Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
Give Schweppes Ginger ___ try!" (brilliant soda slogan I just made up) (this clue dedicated to the great Merl Reagle, the master of saving weak entries; RIP, Merl) |
Against a Vegas worker? (Surprise! Did you expect a clue about selling heirlooms?) |
Crime scene clue |
About half of crossword clues |
Amass clues |
Asian sleuth's comment |
Gumshoe's clues |
Like some crossword clues |
Bar exhortation ... and a hint to how to answer five puzzle clues |
Actress Madeline who played Mrs. White in "Clue |
Add vertical line 1 (word 1) and vertical line 15 (word 3) and enter the answer to the resulting clue on this line |
AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six italicized clues |
I'll provide the clues in a visually pleasing ___ font ... |
This clue squared, plus itself |
Utterly clueless |
A crossword clue hints at one |
Big fight, and clue to this puzzle's theme that begins the four longest answers |
Process scrupulously utilized by all news outlets (which I obviously didn't do with a single clue in this puzzle) |
How to unravel the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues |
Heading for half of crossword clues |
Valley girl's "yeah, right" [IMPORTANT: SEE THE 'NOTE' (above) for key info about this week's puzzle and SEE THE LAST CLUE DOWN for the explanation of last week's puzzle.] |
___ a clue (is naive) |
Preliminary clues |
Kentucky town with a college and a cornbread festival ... Christ, Wikipedia yields shitty clues |
Add vertical line 15 (word 1) and vertical line 1 (word 3) and enter the answer to the resulting clue on this line |
__ a clue (is ignorant) |
Unable to see ... or, when taken as a homophone, what today's puzzle answers and clues all are |
Discovers, as a clue |
Article in a German paper?[For the explanation to last week's puzzle, see the last clue down.] |