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
- TWIN / *** / THUMPER
- SAFETY / *** / CUSHION
- RUNNING / ******* / JOE
- MARTIAL / *** / GALLERY
- CLASS / *** / ONE
- ALL-TIME / ***** / DANE
- END / **** / NUMBER
- SKIPPING / **** / LADDER
- ACUTE / ***** / BRACKET
- OPEN / **** / CONTROL
- GRACE / **** / PAPER
- WARP / ***** / LIMIT
- OYSTER / *** / POST
- AGE / *** / GLORY
- DUTCH / ******* / BRIDGE
- CAUSE / *** / STATION
- EASTER / *** / BEATER
DOWN
- GREEN / *** / GARDEN
- BASEBALL / *** / MAN
- GREAT / **** / MARKET
- RAW / **** / BASE
- SWEET / *** / SHOOTER
- WING / *** / SHELL
- NATURE / ******* / PRICE
- STATE / ******* / LETTER
- BLUE / ***** / SKIRT
- GOLDEN / ***** / EYES
- LATEST / ***** / SETTER
- BRAT / **** / ANIMAL
- EMERGENCY / **** / POLL
- RAIN / *** / TIE
- CHRISTMAS / *** / LIGHT
- NUMBER / *** / HORSE
- 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.