Cox Rathvon (Hex)
Shady Doings
a cryptic puzzle by
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Solution
Twelve answers manage to become new words as they enter the grid. Shaded squares spell what these answers are engaging in.
Across
1.
Sort of lily branch holding up halfway (4)
4.
Topic for a bachelor almost in conniptions (4,4)
10.
Dad stands next to uncles in Spanish courtyards (6)
11.
Help a ski mecca (5)
12.
Fill left out of “I’m Blue” (5)
13.
Tedious wandering, exposed to the elements (7)
14.
Chief absorbed by faint signal (9)
15.
Partakes of hot chopped chow (4)
16.
Most intense New Hampshire city street (7)
17.
Greek goddess merits a novel (7)
22.
Fantasized fear gripping Maine (7)
23.
Take back king capturing queen (7)
26.
Vocally trick critters of Oz (4)
28.
Hammered clamp into beef (9)
29.
Spoke sheepishly upon interrupting run (7)
30.
A truncated ordeal in court chambers (5)
31.
Bungling writer backed into it (5)
32.
Optical device distorted mirage (6)
33.
Urges Conservative crazy talk (8)
34.
Keep the Cuban-style time (4)
Down
1.
Unoriginal gumshoe wearing shade of gray (5)
2.
Bash into and split fort’s defense (7)
3.
Transposing them, duo lip-synched (7)
4.
Two-fifths of fifty was first submitted (5)
5.
Rascals drive the wrong way in Paris streets (6)
6.
Somewhat weathered diner sign (3,4)
7.
Nation’s leader had a bug caught (6)
8.
Current events changed diets (5)
9.
Braced peg in winter coaster (7)
17.
Kind of exercise drill in CIA retracted (7)
18.
Italian composer burst into Met (7)
19.
Outspoken officer of war (7)
20.
Horses around English flowers (7)
21.
Place for your wine vendor, you say (6)
22.
Head of faculty keeping Emily humble (6)
24.
Woman’s name among some Lenape (5)
25.
Composes average donation to the poor (5)
27.
Celebrity tour missing our launch (5)