LETTER CARRIERS
Credit: GAMES Magazine
July/August, 1982
Will Shortz

The two blanks in each clue below can be filled in with an abbreviation suggested by the descriptions listed below the clues. The completed words will not be related to the clues. For example, given the clue  _ H _ NE and the description LETTER CARRIER'S BASE, you would fill in the abbreviation P.O. to complete the word PHONE. [To make the puzzle more challenging, try to fill in the blanks without looking at the descriptions.]

1. CE _ _ R
2. _ AR _ H
3. _ IMI _
4. S _ O _ E
5. P _ _ UE
6. CH _ _ K
7. C  _ UM _  (dated term)
8. C _ _ EL
9. S _ RU _
10. _ A _ OR
11. _ _ EAL
12 _ U _ HY

DESCRIPTIONS (in random order)

a. Executive, perhaps
b. World body
c. Record
d. Show host
e. Trucker's "ears"
f. Afterthought
g. Prosecutor
h. Home entertainer
i. Six pointer
j. Morning
k. Kind of bracelet
l. Brains rating

Answers:

1. g - ceDAr
2. d - MarCh
3. i - TimiD
4. h - sToVe
5. l - pIQue
6. b - chUNk
7. c - cLumP
8. j - cAMel
9. e - sCruB
10. a - VaPor
11. k - IDeal
12. f - PuShy