The Puzzler

WASTE RECYCLING

Every clue answer discards one letter before entry into the diagram. These 34 thrown-away letters are not wasted, however. Taken in order, with Acrosses preceding Downs, they combine to spell out a complete cryptic clue for the (otherwise unclued) word in the center of the diagram. Answers include three proper nouns; 2 Down and 7 Down are less-thancommon words.

The answers to last month's Puzzler appear on page 108.

ACROSS

— 1. Plan to recycle liqueur (10)

— 10. Sprang for a wine (5)

— 11. Choose one flower that’s ideal (7)

— 12. Outside Italian river, farm products decay (8)

— 13. Indian returned one’s cases (5)

— 14. Slug, grabbing bottle nearest here (10)

— 16. Acid rock has its origin among top British (5)

— 17. Southern field worker is less active (7)

— 21. Dessert draws reverent comments (7)

— 23. Father keeps piano in part of church (5)

— 26. Backward poet experiments with soap, cologne, etc. (10)

— 28. Girl’s name: Dotty Ainge (3)

— 29. Beasts of burden eating most of Art’s candies (8)

— 31. Harrs’ has large and small herbs (7)

— 32. Confine one macho guy (5) (hyphenated)

— 33. Overworking, Hollywood’s Dracula gets dull (10)

DOWN

— 1. Mountain pass has tarn inside (6)

&emdash; 2. Shy taxi passenger withholds word of pain (8)

— 3. Closer to red, red dogwood (6)

— 4. Regular at sides and back (4)

— 5. Vital statistic: work number (6)

— 6. A box with bland sweetener (9)

— 7. Penny I pinched, and gold coin (7)

— 8. Left-leaning short newsmagazine issues (5)

— 9. Looked for Queen playing etudes (7)

—_15. Conclude floor material is not productive (9)

— 18. Lion (Elsa) mauled journalist (8) (two words)

— 19. Order it acted out (7)

— 20. Writer makes pen tilt (7)

— 22. Spy group covers baddie with bug (6)

— 24. Fish caught by each kitchen utensil (6)

— 25. Moderating each session of vocal music (6)

— 27. Private meal excluding chief (5)

— 30. Reversing direction, crow makes appearance (4)

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Answers to the September Puzzles

“JIGSAW”

Across. 1. SPAS (anag.) 5. SH(AMP)OO ll.ROT-ATE 12. HE(N)S 13. M(ORATOR)IA (aim rev.) 14. METRI-C (anag. + C) 15. SO-USA 16. A(MP)LE 17. SANER (anag.) 20. YAW-N (way rev.) 21. C(A)L-M 26. HANK’S 28. NO-YES (pun) 29. ULTRA (hidden) 31. N(O)UGAT (anag. + O) 32.C(LIEN) TELE (elect anag.) 33. BOER (homoph.) 34. SW-ERVE (veer anag.) 35. YA(SH-MA)K 36. EDDY (double def.) Down. l. SUMMARY (homoph.) 2. PRO(E)MS 3. S(TAR)LING 4.SA-TIE 6. HERD (homoph.) 7. A-MISS 8. PE(TUN)AS (I + nut rev.) 9. ON-USES 10. OS(CAR)S 1 8. TlWENTlIES 19. AC(COUT)RE 22. M(ASTER)Y 23.C-HUBBY 24. B(ALB)OA 25. HE(A-L)ED 27. SALE-M 28. NO-NET 30. V(IS)A