Abecedarian Jigsaw

a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Solution grid

Across

  • 1.
    ANAPEST
  • 2.
    ANTEDATE
  • 3.
    BULLETS
  • 4.
    CIRCA
  • 5.
    DOMINOS
  • 6.
    EXCISE
  • 7.
    FACING
  • 8.
    GUSSET
  • 9.
    HUDDLE
  • 10.
    IMITATE
  • 11.
    INLETS
  • 12.
    INNER
  • 13.
    JENA
  • 14.
    JETTY
  • 15.
    KLEE
  • 16.
    LIGNITE
  • 17.
    MEASURE
  • 18.
    MOTTO
  • 19.
    NEVADA
  • 20.
    NORTH
  • 21.
    NUTSHELL
  • 22.
    ODES
  • 23.
    OMELETTE
  • 24.
    PEARL
  • 25.
    PLACE
  • 26.
    QUAIL
  • 27.
    REEL
  • 28.
    SEMI
  • 29.
    SPECTER
  • 30.
    STEM
  • 31.
    STUNT
  • 32.
    TOPICS
  • 33.
    TREPAN
  • 34.
    UNRIPE
  • 35.
    VARNISH
  • 36.
    WIDTH
  • 37.
    XENON
  • 38.
    YACHT
  • 39.
    ZODIAC
  • 40.
    ZWIEBACK