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Matchmaking | a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon Normally in crosswords, two intersecting answers meet on the same letter. This puzzle has a few exceptions to the rule and needs a little matchmaking help. In each column of the grid, one square is crossed by two different letters, one in an Across answer and one in a Down answer. To resolve the mismatches, one of those letters (from the Across or the Down) should be removed to the shaded central heart, leaving the other letter in place. When the correct letters have been taken from left to right (column by column) and placed in the heart in normal order (left to right, row by row), they’ll form a three-word phrase...and a perfect match for the 13 letters left in place.
Across 1 Enchanting woman given large ring (6) 6 Sister possesses mother of all kitchen gadgets (6) 11 Free diamond taken by one in Italy (4) 12 Shining silver base (5) 13 Exchange hands on the way back (4) 14 Smothering a scream, roots for old drivers? (11)
15 “Pal Joey” lyricist’s valentine to the audience (4) 16 Vocally demand massage (5) 17 Get revenue from one cab (4) 20 Loose after first bit of fruit fiber (4) 22 Others take it easy (4) 24 Menial worker passing eternity, seemingly (4) 27 Blooper LP is remixed (4) 29 Encrypted log-in jargon (5) 32 Unlocks Guantanamo’s last cages (5) 33 Keep an eye on nickel-lined engine (7) 34 Rocker Rose sits in front of empty bar in a car (4) 35 Bachelor is riding prairie animal (5) 36 Company with popular mint product (4) 37 I ride around on ox with rusty stuff (4,5) 38 Split water (4) 39 A mostly eco-friendly match (5) 40 Advantage held by landed gentry (4)
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Get the solution to this week’s Journal Saturday Puzzle in next Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. Get pointers on solving clues and discuss this puzzle online at WSJ.com/Puzzles.
Down 1 Deadline to put in site for links (6) 2 Quechua speaker in jail (5) 3 Fur, perhaps, is for animals like raccoons (6) 4 Songbird left Noah’s boat (4) 5 Bush, senior (5) 7 Outstanding poem recited (4) 8 Heard someone leaving New England prep school (6) 9 Facilitate Liberal stand (5) 10 Race south with photo (6) 18 Main goal: moving shrub with flowers (8) 19 Unfettered grass around meadows (8) 21 Garland guaranteed time off (7) 23 Evil ruler going down (7) 24 Yielding interest, invested in factory (6) 25 Repeatedly jeer miscue (3-3) 26 Aboard balloon, I espy Canadian buck (6) 28 Once up, bats swoop (6) 30 A sign at a RR track’s termination (5) 31 Fire up small puff of pot (5)