Transcription of Trail Mix by Patrick Berry
1 Trail Mix | by Patrick BerryAnswers fit into this grid in two ways: Rows and Trails. Each Row contains two answers placed side by side, clued in order. Each Trail answer begins in the corresponding numbered square and ends in one of the dotted squares, making one or more turns along the way. Trails will never overlap each other, nor will they make hairpin turns (that is, no two-by-two block of grid squares can be filled by a single Trail answer). Lengths of the Trail answers are given in parentheses. In the completed grid, each letter will be used once in a Row answer and once in a Trail the solutions to this week s Journal Weekend Puzzles in next Saturday s Wall Street Journal. Solve crosswords and acrostics online, get pointers on solving cryptic puzzles and discuss all of the puzzles online at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Rows A Close up again Shop at a gas station B Muscle-to-bone connector 1971 children s book featuring Swomee-Swans and Humming-Fish (2 wds.)
2 C Display, as a trait Happy-go-lucky D Drag into the trash Los Angeles suburb between Burbank and Pasadena E Duncan who danced Black-and-orange butterfly F What adenologists study Make plain? G Progress, metaphorically Medical research volunteers H Dictionary label akin to informal Rats out (2 wds.) I Positive reactions from critics and fans Forehead feature J Served a knight Green on the water K Figurative language Person of letters L Drink often ordered with dessert Crab cake or fish cake, M NATO alphabet vowel This is beyond words (3 wds.) N Characters often depicted as translucent in films Overflow with (2 wds.)Trails 1 Amendment that gave women the right to vote (10) 2 Lonely place to wash up (8,6) 3 Laborer also known as a pitman (4,5) 4 Wall hanging that must be periodically replaced (8) 5 Over-the-counter name of naproxen (5) 6 Immodest swimsuit (1-6) 7 Close-fitting headwear (2-3) 8 Shakespeare character who declares A guiltless death I die (9) 9 Scrupulously avoid (5,5,2) 10 Lingerie item (5) 11 Grow to enjoy through prolonged exposure (7,1,5,3) 12 People who know the area (6) 13 Separate out by a chemical process (7) 14 Does more than is strictly required (4,3,5,4) 15 Author whose pet raven purportedly inspired Poe to write The Raven (7,7) 16 B-ball player (5) 17 Steamboat in a Forester novel (7,5) 18 Most incensed (8) 19 It merely requires heating before eating (2,6) 20 Penultimate matches (5) 21 Searches for other options (5,5) 22 1977 comedy directed by Carl Reiner (2,3)
3 1 W R O N G 1 R I G H T 1 W N G R O 1 R T I G HTrails must make at least one turn:Trails can t occupy a 2 2 block of squares.
