Puzzles

Crossed Collectors — Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025

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Title	Setter	Preamble
Explanations	Copyright	Questions

1	Gun, as an engine REV.
4	Italian hour ORA.
7	Center of a peach PIT.
10	Place to stick a feather CAP.
13	One in a suit? ACE.
14	"Active" or "dormant" landform VOLCANO.
16	Regret RUE.
17	Collector of postage stamps PHILATELIST.
19	Works on a wall? ART.
20	Concerto cadenza, e.g. SOLO.
21	What follows PV = nRT IDEALGAS.
23	First, second, third, or home BASE.
27	College that receives the most applications each year in the U.S. (>100,000) UCLA.
28	Collector of butterflies and moths LEPIDOPTERIST.
33	Accounting deg. BBA.
35	It costs about twice as much if it's round? TRIP.
36	Like the top of most refridgerators DUSTY.
37	It parallels the radius ULNA.
39	Flower holders? STEMS.
42	Sound of a high-five SLAP.
43	The Underworld, for Hades REALM.
45	Starter on square a1, h1, a8, or h8 ROOK.
47	Organ with the fastest-moving muscle in the human body EYE.
48	Collector of autographs PHILOGRAPHIST.
52	Mark's replacement? EURO.
53	It gets flat when it's old SODA.
54	One for one, or two for eight CUBEROOT.
58	How some people run? LATE.
62	Subject for a primatologist APE.
63	Collector of coins NUMISMATIST.
67	Prince George, to Prince William SON.
68	"The Great" or "The Terrible," say EPITHET.
69	Sought political office RAN.
70	What a boring meeting never seems to do END.
71	Sea urchin delicacy ROE.
72	Animal that sounds like you? EWE.
73	B.C.E. component ERA.

1	Freestyles RAPS.
2	Letter between Delta and Foxtrot ECHO.
3	It may be lifted at a wedding VEIL.
4	Largest cells in the human body OVA.
5	Decay ROT.
6	Serving at a pub ALE.
7	Debt-free PAIDUP.
8	A member of 80% of Earth's species INSECT.
9	Unfixable, as a car TOTALED.
10	Place to spot a mountain goat CRAG.
11	Enveloping glow AURA.
12	Unwelcome guests in many hotels PETS.
15	10% of MDX CLI.
18	One of four in a hemisphere of the human brain LOBE.
22	Genus of seagulls LARUS.
24	Fitting APT.
25	Those around the Round Table SIRS.
26	Change one's story? EDIT.
28	Hawaii's Pineapple Island LANAI.
29	Beethoven one wrote one OPERA.
30	Cartographer's dot, perhaps ISLET.
31	Command to a canine STAY.
32	Key action? TYPE.
33	Pat on the back, as a baby BURP.
34	"Yuck!" BLEH.
38	Tree-lined walkway ALLEE.
40	Classroom absorbers MOPS.
41	Lower Manhattan neighborhood SOHO.
44	A moirologist is a hired one MOURNER.
46	Billy and nanny's offspring KID.
49	Universal donor's blood type category GROUPO.
50	College cohabitant, informally ROOMIE.
51	NaCl SALT.
54	Nominative or accusative, e.g. CASE.
55	Second word of many fairy tales UPON.
56	Make concessions BEND.
57	Relative of a chickadee TIT.
59	End for a million or billion AIRE.
60	Nicholas II was the last one TSAR.
61	The tallest 14-Across in Europe ETNA.
64	Pronoun commonly given to a ship SHE.
65	Cry from a litter MEW.
66	Dined ATE.

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