THE JOURNAL SATURDAY PUZZLE
Edited by Mike Shenk
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pairing Up | by Patrick Berry Each Row and Column of this grid contains a series of answers placed end to end, clued in order of appearance. In at least one answer in each Row and Column, two adjacent letters will “pair up” and occupy a single square. When the grid is complete, go looking for Rows and Columns containing two such squares; naturally, you’ll want to pair them up.
Rows
8 Blundering “I’d sooner die!” Give up 9 Deadly Maker of L-shaped wrenches Some Yugoslav Wars combatants 10 How many answer the call Potawatomi Indian of fiction Main character 11 Pentathlete’s weapon “Orinoco Flow” singer Eat a few handfuls of (2 wds.) 12 Professionally barbered Substantial Mideast nation ruled by a sultan 13 Quarterbacks, at times Emblem of affection often rendered in jewelry (2 wds.)
Urban cut-throughs 17 Have food delivered (2 wds.) European capital founded around 1050 In addition 18 Some website maintenance “TekWar” author William 19 Erosion preventers Papery London institution at One Lime Street 20 NFL Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1988 Raconteur’s offering Crown material 21 Ghostly Release pent-up frustration ___ Paulo, Brazil 22 Staple dispenser Masters of raillery Being seen by millions, perhaps (2 wds.) 23 Throw out of whack Salma who starred in “Frida” 24 Go under (Hyph.) Estimate 25 Hoodlum ___ arch (fingerprint pattern) Upset stomach remedy, familiarly 26 In a peevish temper Easily heard
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1 Decide not to participate (2 wds.) Fills with revulsion 2 Surname shared by fatherand-son physics Nobelists Light touch Add a few jokes to, maybe (2 wds.) 3 In the thick of Bedim Brass instrument with no valves Columns 4 “Impression, Sunrise” painter 14 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Smoker’s purchase signer Subside Coarse scrubber 5 Least inclined to let bygones Uncanny ability be bygones 15 Los Angeles suburb Samuel J. ___, winner of the Rancor popular vote but not the Anti-zoo org. U.S. presidency in 1876 16 1982 sci-fi horror film, with 6 Home stretches? “The” Ireland’s Hill of ___ Common hotel amenity Like porcelain figurines (Hyph.) 7 Evansville’s river Con artist’s helper Get the solution to this week’s Journal Saturday Puzzle in next City that’s home to Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. Solve more puzzles and discuss this Frontier Airlines puzzle online at WSJ.com/Puzzles.