The Jerusalem Post - The Jerusalem Post Magazine
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across
7 “The Mousetrap” playwright Christie (6)
8 Common topic for mystery writers (6)
9 “___!Crackle! Pop!” - Rice Krispies slogan (4)
10 Smokers’ gadgets (instead of matches) (8)
11 Whodunit genre (7)
13 ‘The Da ___ Code’ (5)
15 Assert (5)
17 Post-season game (7)
20 Antedate (8)
21 “___ On Me” - 1989 film with Morgan Freeman (4)
22 Christie sleuth Hercule (6)
23 “Murder on the ___ Express” (6)
Down
1 The “A” of CIA (6)
2 Armstrong’s was small but historic (4)
3 Bellicose clan leader; Private militia head (7)
4 The end, in Athens (5)
5 Tip on a table (8)
6 Like rust, chemically (6)
12 Toothpaste or shaving cream, e.g. (8)
14 Eater who tends toward excess (7)
16 Gary, creator of “The Far Side” (6) 18 Salinger’s “___ and Zooey” (6)
19 Poker term. (5) 21 Animal abode (4)