Striking Out
by Kegler
Each row and column contains one square where the Across and Down answers conflict. In
each case, strike out that square with
an X and move one of the conflicting letters to
the top row, and the other to the bottom (you have to decide which goes where).
When
done correctly, each of the two outer rows will contain a phrase describing the
conflicting squares.
Across
| 1 | Cardiologist finishes with heart (4) |
| 4 | Ships' destinies include specialized equipment (8) |
| 10 | P.S. - Never do twisting to cause ends not to meet (9) |
| 11 | Gem starts to oxidize, potentially adding luster (4) |
| 12 | Compound is more scattered (6) |
| 13 | Curse about rejected disk; a slippery slope? (8) |
| 14 | Shared total returning to Kennedy (8) |
| 16 | Newspaper executive gets halfway through boundary (4) |
| 17 | Director Burton going back after that lady, one who "wants to be alone" (6) |
| 23 | Truly trendy action (6) |
| 26 | Vehicle for Klemperer, some say (4) |
| 27 | One who surrounds Ike in remains of fire (8) |
| 28 | My soap is fomenting discussions (8) |
| 30 | Penetrate section maintaining resistance (6) |
| 31 | Finally going to basketball playoff game (4) |
| 32 | United Nations' stand-in, expected December 1st, is still running wild (9) |
| 33 | Stiffened broken-down cart in lean-to (8) |
| 34 | Send me back my television award (4) |
|
Down
| 1 | Progress finally overcoming bad throw (6) |
| 2 | Rapidly consume one new hot drink (6) |
| 3 | Small delays in accomodations for horses (7) |
| 4 | Occurrence I'd initially expected just prior to nightfall (8) |
| 5 | Smell from three kumquats (4) |
| 6 | One's holding stand for flowers (6) |
| 7 | Turn right after military address for highest point (6) |
| 8 | Strange green fork is source of power (6) |
| 9 | Oracle with camper tray (6) |
| 15 | Hated document supporting exam (8) |
| 18 | Sweep around Norton where you sleep (7) |
| 19 | Tent-site on American school grounds (6) |
| 20 | Old-fashioned one of five clings to hint of ancestry (6) |
| 21 | One who watches introduction to video? You're busted (6) |
| 22 | Get in the way of urchin, daredevil at heart (6) |
| 24 | Assemble mosaic displaying symbol (6) |
| 25 | Not well-insulated, but dry around the back (6) |
| 29 | Cone shattered in the past (4) |
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Solution