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.
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Light Blooms “Blame ___” (1999 Best Song Oscar nominee) Assemble for review Eyeglasses buyer’s choice MSNBC host Maddow Concentrate exclusively (on) Swapped gossip Doesn’t play by the rules Day spa treatment Cool Whip serving Ready to roll (2 wds.)
Wintertime addition to a grocery’s dairy Torrent Verb associated with Rogaine Substantiate
Medium Blooms Rarely Place in a form-fitting container Restaurant Stand-up guy’s rewards? Pan coating Slender-bodied carnivore Appeared to be Like much of Anaïs Nin’s work Barber’s “___ for Strings” Finely chopped Fashion house with the famous No. 5 fragrance Titular hero of several Updike novels Concealed in one’s hand Stately homes
Dark Blooms “How Stella Got Her ___ Back” (Terry McMillan novel) Evening party Spicy Cajun stews “I swear it’s the truth!” Texas city that celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2005 Indian princes Eligible for a free throw “I’m a Little ___” (kiddie song) Known to few others Loads of people
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A Beatles album featuring “Octopus’s Garden” (2 wds.) B Devices with doors designed to open simultaneously (2 wds.) Warships used in the Napoleonic Wars C British “goodbye” WWII commander dubbed the “true organizer of victory” by Winston Churchill (2 wds.) D Pulitzer-winning novel made into a 1989 TV miniseries (2 wds.) Shoshone interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition E Spanakopita ingredient (2 wds.) Fictional farm that’s home to orphan Anne Shirley (2 wds.) F Salty speakers can’t help using them (2 wds., Hyph.) Fixes the beta test
G “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo (2 wds.) Perry Como hit featuring the line “Don’t let her rumba and don’t let her samba” (3 wds.) H 1984 comedic film that spawned six sequels (2 wds.) Hiram Lodge’s daughter in Archie Comics I Wedding reception events that can help pay for the honeymoon (2 wds.) It’s followed by a rock concert at modern Super Bowls (2 wds.) J Works as a cryptologist All that’s needed and then some (3 wds.) K Dangerous area to cross Alabama town mentioned in the lyrics of “Sweet Home Alabama” (2 wds.) L Document accompanied by schedules (2 wds.)