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About Cryptic Crossword Contest

Results from ACCC #4
Summer Segment, 2000

First Place The Winner:
Rip Torn angers Sinatra, making Hitchcock film (9,2,1,5)

submitted by:
J. R. Skelton


Second Place
Runner-Up:
A couple forging signatures in the hotel register (2,3,3,5)

submitted by:
Keith Engers


Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention:
I've got first rights to play, causing giddiness (7)

submitted by:
Patti Ittermann


Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention:
Butcher a bunch of black birds. (6)

submitted by:
Lil


Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention:
Movie fliers (3,5)

submitted by:
Denis Borris


Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention:
Hitchcock misses the bus with this one, for starters the direction is pointless (5,2,9)

submitted by:
Rob Gooley



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The Master of Suspense

Find the words in the grid. When you are done, the unused letters in the grid will spell out a hidden message. Pick them out from left to right, top line to bottom line. Words can go horizontally, vertically and diagonally in all eight directions.

AHLFEMOHEVAELSYOBNEHWREDHITHCOCKRLCEHTR
NTCWTNBRKRYNYELGTNEDNOPSERROCNGIEROFHZB
TBJURHXEYRAMGMRICKDYOUNGANDINNOCENTDJGT
NMNKMTERUVXAXOVTYRDKXGMNHTHELODGERJJMLN
NCKHFORSKTYLPMTRFRWHLWEXYKWCRYDOBAEPSRM
INZZLMOMKORENYBERVTIFENWRVYKRNVMTOHCYSP
ACDNPSJTVINIVTXVXCABTNSTRANGERSONATRAIN
CLDLCNTNWVNRVKSPWMJNYMSRWRZWRONGMANTKLM
IZMWQNOANEGGLYXHKFENTXMUGLRNRLFUMTNHLHR
AMKDFBTVGNNGAKSCAVTHCJMDOPQFKKRNJBGCRQR
MJEFQSGOIERKXMAAEDECUGJTAICCRYNDMNMTCXK
AGLDEKARRTFWOLESETONNLTVNQRFQRFEKRTQMNF
JDSKXAEBTNVRBHRGRMOWNTHHNJPONGTRLEHPTWM
MNTQNHRGOLCPIEWOZAGUOLEGEXQJTYXCHDEMOLH
TURKTGROKTCUBGUNNLMYTFMKICLGMOTANRFRLHT
ZOECLHLTGRAMRBHDABFMZTAQVDGFAKNPMUAHPAM
GBETIKRRVOUGLTTTEMTCVJNDMRTRRNBRNMRCYLH
LLCHAMGQENDEEHARLLERKDWROFDMNVCIKRMGLWT
ELAEMNKCXDWYEDTICL3HXPHTRUWXIRTCNOEKIAL
LELPKKLKTIRPNHGLN9GJTMOLFNBLEKMOVFRJMYS
YPLLCDXNTTAUILQMSJPXTYKCSRXTPMNRLM'MASA
OSIEAXQHMYSRMVRTDGVQZNNWEGNKMNLNGLSXFTB
BTNALJHXCYTEWKERZMNNVYEFZRLHVDYMBAWGTEO
YTGSBAQOLERLWPCBLWESLZWBTLMNMGPQJIIBKLT
RSVURWCBEWFMSHDMLREGWFTPLNHFMBWJKDFMYLE
AEKROKLNCJVLWLTQFHLHBMONAFGFMDKSGCEMLYU
MCYEFPGYFKPTROVRSLYCLKOKWRXDORUWTDTSNOR
FRHGTPLIFEBOATDIOCFNQYMKRQRWMSKHXDSBNUG
OEQASTMJGRYTWPNNRNOKHJUTFRNYPJEFTEKFRRT
ETDRELRHMXCXPALCIIYMMNCKNHMITBGVFWFNRWL
MABDTNNRLWJHVPTFCWMBNQHCIMCVIQANMKQKRIZ
AGMEDZNBHQJYABTIYVRNHNYLCIYRPWOCWGJWGFY
HEHNNWWTYJDRPMPBNHYAYTLNOGDMGCLFCBVDYEX
SNRVUKQKBAKDVSPRGTTNEGRNLSZJIPMKJENWJMF
ETWZOCWCLHRGUPQANPYBHRJORFBRVBKVQNBFVYM
HMFRSBVEVPCSMCWPGTVRLKPHNTHEMANXMANEJNY
TZNKLHHJTYTOPAZCQNCTTHEMOUNTAINEAGLERDX
THFRKTNWFBTBJHKCVXEKHFLNEASTOFSHANGHAIY
ESACENIDARAPEHTFMNGXPEWPTKFEIHTAHCTACOT
Dave Fisher

39 StepsFrenzyPsychoSuspicionThe Ring
Always Tell Your WifeI ConfessRear WindowTheThe Shame of Mary Boyle
BlackmailJamaica InnRebeccaTheThe Skin Game
Bon VoyageJuno and the PaycockRopeThe BirdsThe Trouble with Harry
ChampagneLifeboatSabotageThe Farmer's WifeTo Catch a Thief
Dial M for MurderMarnieSaboteurThe Lady VanishesTopaz
DownhillMarySecret AgentThe LodgerTorn Curtain
East of ShanghaiMrs PeabodyShadow of a DoubtThe Man Who Knew Too MuchUnder Capricorn
Easy VirtueMurderSound Test for BlackmailThe Man Who Knew Too MuchVertigo
Elstree CallingNorth by NorthwestSpellboundThe ManxmanWaltzes from Vienna
Family PlotNotoriousStage FrightThe Mountain EagleWhen Boys Leave Home
FearoGodNumber SeventeenStrangers on a TrainThe Paradine CaseWrong Man
Foreign CorrespondentNumber ThirteenSuspicionThe Pleasure GardenYoung and Innocent

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