The Political Puzzle
Barclay, John
The Political Puzzle by John Barclay Across 1.First thing first in an election year. (7) 5.0ne upset about coal source can still lead party. (7) 9.Backward deal with a hundred in it is all...
...5) The numbers indicate the number of letters and words, e.g., (2,3) means a two-letter word followed by a three-letter word...
...What frontrunner does after he overturned deals...
...Where sis treads bewildered, bad things happen...
...7) Down 1.Campaign for favor at start of this puzzle...
...5) 28.Smoothes way to see a egress...
...7) 20.0ne got scar falling from these vehicles...
...9) 17.GOP 50-50 in early straw vote...
...Lord is back with nothing inside to slobber about...
...9) 12...
...7) 18.It’s a stress coming back, he says...
...7) 9.Backward deal with a hundred in it is all tied UP...
...Answers to last month’s puzzle are on page 53...
...9) 16...
...Can he sling around the language...
...7,2) 26.It’s notrgood to crimp feet wildly...
...9) 27.TV show from brick carrier in registered architect initially...
...7.This goner is mixed-up 8.One slip spoiled letter...
...7) 2. To put latest fashion in earnings, put out...
...7) 15.Wilder play will turn woo around...
...Modular housing is swell inside unfinished press...
...7) 23...
...7) 19...
...Failings and sad end of too many Federal commissions...
...7) 29.Stops where little side streets interchange...
...9) 3:Another metal in the fireplace...
...5) 10...
...5) 25.Movies are, in trade...
...9) 11...
...There’s enough at end, for example...
...A M spacing arrangement is typical of battles...
...5) 24...
...3,4) 17...
...7) 4.These flats sure don’t sound attractive...
...5) 5. 1 Across and place to 6.To go around renamed...
...7) 22...
...Groups of letters, e.g., USA, are treated as one word...
...Led the Mongols down a calmer road...
...5) 13.Topped it all to con Drew...
...Raises evergreens to put on show...
...They used to be with it in wild patches...
Vol. 7 • January 1976 • No. 11