THE JOURNAL SATURDAY PUZZLE
Edited by Mike Shenk
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Rows Garden | by Patrick Berry Answers fit into this flower garden in two ways. Row answers read horizontally from the lettered markers; each Row contains two consecutive answers reading left to right (except Rows A and L, which contain one answer reading across the nine protruding spaces). Blooms are six-letter answers that fill the shaded and unshaded hexagons, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise. Bloom clues are divided into three lists: Light, Medium and Dark. Answers to Light clues should be placed in hexagons with white centers; Medium answers belong in the hexagons with gray centers; and Dark answers belong in hexagons with black centers. All three Bloom lists are in random order, so you must use the Row answers to figure out where to plant each Bloom.
Rows A Garden ornaments often made of concrete B 1980 Stephen King novel featuring a fictional government agency known as “The Shop” Founder of an annual “Overlooked Film Festival” held in Champaign, Illinois (2 wds.) C Devoted husband and father (2 wds.) Farewell popularized by a 1991 sci-fi film (3 wds.)
D 1983 Best Actress nominee who lost to her co-star Shirley MacLaine (2 wds.) Cutting rooms? (2 wds.) E French term for curios that translates loosely to “at random” (Hyph.) Flowers regarded as symbols of true love (Hyph.) F Voice of Buzz Lightyear in the “Toy Story” films (2 wds.) Miniature lion, tiger or bear (2 wds.) G How one might feel after a painful learning experience (3 wds.) Concede to having been utterly mistaken (2 wds.) H Paris’s Le Bon Marché, for one (2 wds.) Bottom half of a double bill (2 wds.) I Abstruse matters Poem quoted by Mary Shelley on the title page of “Frankenstein” (2 wds.) J The Hebrew Bible, more or less (2 wds.) Objects also known as gamps or bumbershoots K Absolute best (4 wds.) Mercilessly satirize L Candy with no center (2 wds.)
Light Blooms Stagehand at a rock concert Bogart’s “The Big Sleep” co-star Feature of well-ironed trousers Trattoria dessert Remove from office
1875 opera set in Seville Overhaul Not moving (2 wds.) Words that bear repeating Lacking vigor Notify Part of USSR Shot Declare to be true
Medium Blooms Paid off Curly drink garnishes Like northern winters, generally Speak indistinctly Army medic’s procedure Cornhusk-wrapped food Like prison windows Noses, informally Compassionate ___ Joe’s (grocery store chain) Beds in sleeping cars Old West watering hole “Action,” to soldiers Cherokee and Comanche, for two
Dark Blooms Lure into wrongdoing Grudgingly concedes Uninspired new version Irish ___ (hunting dog) Slobber With great caution Most common type of honeybee Lighter fluid Merchant Morning bowlful
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