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Here’s a succinct recap of last week’s solution, thanks to a solver:
8 of the Down answers are the names of mountains, if you TAKE [the first letter] FROM THE TOP, as indicated by the title.
(B)RAINIER
(I)KEA
(G)LASSEN
(M)ADAMS
(A)ETNA
(M)K2
(A)ROSE
(S)EVEREST
The removed letter, in order, spell BIG MAMAS.
Next up, Puzzle #62, “Down the Middle.”
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