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 Alcohol in a mimosa B Ways to get around in a metropolis (2 wds.) Projectile in a slapstick routine (2 wds.) C Term for “recreational facility” coined by Coleridge (2 wds.) Lost structural integrity D What some 1930s roadsters had in place of a trunk (2 wds.) Only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist and twice as a band member (2 wds.)
E 1980 EPA creation prompted by the Love Canal disaster The average American drinks 29 gallons of it per year (2 wds.) F Beatles song containing the lyric, “When it gets dark I tow your heart away” (2 wds.) Caught on (3 wds.) G Tops of the Special Forces? (2 wds.) Entrance that opens by means of a counterweight H Common pizza topping Beef cut named for the amount of time required to cook it (2 wds.) I Feature of a U-Haul truck (2 wds.) Outdoor toys banned in the late 1980s (2 wds.) J Worker who doesn’t need a boss cracking the whip (Hyph.) Small, fuel-efficient automobile (2 wds.) K Retro auto stereo component (2 wds.) First arcade game to save players’ high scores (2 wds.) L Blue-collar workplaces
Light Blooms Crunchy tidbit in a brownie Without restraint Vandalize Insect in a Biblical plague “Love Story” director Arthur Take a taste of Name shared by eight English kings
Stockholm syndrome figure Spotted Run out of clothing? Trinidad and ___ (Caribbean republic) Ray of the Kinks “Don Giovanni” composer Entrapped
Medium Blooms Footprints Musical genre featured on NPR’s “The Thistle & Shamrock” Noisy disturbance Rouse (oneself) Outdoor area with beds Paper fastener In the thick of Hit songs climb them Impudent “Stupid Cupid” singer Francis Ice cream treat Mary Lou of 1980s gymnastics Collision Meet people?
Dark Blooms Turn in for the night Horrify Artist who uses acid Suited to the task Betray nervousness Gibson’s “Lethal Weapon” co-star It’s unpopular around the office Successfully oppose, as a plan Boneless cuts TV controller
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