The Bloomsday townfolk are gearing up for their big action sequence. The director complains: “I see my first action, but the rest are out of order and barely even look like instructions. Remember, every frame of this shot has to build on the last.”

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Machine that dries cloth is embedded in tungsten terminal (7)


Transmission equipment used in fighter jets on the ocean heading west (4, abbrev.)

Remains after bachelor party (4)

Neuwirth has extra energy for a bathysphere enthusiast (5)

Transferred one of the Ramones nearly $500? (6)

E! Network reviewed mournful song (5)

Hebrew judge and Latina explorer taking five (5)

Loud commercial for something like a hula hoop or pet rocks (3)

Georgia, embracing lunatic, did Punjabi folk dance (5)

Yours truly governed Asian country (4)

Broadway songwriter to move characters closer together? (4)

Film bear’s home? Not I (5)

Allow a do-over in tennis (3)

Mr. Strauss is evil bastard (4)

It’s found in some drugstores! (3)

Rapper retaining editor for radio, television, etc. (5)

Bad Robot produces Jan’s Galactic Constant (4, 1)

Had fun with actress Susan by mountain retreats (6)

Elitist cry about name (4)

Scarf won’t obscure ability to judge winter conditions (9)

Lead English peer (5)

Sexually transmitted diseases expert blasted “I love estrogen!” (13)

Within limits, oversee part of the Bible (5)


“2” 5 → “1” 5 → 6 → “2” 3 → 5 “2” → 7 → 3 “2” → 8 “7” → 3 “2” → 6 “1” → “2” 2 “1” → 3 “1” “1” 3 → 6 → 3 “2” → “2” 3 → “2” 5 → “4” 2 → “4” 3 → 8 “2” → 3 “3” → 4 “2” → 6 → OVER

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