Purple | 2002 MIT Mystery Hunt |
You and your uncle bridged the generation gap quite nicely, thanks to all of your similar interests: spending hours of hard work to scrounge up a miniscule amount of money, your love for cryptic crosswords... the list goes on and on.After solving, stack the indicated entries as they appear in the grid.
Across 1 Oil conglomerate chairman retiring around the second of April 4 Order to attack boards 8 In chemistry, pour calcium chloride, for example 11 Hot liquid swallowed by doctor 12 On a battlefield, moving in strict order 13 Bugs hunter with sound of indecision on the far side of tree 14 Turn around uncool Greek 15 Cross through Georgia (the country) 16 Is allowed to ring clinic 17 Confused, eats a novel 20 Holly's debut, in "The Piano" 21 Director is one who does battle for others 24 Suggested title for a Stephen King book 25 Retreating lines left our rear exposed 26 Soda bottles beginning to hiss and lose air 28 Television network's unusual pens 29 Empty copper had some doughnuts 31 Absorbed by Kevin Kline film shown backwards 33 Like grains falling in an hourglass 34 Captured by half-crazed Trojan War figure 35 Pound sign, used by Zorro, gives period a break 36 Principal feature of Roman doorways 37 Slimy fish with hint of dill inside 38 Pluck the strings of a Jamaican musical instrument Down 1 Conclusions reflected intelligent pattern of behavior 2 Southern State University begins with a pop 3 Slide made from photograph at hearing 4 Catch forty deer by listening 5 Made up Dutch export 6 One candle moved a nation 7 Bowl heated in the oven before most of ice cream melted 8 Tightly grasps Pontiac's tail-lights 9 Renovated worn key to the city 10 Futuristic movie centered around chromosome sample 18 General disorder, at worst 19 Andy's partner holds Tad's father up to get tiny swimmers 20 "The Sound of Music" set against "Air Supply" 22 Spoken language: Polish 23 Maniac blamed for pandemonium 24 I also address this to a center of activity 27 Initiated laughter with Britishism 30 Marines discussed part of a nuclear reactor 31 It's how you find a website describing a river in Europe 32 Cure sickly color