Puzzle No. 3457

Puzzle No. 3457

Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle.

ACROSS

 1 Catches sight of sandwich back where some commuters sit (3,5)

 5 Greedy person captivated by lush source of drink (6)

10 It is dangerously about! (1-4)

11 It’s a cable, tangled in a body of water (6,3)

12 Movie actress’s sponsor keeping unusually brawny Jamaican believer inside (7,8)

14 Editor breaks cleaning implements and French furniture collection (7,3)

17 See 19

19 and 17 Storage for each one-piece garment (6)

21 Chomp on outside of unsatisfactory coins in Tehran or the Taj Mahal, for example (6,4)

25 Bishop to say “Darn it” and suppress vegetable (9,6)

28 Rocks around most of the aromatic compound (4,5)

30 “Goodbye!” (I rejected pop on both sides) (5)

31 Often dingy setting for finale (6)

32 After one minor objection, I additionally cut short BS in seven Across entries (8)

DOWN

 1 Bring up tulip, perhaps, to claim third of garden promotion (5)

 2 Cleanse George’s exterior affliction (7)

 3 Holiday connected to god of sun and fish (5)

 4 Two pieces of pork with largely flavorless orange pepper (7)

 6 and 29 Toxic substance in Hawaiian food? Boy! (6)

 7 Enhance bursts of wind once temperature drops? You betcha! (5,2)

 8 Radar systems, for instance, in Scar Trek (misspelled) (8)

 9 Melania Trump, in brief, is a feminine flower (6)

13Rolling Stone memos (5)

15 Jewish teacher runs backward and forward to live (5)

16 Leading medical-research invention! (3)

18 Lowly worker has an infant (endlessly likely) (8)

20 Altered and overturned experimental fact involving space alien (7)

22 Arnold: deranged former governor of California (6)

23 Craftsperson overthrowing 24 (7)

24 Sinatra partying with empress (7)

26 Measure most of crystal (5)

27 Things used for fastening end of leash on snakes (5)

29 See 6

 

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3456

ACROSS 1 anag. 10 AP + P + RISING
11 CL + OWN 12 2 defs.
13 S(CRIP + T)URE 14 2 defs.
15 F(R)IENDS + HIP
19 CA + R(GOP)ANTS 21 2 defs.
24 ENV(ELOP)ES (Pole rev., seven anag.)
26 [t]URBAN 27 GRE-[at/TA]
28 ANN(OUNCE)S
29 SAT + IS + FACTION

DOWN 2 NEP (rev.) + TUNE 3 rev. hidden
4 SW + IS + S 5 SU(GARB + E)ET
6 ESCA (anag.) + P(AD)E 7 TO(OM)UCH
8 NARCO (anag.) + TIC 9 final letters
16 REAP + PEARS 17 anag. 18 anag.
20 REV(I + EW)S (we + I rev.) 22 TOBAC (rev.) + CO 23 A + U + GUST 24 alternate letters 25 initial letters (&lit.)

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