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Puzzle #33 - February 2004 "Go with the Flow"

Instructions: Guess the words defined by the cryptic clues (words vary in length from three to nine letters and include two proper names), then enter them in the grid one after another in the same order as their clues, starting in the upper left corner. Across words that don't end at the right margin continue on the next line below; down words that don't end at the bottom margin continue in the next column to the right. Five across words and four down words won't fit in the grid unless one of their letters is omitted. Those nine letters, taken in order, spell the name of the author of the work identified by the mystery title. As ever, I am grateful to Kevin Wald for help with the clues. (If you are having trouble printing these puzzles, you can download an Adobe Acrobat version of the puzzle and grid). [Want to see some hints?]

Across

  1. Mystery title
  2. What impels four to split atom
  3. Puzzle about transportation
  4. Against antagonist's having a second
  5. Again go through note about hateful revolution
  6. Left in damp strip
  7. Wear one undergarment from south of the border
  8. Ailing elders eschewing large feast
  9. Rage against painting fortification
  10. Get after mare in times of heat
  11. Whirled her out untamed
  12. Passive principle of lying
  13. Temper fears to be more secure
  14. Inept trainer loses one gone astray
  15. Surrounded by wild mango
  16. Tip of bone in fracture gives way to foul abnormality
  17. Nervous energy's without normal spring
  18. Starting arboretum with California agency's tree
  19. Mama is sickened by noxious air
  20. Received in Paris by Monsieur?crooked and lying
  21. Disinclination to change a tire in blowout

Down

  1. Pardon my being around den after one
  2. A novel character with arms bent
  3. Far-reaching, sibilant, tiny sound
  4. Helped Lincoln and Roosevelt keep time
  5. Stake removed from Indian tent
  6. Lowly repast holds new interest
  7. Try mid-west, for instance
  8. In retreat ending at notch
  9. The noise of cities travels
  10. It's tiresome guarding prison
  11. Mere brown with a touch of red
  12. Broke off engaging retreating enemy
  13. Said youth is a gold digger, for instance
  14. Low pitch called; take first
  15. Give good, emotional speech
  16. Lumberman's ledge
  17. Goods involving distant conflict
  18. Chinese leader comes to Los Angeles for dance
  19. Cut through section with tip of spear
  20. What's left of two after faulty rise
  21. Chemically change volatile trace
  22. Turn card up with note for Count

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