The first grid fills in normally, with these clues and answers:
- 1889 painting = IRISES
- Aaron Nicholson’s secret identity = ANSWER
- _____ Accord (1987 G7 agreement) = LOUVRE
- Alexander Ovechkin, for one = CAPITAL
- Coin = INVENT
- Cop/cabbie duo in a classic 1946 movie = BERT AND ERNIE
- Gambit whose moves are 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 = EVANS
- Gin cocktail = GIBSON
- Great Sioux War historian Paul = HEDREN
- Hyacinth’s mother = CLIO
- It can be partial, full, express, or implied = REPEAL
- Light source = CANDLE
- Luther Vandross’s band, once = CHANGE
- Moon of Saturn = PHOEBE
- Richie Rich’s dog = DOLLAR
- R in NRSV = REVISED
- Safor municipality = OLIVA
- Six-volume Korean manhwa series = RECAST
- TAFKAP part = ARTIST
- Ted Danson sitcom = BECKER
- Women’s clothing chain = BEBE
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Each of those answers then completes one of the clues for the second
puzzle, the last of which gives you the final answer:
- INVENT Africa offering = SAFARI
- Dutch alternatives to IRISES = TULIPS
- Fail, like a Roman CANDLE = MISFIRE
- GIBSON film of 1996 = RANSOM
- General term for DOLLARs, in Spanish = DINERO
- Hugo or CLIO, e.g. = AWARD
- Movie starring Connery and HEDREN = MARNIE
- BEBE Neuwirth’s birthplace = NEWARK
- Rival of BECKER = EDBERG
- She played Mrs. EVANS on a 1970s sitcom = ROLLE
- Sister of PHOEBE, on TV = URSULA
- Southwestern CAPITAL = SANTA FE
- Symbols that denote CHANGE = DELTAS
- REVISED text = EDITED
- Things a government might REPEAL = LAWS
- Tony OLIVA had 220 of them = HOMERS
- Venue of 2011’s The ARTIST = CINEMA
- Website where you could read “10 RECAST Movie Characters” = EMPIRE
- What BERT AND ERNIE are made of = FELT
- Where the hero of a 2003 novel that begins at the LOUVRE was born = EXETER
- Your ANSWER = HOUSE MEETING
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