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Missing Links

Find a word that links after the first word in each clue and before the second. For example, for the clue NEWS / ***** / CLIP, the answer is PAPER (NEWSPAPER / PAPER CLIP)

ACROSS

  1. TWIN / *** / THUMPER
  2. SAFETY / *** / CUSHION
  3. RUNNING / ******* / JOE
  4. MARTIAL / *** / GALLERY
  5. CLASS / *** / ONE
  6. ALL-TIME / ***** / DANE
  7. END / **** / NUMBER
  8. SKIPPING / **** / LADDER
  9. ACUTE / ***** / BRACKET
  10. OPEN / **** / CONTROL
  11. GRACE / **** / PAPER
  12. WARP / ***** / LIMIT
  13. OYSTER / *** / POST
  14. AGE / *** / GLORY
  15. DUTCH / ******* / BRIDGE
  16. CAUSE / *** / STATION
  17. EASTER / *** / BEATER

DOWN

  1. GREEN / *** / GARDEN
  2. BASEBALL / *** / MAN
  3. GREAT / **** / MARKET
  4. RAW / **** / BASE
  5. SWEET / *** / SHOOTER
  6. WING / *** / SHELL
  7. NATURE / ******* / PRICE
  8. STATE / ******* / LETTER
  9. BLUE / ***** / SKIRT
  10. GOLDEN / ***** / EYES
  11. LATEST / ***** / SETTER
  12. BRAT / **** / ANIMAL
  13. EMERGENCY / **** / POLL
  14. RAIN / *** / TIE
  15. CHRISTMAS / *** / LIGHT
  16. NUMBER / *** / HORSE
  17. HOT / *** / BISCUIT

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Answers to Missing Links Puzzle

Across: 1) TUB, 5) PIN, 7) AVERAGE, 8) ART, 10) ACT, 12) GREAT, 15) USER, 16) ROPE, 17) ANGER, 18) ARMS, 19) NOTE, 20) SPEED, 23) BED, 25) OLD, 27) AUCTION, 28) WAY, 29) EGG.

Down: 1) TEA, 2) BAT, 3) BEAR, 4) DATA, 5) PEA, 6) NUT, 9) RESERVE, 11) CAPITAL, 12) GRASS, 13) EAGLE, 14) TREND, 21) PACK, 22) EXIT, 23) BOW, 24) DAY, 25) ONE, 26) DOG.

Brian Greer is Irish and lived most of his life in Belfast. He’s been publishing crosswords since 1965, mostly in the UK. There, pseudonyms are standard, and JED is for his three children: Jonathan, Emma, and David. “Brendan” is his current persona in The Guardian. A retired-but-still-writing academic, Brian is interested in the political nature of mathematics education. He and Swapna, his wife, came to Portland in 2004.

This article appeared in the Mar-Apr 2023 issue of the BWNA Newsletter.

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