P RIZEW EEK PUZZLE

ACROSS

1. FAIL not fall. To “stumble and” fall is a form of FAILURE, making FAIL a comprehensive answer.

4. VOGUE not rogue. A popular trend (i.e., VOGUE) will often have numerous “appealing points” that attract the public to it. “An attractive” rogue has unappealing “points,” including dishonesty and unscrupulousness.

6. YELLOWS not fellows. By “comparing” these “as a whole,” it’s implied that they are all more or less bright, which links up well with YELLOWS, “some” of which “are brighter than others.” “Some” fellows “are” not bright at all.

7. RULE not role. The “students” may well “imagine” what it was like to RULE in that complex period of time, but Richard III’s role need not be imagined since history books can give much detail about his role.

10. BET not pet. A BET can “add interest.” But the clue is an understatement for pet since, generally, “a good” pet adds much more, including affection and companionship.

11. WET not get. He probably wouldn’t be able to purchase “a mixture of sand and cement,” although he could get them both separately, and then make the “mortar” by WETTING it.

12. PAY not pry. Grammatically speaking, “to get what she wants” fits best with PAY. The result of prying usually has more to do with appeasing one’s curiosity than it has to do with getting “what” one “wants.”

14. WOLD not wild. WOLD (defined as: high, open, uncultivated terrain, especially in Britain) links up directly with “the hills.” One can “experience the” wild in all sorts of terrain, not strictly by hiking “into the hills.”

17. DEPORTED not departed. Departed is too vague since the departure could be temporary. DEPORTED makes a logical answer. DOWN

1. FLIES not flees. FLIES is a good choice. “A man” who flees would have the feeling that he is, indeed, in “danger,” not “apparently” so.

2. DOUR not four. Simply because there were four “interviewers” doesn’t necessarily mean they acted in a negative manner. Rather, they could have been open and friendly in their interviewing techniques. DOUR links up best with the clue word “ordeal.”

3. SOWS not cows. SOWS is best. A dairy “farmer” might be quite happy with the number of cows she currently has, as long as they’re good milk producers.

5. ALONG not alone. ALONG is apt. The implication is that the “documentary crew” wants to film the “climber” tackling the “difficult mountain.” Therefore, he wouldn’t be alone.

8. LAME not late. If she was “hurrying to keep an appointment,” then she’s probably already “a bit” late. However, “having tripped and fallen” might make her arrive “a bit” LAME.

9. WELD not held. A “great” leader “could be said” to WELD “countrymen together” in a unified state, so much so that they don’t need to be held “together” by any one person in particular.

12. PLANT not plans. The “wealthy” businessman might “fail” while attempting to “adapt” a PLANT to suit another “purpose.” As for plans, it would be more a matter of changing them or even scrapping the original ones altogether, since the situation is still in the planning stages.

13. YARN not yawn. The clue doesn’t specify how “close” the “person” is sitting. If “seated” behind the “audience member,” there’s a possibility the yawn might not have been noticeable; whereas, someone telling a loud and long story (e.g., a YARN) certainly would be.