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Solution to The Mad Scientist’s Assistant

Lake Eerie

Answer: FATS DOMINO
by Eric Berlin

The completed grids can be stacked on top of each other (with "TOPMOST" at the top and "BOTTOM" at the bottom) with the help of connecting words that you must add. Each such word is a bone in the human body -- a "broken" bone, as each one is missing a letter. These letters spell the answer to this puzzle, FATS DOMINO.

1At the peakTOPMOST
2Is againstOPPOSES
3ClergymanPRIEST
4Pot standTRIVET
5Go without foodSTARVE
6Annual ceremony since 1929OSCARS
7Exterminator's targetsROACHES
8RespirateBREATHE
9Not in classABSENT
10Crime in BackdraftARSON
11Vocally support your teamROOT
12Suddenly runBOLT
FIBULA
1In the name of the bookTITULAR
2RatTATTLER
3"The Emerald City"SEATTLE
4Surefire result of a "tent pole"SEQUEL
5Part of LGBTQQUEER
6One and allEVERY
7LightheartednessLEVITY
8Draw outELICIT
9Like colossal failures, it is saidEPIC
10Boat spotsPIERS
11Makes logical connectionsINFERS
12Adjective sometimes used to describe rich dessertsSINFUL
SCAPULA
1Name in 1920s crime headlinesCAPONE
2SharpensHONES
3T-shirts, socks, underwear, in generalWHITES
4Do another draftREWRITE
5Overdue debtARREARS
6Many sci-fi charactersMARTIANS
7Bring upMENTION
8GreenENVIOUS
9Some computer woesVIRUSES
10Golf course maintenance equipmentRAKES
11It can be served au poivreSTEAK
12Soft shadePASTEL
PATELLA
1Actress StauntonIMELDA
2Outlined clearlyLIMNED
3Like some skiingALPINE
4Raucous-voiced birdMAGPIE
5Dream upIMAGINE
6Contribute (2 words)PITCHIN
7Speedily sent reportDISPATCH
8MaladyDISEASE
9Clampett portrayerEBSEN
10CarriedBORNE
11Spanish conquistador HernanCORTES
12Downward slidesCHUTES
HUMERUS
1StainIMBRUE
2Warplane's destination (2 words)AIRBASE
3Important interior passagesAORTAS
4Settling spot, for a birdROOST
5IntersectCROSS
6Game with forks and pinsCHESS
7Leave with no exit (2 words)HEMIN
8Underground workerMINER
9Business that doesn't always sell its products immediatelyWINERY
10Yellow pike, by another nameWALLEYE
11Claims without evidenceALLEGES
12First name in daytime talk shows, onceREGIS
RADIUS
1Ford modelTAURUS
2Traveling from gig to gig (2 words)ONTOUR
3Word in two different African country namesCONGO
4Going very fastRACING
5One from TabrizIRANI
6Bedsheet materialLINEN
7SoloALONE
8On the planeABOARD
9More than stubbleBEARD
10Light beigeECRU
11Not yet processed, as oilCRUDE
12Newcomer to a unionBRIDE
CUBOID
1Center of activityLOCUS
2ChapsBLOKES
3Deep fryer containersBASKETS
4Positive pointsASSETS
5SpottedSEEN
6PassionateARDENT
7Like crosswords on Saturday, in many outletsHARDEST
8Diner breakfast sidesHASHES
9Actor KutcherASHTON
10Ingredient in nail polish removerACETONE
11Bright red colorCERISE
12LaughableRISIBLE
MANDIBLE
1Upscale kitchen featureISLAND
2Theater walkwaysAISLES
3Most soreACHIEST
4A dry redCHIANTI
5More capable of fixing thingsHANDIER
6A Friends friendCHANDLER
7Major French luxury houseCHANEL
8SoundSANE
9Terrified soundSCREAM
10How some vegetables are servedCREAMED
11Held carefully in one's armsCRADLED
12Unscripted moment (hyph.)ADLIB
TIBIA
1List of responses to an online messageTHREAD
2Canny and sharp-witted in one's judgmentSHREWD
3Restaurant dispenser itemSTRAW
4Some Macbeth charactersTHANES
5OpenHONEST
6In the midst of, poeticallyMONGST
7Juicy tropical fruitMANGO
8Specialized talkARGOT
9Bring into beingCREATE
10Reduce the price ofCHEAPEN
11Topper fastenerHATPIN
12Open areaATRIUM
STERNUM
1Old British gunsSTENS
2Use a thuribleCENSE
3Point a finger atACCUSE
4Political assemblyCAUCUS
5Pureed vegetables used as a garnishCOULIS
6Not straightforwardOBLIQUE
7Shellfish soupBISQUE
8Debate topicISSUE
9Highest in authoritySUPREME
10Like some bio majors (hyph.)PREMED
11Be angry (2 words)SEERED
12State of being hiddenSECRECY
COCCYX
1Key pointCRUX
2Egyptian war godHORUS
3Plotting with, with "in"CAHOOTS
4Common prop for snowman sculptorsCARROT
5Big name among rock drummersSTARR
6Will matterESTATE
7Novelist NgCELESTE
8Singer's warmupSCALES
9Convention freebiesSWAG
10Kind of duck, even if it seems like it should be a different sort of birdWIGEON
11Chomp (2 words)BITEON
12Midsummer's Night's Dream supporting characterBOTTOM