Crosswords Antico
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Four clues lack definition parts; answers to three of these form the name of a person born 150 years ago this June. The fourth consists of an indication of part of the name of a 20 (unclued) of which the person in question was the 7 (unclued). Each of nine clues consists of definitions of two words of different lengths. In five cases, the entry is the shorter word, created by removing a letter from the longer one; in four cases, the entry is the longer word, created by adding a letter to the shorter one. Thematically removed letters travel, in a way described by the indicated part of the 20’s name, to form the rest of that name; in doing so, four of these letters become the thematically added ones. Numbers in brackets refer to lengths of entries.
Across
1 Loud class (5) 8 Critics ruffled saint badly (5-7) 10 Mixture without first and last
of herd (5) 11 Personal dress, not grand (3) 13 Legal document holding
mercury back (6) 14 Stupid lieutenant, one dividing
money (7) 17 Member of tribe in short broadcast about westward nation (9) 22 Skill possessed by
popular teacher (3) 23 Outrage turning composer
into soldier? (7) 26 Routine agreement, no
pressure (3) 28 Way to use energy after defeat (5) 29 Nervously we’d sneak around
power plants (9) 32 Veteran in love with country accepting hard day in retreat (3,4) 36 Quietly tucked into great
meal (6) 38 Resort in southern
Pennsylvania (3) 39 Stumped by mature step (5) 41 Revolutionary badly bitten
by sharp tooth (12) 42 Regrettably devious,
receiving notice (5)
Down
1 Fool confused about one size
of book (5) 2 Going on army’s first base (5) 3 Sodium, variable indeed (3) 4 Diamonds in market rising
in prestige (5) 5 Shock? Crazy upset (4) 6 See wife after struggle (4) 9 Becoming desiccated near the
end (5) 12 Which person in row howled? (3) 14 Capital note on article (4) 15 Ruffian in line not allowed (4) 16 Plan I cherished, having
run away (4) 18 Calculating small amount (5) 19 Angry speech was valid (3) 21 Port befuddled gaunt
primate (9) 24 Iron duke’s last charge (3) 25 Type of music business (4) 26 Atmosphere in chateau
rarefied (4) 27 Look after tons on tip (4) 30 Old man, friend of church
leader (5) 31 Piece of food dipped in
liquid cleansing agent (3) 33 Young woman carries on (5) 34 Boss was informed (5) 35 Poor English editor in New
York (5) 37 Smile, first to last, in arena (4) 38 Scattered offspring (4) 40 Drink cheers (3)