Puzzle No. 3362 Puzzle No. 3362
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 She once wrote up drivers, or the author, with Word help (5,4) 6 Poke around company with twin (5) 9 Every other element in niece’s day is lacking (5) 10 Film director, ragin’, gets in the way? (9) 11 Coming to, and feeling pain again? (8) 12 In Europe, capital “A”s? (6) 14 Herb to reveal a secret on the radio (4) 15 Someone who’s probably about to retire with a firecracker? (4,6) 18 Dysfunctional person to luxuriate, and so forth, beside stormy sea (6,4) 19 Big show of affection at the end of squabble (4) 22 Give a prosecutor weapons and a bunch of ships (6) 24 A mixed stucco outside facade of Institute of Sound (8) 26 Edges away from accident and snarl in square, for instance (9) 27 Tenant arrives late with a key (5) 28 Muses, for example, defining attribute of a risky aerial act (5) 29 Prince William and offspring of a queen are not in harmony (9) DOWN 1 Rock is manlier if out of control (7) 2 Generates chaos for youths (9) 3 Crazy myth underlies factor in blood and pulse (6) 4 Head count at Hamilton cotillion (10) 5 Read translation for an alternative to truth (4) 6 Convergence of Jewish initiation and the act of anointing (8) 7 I’m involved in gang, mostly for arson or loan-sharking (5) 8 One looking through a book to live right when having spats (7) 13 Definitely, Coke is spilled in space alien’s orifices (3,7) 16 It might blow one mutant to pieces (5,4) 17 Stuck with what some did on Yom Kippur? (4,4) 18 Alibi (a frantic cover) for certain inhabitant of Nigeria (7) 20 Former spouse crept stealthily in passage (7) 21 Suit canceled in outback (6) 23 City in Georgia or Massachusetts supported by swindle (5) 25 Old painter turned up after taking Sunday off (4) SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3361 ACROSS 1 CUT + I.E. 4 anag. 9 R(ENT)ING (Net anag.) 10 V + ILL + AGE 11 AD + A.M. 12 I + N + VESTMENT 14 anag. 16 R + OMAN 19 MANE + T 20 SANCTI (anag.) + [mar]TY 22 anag. 25 [h]OBOE[s] 27 DON(JU)A + N (rev.) 28 O + T + HELLO 29 SCH[ind]LE[r] + SWIG 30 hidden DOWN 1 “chorale” 2 TAN + ZAN + IAN 3 E(P)IC (ice anag.) 4 BE(G + INN)ERS 5 MO + VIE 6 ALL + ITERATE 7 S + TALE 8 anag. 13 2 defs. 15 anag. 17 METABOLI (anag.) + C 18 anag. 21 hidden 23 hidden 24 RENE + W 26 THE + O
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