RINGLING
BROTHERS
By Dave
Savitt
Each clue has an 8-letter answer from which, uniquely, one of
U/D/L/R
may be deleted. As an
extra guide for solving the clues, the answers
come in alphabetical
order. They are:
ADRIANNE =
ARIANNE + D
APPEASED = APPEASE + D
AUCTIONS = ACTIONS + U
BURDETTE
= BURETTE + D
CAUTIONS = CATIONS + U
CHAUSSES = CHASSES + U
CHEERLED
= CHEERED + L
CHIASMUS = CHIASMS + U
COMPLETE = COMPETE + L
CRAPPERS
= CAPPERS + R
CROUTONS = CROTONS + U
DREAMERS = REAMERS + D
DRESSERS
= DRESSES + R
DURESSES = DRESSES + U
ENDORSED = ENDORSE + D
FRICTION
= FICTION + R
GOBBLING = GOBBING + L
HARRIERS = HARRIES + R
INDULGED
= INDULGE + D
INGRATES = INGATES + R
INSPIRED = INSPIRE + D
INTENSER
= INTENSE + R
LAZURITE = AZURITE + L
LEERIEST = EERIEST + L
MONTAGUE
= MONTAGE + U
PAULETTE = PALETTE + U
PEERLESS = PEERESS + L
PLAYOFFS
= PAYOFFS + L
POWDERED = POWERED + D
REDSTART = RESTART + D
RESIDUES
= RESIDES + U
RESTATES = ESTATES + R
ROADSTER = ROASTER + D
SCOURERS
= SCORERS + U
SLUICING = SLICING + U
SPECTRAL = SPECTRA + L
STARTERS
= STATERS + R
STRAINER = STAINER + R
SUPINATE = SPINATE + U
TEXTURED
= TEXTURE + D
UPRISING = PRISING + U
These 41 seven-letter
words fit uniquely into the criss-cross; words formed
by deleting D are
entered downwards, words formed by deleting U are entered
upwards, words
formed by deleting R are entered left-to-right, and words formed
by
deleting L are entered right-to-left.
An extra word is formed in the grid:
PASTIES, going
left-to-right. This is obtained by
deleting R from the answer
word, PASTRIES.
(Note that both
words in the title, RINGLING BROTHERS, can also have one of
U/D/L/R
deleted from them to form a new word.)