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January, 2000

Tournament: A Variety Cryptic

by Foggy Brume

The following 30 clues represent teams (8-letter words) going through elimination rounds in a tournament. The "winner" of each round is made up of half of the letters of each "team." The first 16 clues are in order (clue 1 vs. clue 2, clue 3 vs. clue 4, etc.), while the last 14 clues are the 8 quarter-, 4 semi-, and 2 finalists. The result of the last game represents the goal of the puzzle.

Letters not going to the next round have either a capital letter (A-J) in the opening round or a star in subsequent rounds underneath their blank. Discarded letters in the opening round, when grouped by capital letter, can be anagrammed to form 10 people who have already achieve the goal.

 1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
     E   G     H A		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  * *       * *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  *   * *     *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
      *   * * *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
 2._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   C     H   E   D
 3._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   G     J F   A		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  *   *   *   *
 4._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
     B C   F   J
 5._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   A F I H		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  *   * *   *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  *   *     * *
 6._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   J     F D     H
 7._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
     I B F G		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  *     *   * *
 8._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
       D F A H
 9._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   D     A G   J		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
* *         * *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
*   * * *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
      * * * *
10._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
     G   C   A D
11._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
       G A J     B		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    * *     * *
12._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   I B   E H
13._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   J     E H I		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
* *     *   *		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  * *   *     *
14._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
       B J C     E
15._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
   G A F   J		 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
*     * *     *
16._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
         F G   F D


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Round 1

  1. Satanic verses about Ireland's capital and Catholic masses
  2. In Word of Permission, actor Paul gets wooden
  3. Salinger is confused, straightens up again
  4. Oppressive group trades victory for 2000 in prisons
  5. As an example, Hudson filets, broils
  6. Scratch gold in front of the German savage
  7. Paler taxpayer, if late by 5-7 months?
  8. Man, within reason, looking back with cheer at space phenomenon
  9. Crescents and slices filled with mutant lice
  10. Slanders Queen Elizabeth, involving myself and a Republican
  11. Make over police chief, more healthy upon reflection at gym
  12. Snowstorms blows, riles fur
  13. "End Beck" said revolutionary
  14. Avengers features hot character from The Simpsons
  15. With the most humid, foggy weather, Mali unfortunately is in a #1 position
  16. Hurries the French who strained necks

Round 2, 3, and 4

  1. Pushes through crowed, starting to sound like a rookie cop
  2. So-so laugh, smiles can cause distress
  3. Shaking bovine jewelry with steel center
  4. Penalties for remaking Mister Ed
  5. I’m in Fates’ Expressions
  6. Woman eats eggplant topping with very smoky flavor
  7. Wizard in trouble sends page
  8. Sprinted back, took a canoe, and closed in
  9. Removes dirty language in additional comment about psychic (bah!)
  10. Actress Donna, pregnant with a little boy, figured out why
  11. Ripped South Carolina paper in front of editor
  12. Nasty, messy house with broken flues on the outside
  13. Increase by 50 if Theodore raised
  14. We bring back a love offering for lycanthrope

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