Mystery Theater

a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Across

  • 3.
    WEIR: WEIR(d)
  • 5.
    JETSAM: J(ET'S)AM
  • 6.
    STARTLING: *S(TART)LING
  • 8.
    HOWLS: *HOW(L)S
  • 9.
    DARE: DARE (anag.)
  • 11.
    BRACER: BR(ACE)R
  • 12.
    DELUGE: DE-LUGE (pun)
  • 13.
    SCAN: S-CAN
  • 17.
    FROG: F(R)OG
  • 19.
    ATHENA: A(THE)NA
  • 20.
    BERG: BE(R)G
  • 21.
    SITE: SITE (homoph.)
  • 24.
    ETHNIC: ETHNIC (anag.)
  • 27.
    THROBS: TH-ROBS
  • 29.
    CHEATS: *C(HE)ATS
  • 30.
    BEAGLE: *BE-AG(L)E
  • 31.
    PANORAMA: PAN(OR)AMA
  • 32.
    RIPSAW: RIPSAW ("WASP" rev.)
  • 33.
    NOISES: NO(I)SES

Down

  • 1.
    PETRARCH: PE(TRA)RCH ("art" rev.)
  • 2.
    DISLODGE: D(ISL)ODGE
  • 3.
    WEASEL: W-EASEL
  • 4.
    RAIDER: R(A)IDER
  • 6.
    SWAINS: *S-WA(IN)S
  • 7.
    GRUFF: GRU-FF ("rug" anag.)
  • 8.
    ORATED: O-RATED
  • 10.
    REGRETS: *REGRETS (hidden rev.)
  • 14.
    CABLE CAR: C(ABLE-C-A)R
  • 15.
    MAGENTAS: MA-GENT-AS
  • 16.
    PASTRAMI: PAST-RAM-I
  • 18.
    OVERSEAS: O-VERSE(A)S
  • 22.
    CHAP: CHAP (double def.)
  • 23.
    TOGA: TO-GA
  • 25.
    THAI: THAI (homoph.)
  • 26.
    CROWD: *C(ROW)D
  • 27.
    STERN: *STERN (double def.)
  • 28.
    BLUE: BLUE (homoph.)