Location: Atlantis, Spiky Tower
Depth: 405

Solution to Floating Crossword

by Adam Rosenfield, Travis Hance, and Umaimah

Answer: KATHLEEN

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An 'across' clue can therefore go in any of the four possible directions, depending on which numbering is used. For example, there are four '1 across' clues given, and their answers go in the four possible '1 across' spots.

Each answer spot in the grid has two possible directions; for example, the '1 across' in the upper-left corner could also be '73 across' going the other direction. In this case, a '1 across' clue is given, and so the answer ODD is filled in going to the right.

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We read the highlighted squares in counter-clockwise order to get the answer, KATHLEEN.

ClueAnswerDirection in grid
1. Adsspotsdown
1. Folk song mulesalleft
1. Quirkyoddright
1. Wild, like a catferalup
4. Donations for the pooralmsright
10. It's more, it's saidlessdown
13. Blood elementironright
13. What Eric Hosmer shouldn't have done in Game 7slidleft
14. Cougarspumasdown
15. Banks the spycodydown
15. Pot starteranteup
15. Stereotypical barbershop iconpoleright
15. Strong windgaleleft
16. "We ___" (convenience store sign)cardup
16. "Yes, my ___"liegeleft
16. Preparesetupright
17. One who prefers elephants to donkeysrepublicanup
17. Org. associated with an alphabetnatoright
19. According toasperleft
19. Command used to watch log filestaildown
20. Auction unitslotsleft
21. Time when you might see tagrecessleft
22. 9th place award, mayberibbonup
22. Elevatedraiseddown
24. Adjective describing several AWS serviceselasticup
24. Clubbatright
26. Celebrity gossip sitetmzdown
26. Toss out, as from one's officedismissright
27. awk alternativesedup
27. Parachute harness systemrigdown
28. One cowardly dogcouragedown
28. Plane treesycamoreleft
33. Wait until laterdeferup
33. What you might do to your loinsgirdright
36. Lee Kong ___ School of Businesschianleft
36. One end of a BitTorrent connectionpeerdown
36. Type of hare, in a certain novelmarchright
39. Big business magazineincright
39. Overlytooleft
40. Haggard in the Country Music Hall of Famemerledown
40. Test for a prospective PhDgreright
41. Coke, for onecoladown
41. Tranquilcalmup
42. Hackers might pick onelockdown
42. Not well-donerareup
43. "Picnic" playwrightingedown
44. What a lot of nerds don't get a lot ofdatesup
45. Judas or Jamesapostledown
45. Piercepenetrateleft
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49. Give the role to the wrong personmiscastup
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55. Middle Eastern gunuziright
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57. Cock's partnerhenup
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58. Express fondness, as to a niece or nephewdotedown
59. X, Y, or Z, oftencoordinateup
60. Call's partner?beckleft
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64. It means "great O"omegadown
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66. Bell starter?tacoleft
66. Keep in checkreindown
66. Meyers with a talk showsethup
66. Online discussion places, according to someforaright
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71. Exhaustedspentleft
71. Mockery or shamfarceright
72. Truth alternativedareright