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Sunday Puzzle: It Might Take A Deep Dive Under The Sea To Solve This One

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges Tom Rosen of Austin, TX, and WAMU's Lauren Ober, host of The Big Listen to this week's tricky puzzle.
Sunday Puzzle.

This puzzle is called "Artful." You will get clues for two words. Insert the letters A-R-T consecutively somewhere inside the first word to get the second one. Ex. Exclamation akin to "Yo!" / Robust --> HEY, HEARTY1. Singer who starred in and / Reserve, as a plane or bus, for private use2. Strait between Alaska and Russia / Trading3. Light brown / Scottish cloth pattern4. Drunken spree / Someone who might help with that drunken spree5. Sofas / Graphic elements in ancient hieroglyphics

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