A | R | T | L | A | B | B | B | C | P | A | C | T | ||
B | E | R | A | T | E | A | L | I | A | R | E | S | ||
S | T | E | V | I | A | B | A | S | E | L | I | N | E | |
O | R | S | L | U | M | E | N | L | E | A | S | T | ||
R | I | C | O | T | T | A | K | I | M | O | N | O | S | |
B | A | H | A | S | E | P | I | A | A | R | E | |||
L | I | S | P | L | E | M | M | E | ||||||
C | I | R | C | L | E | S | B | A | C | K | ||||
S | Y | R | I | A | C | L | E | F | ||||||
H | A | D | E | P | S | O | M | A | E | R | O | |||
A | V | E | N | G | E | R | D | U | S | T | P | A | N | |
G | E | N | O | A | I | L | E | F | T | S | I | M | ||
R | E | V | I | L | I | N | G | F | E | M | A | L | E | |
I | N | E | S | K | G | B | L | E | A | K | E | D | ||
D | O | R | Y | E | S | T | E | L | D | E | R | S |
CIRCLES BACK at 37-Across means that the starred clues (the across answers with circles) need to be read first by skipping the circles, and then circling back to include them. Or more simply, move the CIRCLES to the BACK of the words.
Once again, we see that the words before and after transformation are all legitimate crossword entries. It's the modern crossword ANTE for gimmicks like this.
S | A | L | E | M | T | H | E | N | C | R | A | B | ||
T | R | A | G | I | C | H | E | R | O | L | E | V | I | |
O | N | I | O | N | R | I | N | G | S | O | P | E | N | |
P | O | D | I | O | N | S | H | O | N | O | R | S | ||
A | M | O | K | C | E | L | E | R | Y | |||||
H | O | W | C | A | N | I | R | E | S | I | S | T | ||
A | R | I | E | L | T | I | M | O | N | C | H | I | ||
L | E | N | D | W | O | V | E | N | S | A | I | L | ||
F | O | B | R | A | V | E | N | L | U | R | K | S | ||
Y | O | U | G | E | T | T | H | E | I | D | E | A | ||
L | A | Z | I | E | R | M | I | S | T | |||||
P | E | N | A | N | G | S | I | P | S | A | H | I | ||
I | G | O | R | A | S | E | X | P | E | C | T | E | D | |
T | A | S | K | P | I | G | E | O | N | H | O | L | E | |
A | L | E | S | S | T | A | R | S | E | N | D | S |
A | N | I | M | A | L | F | A | R | M | P | S | A | T | |
D | O | N | E | T | O | A | T | E | E | U | H | U | H | |
L | E | T | S | F | A | C | E | I | T | N | A | D | A | |
A | L | E | S | T | A | K | I | S | K | I | T | |||
I | S | R | Z | O | O | M | I | E | S | S | O | S | ||
B | I | E | R | R | I | G | H | T | O | |||||
S | A | L | E | P | R | I | C | E | G | L | U | O | N | |
P | R | O | A | M | A | S | L | H | O | K | U | M | ||
I | T | S | M | E | L | I | K | E | I | C | A | R | E | |
T | I | E | S | U | P | H | O | N | K | |||||
S | S | R | P | R | O | L | O | N | G | S | P | A | ||
G | A | P | S | E | S | A | U | S | P | U | D | |||
A | N | A | L | H | A | D | N | O | C | H | I | L | L | |
M | A | Y | O | A | G | E | D | C | H | E | E | S | E | |
E | L | S | E | B | E | N | S | T | I | L | L | E | R |
A | D | S | M | U | C | H | M | A | S | K | I | B | S | E | N | |||||
F | O | O | A | R | R | I | D | P | O | S | T | S | S | E | E | T | O | |||
G | I | N | S | K | N | I | F | E | R | I | P | A | T | H | E | M | A | N | ||
H | E | N | R | I | T | I | L | D | E | S | T | E | D | R | I | T | E | |||
A | V | E | E | N | O | L | E | T | T | C | E | W | R | A | P | S | ||||
N | E | T | G | D | P | A | P | E | R | O | L | S | C | O | O | T | S | |||
I | R | S | A | D | I | T | S | A | N | E | M | I | A | I | N | N | I | E | ||
G | O | E | S | H | A | R | D | B | E | G | R | D | G | I | N | G | ||||
S | D | S | U | D | I | R | T | R | N | S | C | Y | A | |||||||
I | N | K | S | A | C | S | T | U | A | R | T | E | T | A | S | |||||
M | A | Y | T | H | E | F | O | U | R | T | H | B | E | W | I | T | H | Y | O | U |
A | I | D | S | R | E | V | O | I | R | C | L | O | A | K | S | |||||
A | C | L | E | T | E | D | R | I | P | C | O | C | O | |||||||
B | L | O | W | P | D | O | L | L | B | E | D | C | H | E | C | K | ||||
B | A | R | R | E | P | I | A | N | O | S | A | D | N | A | S | E | A | M | ||
A | D | D | L | E | D | C | R | A | N | I | A | S | I | S | F | B | I | |||
V | I | T | R | V | I | A | N | M | A | N | D | E | N | I | E | S | ||||
S | P | A | T | G | O | T | N | O | N | G | M | O | W | I | L | T | S | |||
K | U | D | Z | U | D | I | G | I | T | S | E | N | S | A | L | I | T | Y | ||
I | C | E | E | S | K | N | E | E | S | T | A | M | M | Y | N | E | O | |||
T | E | R | R | A | A | G | E | S | L | E | O | S | G | R | U |
May the fourth (letter) be (crammed into a box) with U. Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. The first letters of each rebus square spell STAR WARS.
A | N | N | O | Y | M | O | T | T | O | P | A | D | ||
L | A | I | L | A | U | S | H | E | R | R | B | I | ||
T | I | M | E | M | A | C | H | I | N | E | O | R | S | |
S | L | R | O | H | A | R | E | I | M | A | C | |||
S | O | R | E | R | S | T | A | N | D | S | ||||
D | E | N | T | I | S | T | S | C | H | A | I | R | ||
M | O | A | N | A | S | A | T | O | N | |||||
A | C | A | I | S | T | U | M | P | L | E | N | S | ||
B | A | R | N | S | D | E | E | R | E | |||||
C | R | E | D | I | T | H | I | S | T | O | R | Y | ||
T | A | M | A | R | A | S | O | S | A | D | ||||
R | I | C | E | U | N | C | A | P | M | E | T | |||
I | T | O | W | E | G | O | W | A | Y | B | A | C | K | |
O | L | D | A | S | A | D | A | A | C | H | O | O | ||
T | E | E | S | T | R | A | Y | H | E | A | R | S |
This is Eric's third crossword, all Mondays. Each has had at least four solid debut entries.
C | R | E | E | B | O | O | B | O | O | S | H | A | G | ||
R | E | A | P | L | A | U | R | E | N | T | I | D | E | ||
A | P | R | I | C | O | T | T | A | R | T | O | T | O | E | |
F | A | L | L | A | C | Y | I | H | O | P | |||||
T | Y | S | O | N | A | D | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | ||
G | I | L | S | C | O | T | T | H | E | R | O | N | |||
R | A | P | S | S | P | A | C | Y | O | S | A | K | A | ||
I | D | O | S | U | I | M | A | S | D | I | P | ||||
C | H | U | M | P | D | A | V | I | D | P | E | A | S | ||
C | O | T | T | A | G | E | C | H | E | E | S | E | |||
I | C | Y | S | T | A | R | E | S | P | E | A | R | S | ||
L | I | E | S | B | E | E | R | M | A | T | |||||
M | A | I | N | C | O | T | T | O | N | C | A | N | D | Y | |
A | P | P | A | A | L | B | E | I | T | G | O | A | L | ||
D | E | S | I | P | E | D | A | L | S | E | T | R | E |
Read The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron.
COTTON CANDY is COTT on C and Y.