricts identifying images in this place, the world of online opinions (11)

 7 Initiator of workplace tussle over lunch items (5)

 8 Mathematician accepting homemade periodical’s transparency (9)

10 Ronald: bad actor and governor (6)

11 Sheraton polluted a body of water (5,3)

12 Can make it haler, eh?! (9)

14 Therefore, monster returns (4)

17 Regretted speaker’s boorish… (4)

18 …blather and rant: “Get in buggy” (9)

20 Two air conditioners outside nearly draw oxygen in seaside resort (8)

22 Hinder a redesign of my site (6)

24 Vegetables, for example, with green bottoms containing a bit of lycopene (9)

25 Accompaniment for ale or sack, surprisingly involving fifth of booze (5)

26 Writer of trash took in an ancient city (11)

DOWN

 1 Underwear provided for piece of the skull (9)

 2 Only parts to be sadly out of date (8)

 3 Wild party is held in outdoor gymnasium (4)

 4 Undermine clout and trap one of the Koch brothers, perhaps (9)

 5 Laws cited wrongly by Senate’s leader (6)

 6 Planes are in Haarlem, for example (5)

 7 Rudimentary anemometer is loud (if useless) (7,4)

 9 Tyne Daly’s costar and lead in Hunter admitted to going naked in Malaysia? (6,5)

13 Characteristic of lamb on ice, with ingredients chopped up and reused (9)

15 Spooner’s principal gardener is someone who brings in business (9)

16 Unusually clean pet is a magical symbol (8)

19 Hero allowed in an apartment arrangement (6)

21 For instance, Michael Lange is in distress (5)

23 A continent like Iowa (4)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3332

ACROSS 1 PO(LITE)SSE 6 PA + YUP 9 2 defs. 10 anag. 11 B(LAST OF)F 12 anag. 14 hidden 15 WA + TERS(LID)E 18 GI + A + COMET + TI (rev.) 19 CHE + F 22 2 defs. 24 RESTARE + A 26 AD(VAN + T)AGE 27 C(R)OAT 28 ELS(I)E 29 POT + HOLDER

DOWN 1 pun 2 LAG + [d]UAR[f] + DIA (rev.) 3 hidden 4 S(NOW)F + LAKES 5 E-M.I.T. 6 P(RIM)ROSE 7 YEAS + T 8 PA’S SAGE 13 GENTE(EL)EST (teen gets anag.) 16 IS + HER(WOO)D 17 letter bank 18 GAR(B)AGE 20 2 defs. 23 F + AVES 25 G + ASP

Support independent journalism that does not fall in line

Even before February 28, the reasons for Donald Trump’s imploding approval rating were abundantly clear: untrammeled corruption and personal enrichment to the tune of billions of dollars during an affordability crisis, a foreign policy guided only by his own derelict sense of morality, and the deployment of a murderous campaign of occupation, detention, and deportation on American streets. 

Now an undeclared, unauthorized, unpopular, and unconstitutional war of aggression against Iran has spread like wildfire through the region and into Europe. A new “forever war”—with an ever-increasing likelihood of American troops on the ground—may very well be upon us.  

As we’ve seen over and over, this administration uses lies, misdirection, and attempts to flood the zone to justify its abuses of power at home and abroad. Just as Trump, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth offer erratic and contradictory rationales for the attacks on Iran, the administration is also spreading the lie that the upcoming midterm elections are under threat from noncitizens on voter rolls. When these lies go unchecked, they become the basis for further authoritarian encroachment and war. 

In these dark times, independent journalism is uniquely able to uncover the falsehoods that threaten our republic—and civilians around the world—and shine a bright light on the truth. 

The Nation’s experienced team of writers, editors, and fact-checkers understands the scale of what we’re up against and the urgency with which we have to act. That’s why we’re publishing critical reporting and analysis of the war on Iran, ICE violence at home, new forms of voter suppression emerging in the courts, and much more. 

But this journalism is possible only with your support.

This March, The Nation needs to raise $50,000 to ensure that we have the resources for reporting and analysis that sets the record straight and empowers people of conscience to organize. Will you donate today?

Ad Policy
x