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    THE WORLD’S MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD

    Dec 10, 2020 5 minutes

    Crazy Nines

    The crossword on this and the next two pages has two independent sets of clues: “Hard” and “Easy.” First, fold this page back on the dashed line so the clues below face the solving grid on page 69. If you use only the Hard Clues (appearing below and continuing under the grid), you’ll find the puzzle uncommonly challenging. If you want help, or prefer a less severe challenge, open to the Easy Clues (tucked in beneath your fold on page 68).

    Hard Clues

    ACROSS

    1 Mambo’s kin

    10 They’re worth 12 points each

    15 On the same wavelength

    24 Giving a hand?

    25 NC-17 movie viewer

    26 Anatolia

    27 Reasoning

    28 Inventor of an alternating-current motor

    Eliot poem,

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