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Stephen Sniderman, professor of English at Youngstown State University, contributing editor to Games magazine and Games World of Puzzles, and author of Language LoversWord Puzzles (Sterling Publishing, 2002) and Stanley Newman Presents Grid Play (Random House, 2003), created this feature.
   
Rec-Tangling 2

Directions: Each letter in the rectangle below is used in exactly two words. To solve, enter the answer to each clue beginning in the correspondingly numbered space and proceeding clockwise, ending in the space before the next consecutive number. The chain of twenty-four answer words will make its way around the rectangle twice. The answer to #18 appears in the yellow squares, moving in order clockwise around the rectangle; the starting point of this word has been left for you to determine. For answers, click in any square to reveal that square's letter.

Rec-Tangling is based on a concept developed by Patrick Berry and is published with his permission and the permission of Games magazine.

For a printer-friendly file with additional Rec-Tanglings, click on the link below. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.

(Note: If the answers do not appear correctly for you on this page, they can be found in the printer-friendly file.)

 

   
Clues  
  1. Stringed instrument  
  2. First-year male students  
  3.                   of the absurd  
  4. Tries a bridge ploy  
  5. Iowa city  
  6. Upper branches  
  7. Weighty volume  
  8. Tests for would-be performers  
  9. Detected a blunder: 2 wds.  
  10. Ex-grape  
  11. Fred of My Cousin Vinny  
  12. John, George, Paul, and                  
  13. Boast  
  14. In a deleterious manner  
  15. Restoration of spirit  
  16. Miami team  
  17. Purifies  
  18. See instructions  
  19. Profession of an eye doctor  
  20. Did better than  
  21. Elevating  
  22. Ed of Mary Poppins  
  23. Irish slogan: 3 wds.  
  24. Two bags of grocieries, for example  
     
 
 
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