Puzzle No. 3480

Puzzle No. 3480

Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle.

 1 Ambitious to be like π (like 3.14) (12)

 9 They say I have my dinner get very cold (3,2)

10 Party in Georgia: a Wagnerian plot element (9)

11 Wild 23 that may be hunted in spring (6,3)

12 Refuse to include 100 in total (4)

14 Most sage is found in the Occident (6)

15 Shared salary falls short with 60 percent of cash (2,6)

17 Digest donut with zest, eating one at beginning of week (8)

19 After mid-January, renovated patio is the perfect spot (6)

22 A pop made from fruit that’s initially cut (4)

23 Divide 11 bananas (9)

26 Lucky talent involves fish (9)

27 A musical composition (“Serenity”) heard… (5)

28 …before and after god of love gets up? That’s absurd (12)

ACROSS

 1 Time to capture the Italian fleet (5)

 2 Contents of park-rental contracts (7)

 3 Inhibiting writhing vipers, some having reproduced (10)

 4 Redesigned gadget and made it? (6)

 5 Stop signs, perhaps, blocked a gonzo cargo, we hear (8)

 6 Look here—a border (4)

 7 Get on the couch ahead of a trio of commercials for a TV staple (6)

 8 Thinking a lot of oneself where many Arabs live—in, say, Iowa (8)

13 This could take your breath away: Radical pope let in refugees (4,6)

14 Dismissed rising stench in England between Wednesday and Friday (5,3)

16 Twangy instrument from Janáček’s first work in F? (4,4)

18 Date’s exotic corset (6)

20 Locate box office? That might have an effect (7)

21 Says, “Yes, Grease rocks” (6)

24 Put up notice at gym for sporting equipment (5)

25 Raise drink, welcoming one environmentalist (4)

 

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3479

ACROSS 1 O + MARK + HAY + YAM
7 DES(K)TOP (posted anag.)
8 C(ON + T)AIN10 S(C)OUR
11 TAGALO(N)G13 O(PENS)E + SAME
14 L-[as/SA]-T16 CO + ME
18 FRANC + I + SCAN
20 RESOL (rev.) + UTE 22 TIB(I)A (rev.)
24 SHARP-[ie/EI] 25 I + SO + TOPE
26 GOP + HER + STATE

DOWN 1 ON + SHORE (anag.)2 ASTE (anag.) + RISK3 hidden
4 A(CC)L + AIMING5 YE(NT)A 6 anag.7 DISCO + N + CERTS
9 NIGH + TIN + GALE12 hidden 15 VI(CT + R)OLA17 MU(STAN)G
19 CA(BOO)SE 21 LA PUP 23 M IS S

Be part of 160 years of confronting power 


Every day,
The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now. 

We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The Nation Podcast, Jacob Silverman dove deep into how crypto has captured American campaign finance, revealing that it was the top donor in the 2024 elections as an industry and won nearly every race it supported.

This is all in addition to The Nation’s exceptional coverage of matters of war and peace, the courts, reproductive justice, climate, immigration, healthcare, and much more.

Our 160-year history of sounding the alarm on presidential overreach and the persecution of dissent has prepared us for this moment. 2025 marks a new chapter in this history, and we need you to be part of it.

We’re aiming to raise $20,000 during our June Fundraising Campaign to fund our change-making reporting and analysis. Stand for bold, independent journalism and donate to support The Nation today.

Onward, 

Katrina vanden Heuvel 
Publisher, The Nation

x