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THE
ULTIMATE PUZZLE BOOK
JUMBLE® • CROSSWORD PUZZLES • SUDOKU • HITORI • WORD SALSA SCRABBLEGRAMS • CODE-CRACKER • COLORING PAGES & MORE!
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Game on! This BrainBusters book offers a range of crossword puzzles, brain teasers and other challenges to keep your mind engaged for hours. There’s a mix of subjects, interests and challenge levels for those playing at home or sharpening their brains on the work commute. Enjoy!
Table of Contents FEATURE
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The (Classic) TV Crossword......................... 2,6,11 TV Jumble............................................................. 3,4,11 Commuter Crossword................................3,5,8,13 Sudoku..............................................................3,7,12,14 Scrabble Grams........................................4,6,8,9,23 Jumble...................................................4,9,10,13,14,17 Jumble Crosswords..............................5,6,10,12,23 Boggle BrainBusters................ 4,5,7,10,12,13,14,17 Crossword............................7,9,15,16,17,18,19,21,25 Kakuro............................................................. 8,10,11,14 Word Salsa.......................................................... 20,32 Quote-Acrostic................................................. 22,24 Jumble for Kids.................................................. 26,28 Big City Publishing Kids Page................. 27,29,30 Hitori..................................................... 31,33,35,37,39 More or Less..........................31,32,33,35,36,37,38 Code-Cracker.............................31,33,35,36,38,39 Word Wheel......................................32,36,37,38,39 Killer Sudoku..............................................................34 Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page........45,46,47
Solutions on pages 40-44
The puzzles included in this booklet have been previously published
ACROSS 1 Behar of “The View” 4 “The Whole Nine __”; Bruce Willis movie 9 Rather or Aykroyd 12 Yoko __ 13 Mary-Kate or Ashley 14 “People __ Funny” 15 Baton Rouge school, familiarly 16 Extreme 17 180˚ from SSE 18 Aquarium fish 20 Nastase of tennis and his namesakes 22 “The Young and __” 26 “__ Let Me Go”; Carey Mulligan film 27 Exclamations of mild surprise 28 Actress Longoria 29 Actor McBride 32 Summary 35 Role on “Blue Bloods” 39 Marshall of “Laverne & Shirley” 40 Role on “M*A*S*H” 42 “...__ the ramparts we watched...” 43 “The __”; movie for Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton 47 __ Ortiz of “Ugly Betty” 48 Use a crowbar 49 Actor Lloyd __ 50 Dangerous drug, for short 51 Suffix for host or poet 52 “__ Family Robinson” 53 Cobb and Burrell
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 19 21 23 24 25 29 30 31 33 34 36 37 38 39 41 44 45 46
DOWN Sudden jerky motion Beginning; start Period before adulthood “Who Do You Think __?” “Up __ Night” OPQ followers German article Slow crawler with a shell Breakfast pastry Actor James of “Gunsmoke” “The Bad __ Bears”; Walter Matthau movie “The __ & Stimpy Show” __ G. Carroll of “Topper” “__ Which Way But Loose”; Clint Eastwood film Cut “Without a __” Series set in a bar Fonda and Winkler Hampton or Holiday Burr and Spelling Letters for a golf tournament sponsor “__ Hope”; soap opera of past decades Modify to make fit McKeon of “The Facts of Life” Vatican leader Knocks Depressed; blue Actress Larter Bell and Barker
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS
38 Toward the Arctic Ocean
DOWN
30 Shacks
1 Scorching
39 Evergreens
Sudoku
1 “For __ a Jolly Good Fellow”
2 All __; listening
31 Small branches
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
4 Passion
40 Buzzing insect
32 Mysterious
9 Uncle __ Rice
3 Ladder rung
13 Cereal grains
41 Ongoing quarrels
4 Go upward
15 Strainer
42 Finger or toe
16 Declare
43 Haughtiness
6 Place to buy salami and rye
17 Maple or palm
45 Handbags
18 Nat King and Natalie
7 Above
46 Assistance
8 Investigate the background of
19 __ Strauss 20 Flab around the middle 22 Boast 23 Without 24 A short time __; recently
47 Actor’s part 48 Look-alike
5 Hilarious folks
51 Make laws
9 Rocky __; Stallone role
56 Like pink cheeks
10 Hardly __; seldom
57 Happening
11 __ Scotia
58 Circular edges
12 Quick drink from a flask
26 Part of a minute
60 Tulsa’s state: abbr.
29 Shake one’s fist at
33 Robins’ homes 35 Bitter 38 __ to say; obviously 39 Weapon 41 J. Edgar Hoover’s agcy. 42 Boring 44 Spreading tree 45 Colorful movie advertisement 47 Hose down 48 Horse’s gait
14 Fall and winter
49 __ up; became alert
61 Good judgment
21 Sounded a bell
50 __ of Capri
25 “__ whiz!”
34 Sound of cymbals
62 Short note
26 Strikebreakers
52 Fair; balanced
63 Adolescent
53 Wilder or Barry
35 Gravy
64 Derisive look
27 Actress Burstyn
36 Tiny
65 “Brylcreem, a little __’ll do ya...”
28 Small role for a big star
55 Actress Samms
29 Late for school
59 Bawl
37 Poor box donation
54 __ up; bound
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Jumble
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS
41 Playing a role
DOWN
32 Stop
1 Dairy product
1 Prescriptions, familiarly
33 Despised
5 Blazing
43 Actress Courteney __
10 Think ahead
44 Nylons
2 Press clothes
35 In the __; sure to be won
14 “__ go bragh!”
45 Motif
15 Evil spirit
46 Pass away
3 __ it up; have a ball
36 Reed or Linn
16 Take a fancy to
47 Silenced
4 Patella
48 Walks the floor
5 Found a total
38 Move furtively
6 Nourish
39 Foot digit
50 Flower’s start
7 Mischief maker
42 Intrude, as on a spinal nerve
8 Trainee
44 Gathered close together
17 Bird of peace 18 Bus station 19 Leave out 20 Smiled scornfully 22 Buster & Diane 24 Scoundrel 25 At __; initially 26 Of the city 29 Anger 30 Instruct
51 Store window dummy 54 Movie actress Paulette __
9 Go into
58 Orthodox Church artwork
11 Chauffeurdriven car
59 Passenger
13 Brooklyn hoopsters
61 In __ of; as a substitute for
10 Schemed
12 Related
21 Raced
46 In __; unwilling to face reality 47 Wet dirt 49 About, on a time line 50 Drill or awl 51 Mr. Romney
62 Gangster
23 Fall flower
34 Toot the horn
63 Actor Michael
25 St. __ of Assisi
35 Feathery scarf
64 Dutch cheese
26 German WWII submarine
36 Water parted by Moses
65 Tim Daly’s sis
27 Extend to
54 Trait carrier
28 Davis or Midler
55 Assistant 56 Gather
38 Walk leisurely
66 Toothedleaved birch tree
29 Debtor’s note
57 Get rid of
40 Calico or puma
67 Actor Johnny
31 Noted English racecourse
60 “Where __ I go wrong?”
37 Cereal grain
52 Sore 53 Part of speech
Solutions: Page 40
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Solutions: Page 40
ACROSS 1 “__ City”; series for Michael J. Fox 5 Gabor or Longoria 8 Woody Guthrie’s son 9 Sitcom of old that was set at an airport 12 Estrada and his namesakes 13 Nightclub or small restaurant 14 Costa __ 15 Carvey or Delany 16 “__ Pray Love”; Julia Roberts movie 18 180˚ from WNW 19 Actress Helgenberger 20 Meanie 21 “American __” 23 Untrue 24 Certain 25 One of Michael Jackson’s brothers 26 Actress Bo 28 Setting for “Magnum, P.I.” 29 Actress Suzy __ 30 “The Man Who __ Liberty Valance”; John Wayne movie 32 President Ford’s monogram 35 “__ the Bounty Hunter” 36 “__ ‘70s Show” 37 Metal bar 38 “__ Company” 40 Forrest Gump’s love 41 Piano piece 42 Japanese sashes 43 Sixth sense, for short 44 At __; relaxed
DOWN 1 Garments for women of India 2 “The __”; Drew Carey’s game show 3 Actress __ Chase 4 Refusals 5 Family name on “Dallas” 6 MasterCard alternative 7 Colony insect 10 Dive master on “Splash” 11 Flies high 12 Prior to, in poetry 13 Cheers, for one 15 Evans or Robertson 17 Peg for Els 19 “__ & Mindy” 20 Sworn statement 22 Membership fees 23 Italian auto 25 Sound the horn 26 “American __!” 27 Shed crocodile tears 30 Flock member 31 “Olympus __ Fallen”; Morgan Freeman movie 33 Dishwasher cycle 34 “I’ll __ Away” 36 Knight and Koppel 37 Sitcom about a southern soccer mom 39 Actress McClanahan of “The Golden Girls” 40 Pesci or Morgan
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Daily Crossword
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ACROSS 1 Sound finely tuned
Sudoku
5 Parsley family herb
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
14 Role for Ronny
9 Straight from the garden 15 Neighborhood 16 Ceiling 17 GREEN 20 Next in line 21 Hobbyist’s buy 22 Tennis racket part 23 First word of “Greensleeves” 25 In a glass by itself 27 GREEN 33 Green prefix 34 Green shade 35 Aimée of “La Dolce Vita” 37 Cozy reading rooms 39 Personal property 42 “At Wit’s End” humorist
DOWN
1 Little, to Leoncavallo 2 Aware of, as the 45 Buster? latest 3 Fruit coat 47 It might say “Wipe your paws” 4 Protect again, as a driveway 48 GREEN 5 Pre-Renaissance period 52 __ carotene 6 Football 53 Draws commentator Cross 54 Parlor piece 7 Drip, say 57 “The Green 8 Emilio Estefan, Hornet” airer, notably 1966-’67 9 Producer Ziegfeld 59 Puget Sound port 10 Cellphone customer’s 63 GREEN creation, perhaps 66 Japan’s 11 Mideast ruler commercial 12 “Right away, señor!” center, 13 Internet address historically letters 67 Accessory on the 18 Brilliance handlebars 19 Gossip tidbit 68 TV part? 24 Install in Congress 69 __-case scenario 26 Dr.’s group 70 Oscillation 27 Sanskrit scripture 71 Body art, briefly 28 Frost over Edited by Rich Norris 29 Mute sound? and Joyce Nichols Lewis 30 Stuck (to) Bombeck
43 Drilling tool
31 Marilyn, before she was Marilyn 32 Poison __ 36 Latest addition to the British Royal Family 38 Reversals 40 __ food 41 Genetic research insect 44 U.S. 1, for one 46 Lobster Newburg ingredient 49 Emphatic type: Abbr. 50 Big wheels 51 Author Fitzgerald 54 Put in the overhead bin 55 Very 56 Cold feet 58 Seagoing help 60 Military classification 61 Go all weak in the knees 62 Seagoing assents 64 Bit of muesli 65 Schnozz extender Solutions:
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The Commuter Crossword
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
ACROSS
37 Actress Ward
69 Exodus leader
1 Soothing ointment
39 Covered with lather
DOWN
6 “__ the night before Christmas...”
41 Flat-bottomed boat
10 Give the cold shoulder to
42 Molars and canines
28 Strong wind 29 Enormous
1 Totals
32 Barnyard perch
2 Continent east of Russia
34 Pinnacle
3 Soothe; relax
36 Rams’ mates
4 Disappear
38 Sports players 40 Shouts 43 Garden tools
35 Fly high
14 Normal
44 Beginning; start
15 Marathon
46 Actress West
5 Lift
16 Window glass
47 Raise with a pulley
6 Engagement 7 Sea breaker
49 Ne’er-do-wells
8 Highest club
18 Large kitchen appliance
51 On a rampage 54 Overfill
9 Legislative body of 100
19 A single time
55 Entangle
10 Freeloaders
20 Drool
56 Throws into chaos
11 Capital of Vietnam
60 Correct text
12 Dad’s brother
52 Kolkata, __
61 Enthusiastic
13 Requirements
53 Leaves out 54 Slaphappy
26 __ up; illuminates
63 Potatoexporting state
21 Pompous fools 23 Late Kennedy matriarch
56 Perishes
29 Honking birds
64 Ceremony
25 Leaks out
30 Neighbor of Canada: abbr.
65 Was dishonest
26 Intense craving
58 “...sweet land of liberty, of __ I sing...”
31 Uncanny
67 Talk back
33 Clear the slate
68 Not difficult
17 “Winnie-thePooh” author
22 Palmer of golf 24 Boy Scout’s shoulder band 25 Thin cigars
66 Tendon
27 “I’ll believe it when __ it”
45 Industry that hotels rely on 48 Breathe in 50 __ apartment; one-room flat 51 Swerves
57 Skillets
59 Mother pigs 62 By way of
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 Retained 5 Music storage medium 9 In the thick of 13 Kirin rival 15 Arp’s art 16 Scale pair 17 Last one in 18 How 58-Across can be written 20 Diamond deal 22 Heartfelt 23 Quote from a pitcher? 25 Rigid 26 USN clerk 27 34-Across factor 29 “A Doll’s House” playwright 31 Mil. honor 32 Shout in la arena 33 Forensic ID 34 58-Across times 27-Across 40 1967 NHL rookie of the year 41 Long time 42 One of them, maybe
44 “Let’s Dance” singer 47 Mathematically, what 58-Across is 50 Walkoff hit stat 51 Sighed line 54 Elect 55 Top player 57 Gluten-rich grain 58 Subject of an annual March 14 celebration and of this puzzle, celebrated in its circled squares in both a literal and a numerical way 60 Sends out 63 Works that glorify 64 Minnesota’s state bird 65 Leisurely stroll 66 Caesar and others 67 Fair 68 Post office call Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Actor Penn who has worked for the Obama administration 2 That, south of the border 3 Deli order 4 Spring sign 5 French bean product? 6 Blast on Broadway 7 Farther out? 8 __ Lama 9 Part of LPGA: Abbr. 10 Isn’t in a big hurry 11 “Let me check” 12 Ohio home of the Wright Brothers 14 Hopping mad 19 Valuable fur 21 Construction sight 23 Throw in 24 Blu-ray buy 25 Its pages are often numbered i, ii, iii, etc.
28 Common street name 30 Outlaw 33 Soak 35 Le __ Soleil: Louis XIV 36 Dream up 37 Common star characteristic 38 Chew out 39 German article 43 Atlas abbr. 44 Met cheers 45 Start of a Beatles title 46 Left (to) 48 Blind followers 49 Unanimously 52 Nonnative Hawaiian 53 Dahl’s “Fantastic” title critter 56 Dope (out) 57 Lush 59 Burst open noisily 61 DDE’s birthplace 62 Lush Solutions:
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Jumble
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
Solutions: Page 41
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
ACROSS 1 “__ Dad” 6 “Oh, __!”; movie for John Denver and George Burns 9 Carrie Ann __ of “Dancing with the Stars” 10 Phillips, once of “Dateline NBC” 12 Bialik of “The Big Bang Theory” 13 “Leave It to __” 14 Sixth sense, for short 15 Meredith __; Ellen Pompeo’s role 16 Cowboy competition 19 “Promised __”; Gerald McRaney drama series 23 __ Nastase of tennis 24 Dog in the comic strip “Garfield” 25 “America’s Most __” 28 Burnett and Channing 30 Guinness or Baldwin 31 __ Benedict of “The A-Team” 32 Adam Brody’s role on “The O.C.” 33 Wynonna’s mom 34 Site for auction lovers 36 Scottish refusal 39 “Welcome Back, __” 42 Josh Duhamel’s “Las Vegas” role 44 Furious 45 Dunne or Ryan 46 “__ Behaving Badly” 47 Comic actress Martha and others
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 17 18 0 2 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 31 33 35 37 38 9 3 40 41 42 43
DOWN One who performs silently Actress Ortiz and others Role on “Modern Family” Geisha’s sash Aries the __; Zodiac sign Title for Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie: abbr. “__ Tree Hill” German article “We’re off to __ the Wizard...” Actor on “Chicago Fire” Damon Wayans, to Marlon Word of mild surprise “Grand __ Opry” “__ You Hear About the Morgans?”; Hugh Grant movie “Much __ About Nothing” Zero __ Moines, Iowa “I Didn’t Know I __ Pregnant” Pub order Tennis court divider AFL-__; labor group Upper limb “One __ at a Time” VP Rockefeller’s monogram Mayberry resident Francis or Meara “__ Wide Shut”; Tom Cruise movie Novak or Kardashian Unrefined mineral Light brown shade Alfred Hitchcock or Steven Spielberg: abbr. Former Notre Dame coach __ Parseghian
Solutions: Page 41
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Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
Solutions: Page 41
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The Commuter Crossword
Jumble
ACROSS
38 Sandwich shop
DOWN
29 Basic
1 Learn by __; memorize
39 Suture
1 Runner’s contest
30 Beauty shop
2 Egg-shaped
33 Mrs. Nixon
32 Oxford or loafer
5 Makes gentle
40 Like a chimney flue
10 Puncture
41 Actor Matt __
3 Hollywood
35 Yearn
14 Gung-ho
4 Asner & Koch
37 Snug & comfy
15 Popeye’s Oyl
42 “You __, you lose”
5 Subjects
38 Show courage
16 Castro’s land
44 Peaceful
6 Warn
40 Shoe bottoms
17 Fires, slangily
45 Toilet paper layer
7 Soft-furred weasel cousin
41 Fender blemish
18 Soaked through 20 Golfer Ernie 21 Actor Douglas 22 Slip away from 23 Kick out, as tenants 25 Get __ of; eliminate
46 Sheets, pillow cases, etc. 47 Bert’s “Sesame Street” buddy 50 Upper room 51 Smallest twodigit number
8 Christmas __; December 24 9 __ up; arrange 10 Burns with hot liquid 11 Ballerina’s skirt
43 Gives one’s views 44 Used a sieve 46 __ up; bungle 47 Recedes 48 “As ye sow, so shall ye __”
12 Not up yet
26 Baby hooters
54 Item in a Chinese stir-fry
28 Washes off
57 Macho one
19 Harness straps
31 Goes out with
58 Foundation
21 Doctor’s bags
32 Eyeglasses, for short
59 Elevate
24 Biden, for short
53 Home of twigs
60 Weapons 61 Jacuzzis
25 Schroder or Santorum
55 Expert
34 Drink like a dog 36 Let fall
62 Possessed
26 Likelihood
37 Blackboard writer’s need
63 Usually benign growth
27 Merchandise
13 Commanded
28 Depend
49 Space agcy. 50 Cut of pork 52 Shade trees
56 Uncooked 57 Computer from Apple, for short
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Jumble
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
Solutions: Page 41
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Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 41
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 Suggests for the future
DOWN
45 Pepper?
11 Kid’s cry
51 Spanish river to the Mediterranean
14 Harden
52 Firenze fellow
6 Mark on a paper
15 It may shimmer in 53 “But all I want is __ ’iggins’ ’ead!”: “My the desert Fair Lady” lyric 16 Off-road transp. 54 Unburdens 17 Cherub? 55 Little rascals 20 Film buff’s station 58 Fish you can 21 Luanda is its cap. smoke 22 Share the bill 60 Oolong, for one 23 Put in long hours 61 Windy day 25 Chewy caramel misfortunes candy during a spa visit? 28 Carpet cleaners, 65 Divine healer in briefly “Xena” 29 Sicilian resort city 66 “500” index that 30 Slogan for certain hints at this Lee fans? puzzle’s theme 33 Part of a process 67 Unexpected lamp 34 Sorvino of “Mighty Aphrodite” 68 35 Sendoff for a Christmas 69 shopper? 70 42 Van Gogh subject 43 Adult polliwog
benefit? Aspin of the Clinton Cabinet In a fitting way Aircraft fuel portmanteau
1 Reams out 2 Calendar unit, perhaps 3 Beloved in “Man of La Mancha” 4 Airport near a Gt. Lake 5 Dreamcast maker 6 Number beyond comprehension 7 Indian author Santha Rama __ 8 Biblical mount 9 Frisbee, e.g. 10 Hockey’s Phil, to fans 11 Rum and curaçao cocktail 12 “Sic ’em!” 13 Ill-disposed 18 Crucifix letters 19 “Let us know,” initially 24 Reindeer raiser 26 Enters the poker pot with a minimum bet, slangily 27 “The Grapes of Wrath” character 31 Sea eagle 32 Living in a blue state?
36 Water__: dental gadget 37 Jr. and sr. 38 ’70s-’80s quarterback Brian 39 Road to the Forum 40 Mom’s admonition to a rambunctious tot 41 Fragrant white flower 44 Amounts that often specify a time frame 45 Orchardist’s market measure 46 Place 47 Valuable violins 48 Dot-__ 49 Spine-tingling 50 Buds on spuds 56 Tower site 57 Clothes closer 59 Org. for women drivers? 62 Detonation cause 63 Cholesterol letters Solutions: 64 Gun
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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ACROSS 1 Antonym of feminine: abbr. 5 Soda fountain items 10 Chaos 15 Green gemstone 19 Greek letter 20 Miscarry 21 Verdi’s milieu 22 Dutch cheese 23 Break suddenly 24 Kind of sax 25 Russian revolutionist 26 Riveria destination 27 Permanent status 29 Articles 31 International accord 33 Nucleus 35 Shrubland habitat 37 Son of Jacob 38 Spanish ranch house 42 Tire surface 44 Classify again 48 TV’s Hawkeye 49 ___ Paquin 51 New Hampshire state flower 53 Protein substance 54 Location 55 Falls behind 56 Inveigle 58 Musical sign 59 Adolescent years 61 Car type 63 Large truck 64 Heraldic border 65 Register oneself 67 Metal fastener 69 Serving bottle 71 Regretted 73 Aromatic wood 75 Theater box 76 Stamp cancellation 80 Irritates 82 Legal procedures 86 The ___ of Triumph 87 Coin for Fantine 89 Vote into office 91 Islamic god 92 Type of jazz singing: slang 93 Most senior 95 Faucet problem 97 Ore deposit 98 Seer’s card 100 Paramour
Crossword Puzzle
The “Duke’s” Leading Ladies
101 Northeastern French river 102 Regulation 103 Attack violently 105 Reddish brown pigment 107 Caterer 109 Cause of 95 Across 111 Mother-of-pearl 113 Exchange premium 114 Car frame 117 French wine area 119 Savor 123 Oh, dear! 124 Dried coconut meat 126 Pine Tree State 128 ___ von Bismarck 129 Nightfall 130 Be ready for 131 TV comedy, “Green ___” 132 Pollinating insects 133 Old Norse poems 134 Grazing ground 135 Seethes 136 Table crumbs
DOWN 1 Thin fog 2 First-rate: compound word 3 Baseball’s Musial 4 1960 John Wayne film, leading lady and title 5 Motherly 6 Lincoln familiarly 7 TV’s Anderson 8 Engagement vow 9 Financial mecca, Wall ___ 10 Breed of cattle 11 Primate 12 Market 13 Bay window 14 Horse’s gait 15 1970 ohn Wayne film, leading lady and title 16 Mine entrance 17 Fresh-water fish 18 Scottish uncle 28 Lobster coral 30 1942 John Wayne film, “Pittsburgh”, starred this actress
32 Continually 34 Authors Ferber and St. Vincent Millay 36 Desists 38 ___ makes waste 39 Outlander 40 Furnish party food 41 Enrage 43 Ventured 45 Sluggish 46 Knitted fabric 47 Penetrate 50 British sonar: abbr. 52 Ship of the desert 57 Embroidery loop 60 Squalid city area 62 Declare 66 Rental contract 68 Towering 70 Taj Mahal locale 72 Comical 74 Marsh plants 76 Italian dish 77 Killer whales 78 Wound marks 79 Fame and glory
81 Discard 83 Audibly 84 Dipper 85 Unmitigated 88 The ___ Seas 90 Jeweled coronet 94 Divide 96 John Bunyan title, “Pilgrim’s ___” 99 Equal scores 104 East Indian sailor 106 Fragrances 108 Compete 110 Plains Indian 112 Make into law 114 Dressed 115 Difficult 116 Stretch across 118 Gaelic name for Ireland 120 Ancient Roman road 121 Printer’s direction 122 Dan Blocker role on “Bonanza” 123 Fruit drink 125 Outfit 127 Novel
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Word Salsa
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 21
Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
Solutions: Page 42
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Crossword Puzzle
Transported ACROSS 1 Lily relation 5 Sault ___ Marie 8 Totally involved 12 French wine district 17 Bolshevik leader 19 Samovar 20 Spanish stew, ___ podrida 21 Breakfast cereal 22 Washington’s favored brushman 23 Price-increaser 25 Dicken’s musical 26 Start of a ‘40s tobacco slogan 28 Former Balkan leader 30 “___ la guerre” 31 Tease 32 Greek letter 33 Predecessor to the baht 34 Tosca’s “Vissi d’___” 35 Whirlpool 36 Clodhopper 38 Inflicts 39 ___ Aviv 40 Austen 41 Lover of Pyramus 42 Apices 44 “Got me that time!” 47 2nd city 48 Fed investigator 50 Alerts 51 Ticklers 53 Sally Bowles’ creator 58 “Angry Young Man”, Kingsley ___ 59 Most discomfitting 60 Mother of Titans 61 Jason’s ship 62 Standard 63 1961 Ricky Nelson hit 65 Hitcher’s goal 66 Wiesel 67 Major suffix 68 T.S. and George 69 Meager 70 Leader of the pack 72 Subcontinent lute 73 Oh dear! to Poirot 74 “___ majeste” 75 Dancer’s shoe? 76 Remained
78 Faun 81 Zone 85 Told a whopper 86 Bird: comb. form 87 Small portion 88 Car no-no 89 Decorate 93 Possessive pronoun 95 Odorless gas to avoid 96 Monk’s title 97 Was in abundance 99 “I smell ___!” 100 Baltic Sea feeder 101 Classic antiwar play and film 103 Ray 105 Riparian 107 Very very weird 108 Salesmen 109 Overdue 110 Word with lap or drop 111 Wise men 112 Vespiaries 113 North Sea feeder
114 Alums-to-be 115 Sample DOWN 1 Mountainous 2 Thatched 3 Not impressed 4 Gentlewoman 5 Ancient Persian city 6 Trod under 7 Recruit 8 Rambler 9 High-pitched for Ozawa 10 Tropical fish 11 Jitney 12 ___ de mer 13 Novelist Jong 14 Amuses 15 Ragtime dance 16 Syndicates 18 Carter of “Gimme a Break” 21 Plays a trick 24 A football Manning 27 Malaysian state
29 Ellington composition 33 Three: prefix 37 Saying at Cheers? 38 Tank town 40 Boosters for short 41 Demonstrative pronoun 42 Highway traveler 43 Impartial 44 Juarez favorite 45 Inception 46 Indecorous 47 Foxy 49 Intends 50 Carried out 52 In a fury 53 Light 54 Pago Pago’s site 55 Either of the Ripkins 56 Group of eight 57 Movers and shakers 59 Lets stand 64 Troy 71 “___ hill ‘n dale”
73 Concealed 77 Davis of “Now Voyager” 78 Desert dweller 79 Nothing special 80 Jeremiads 82 In later life 83 Vanderbilt and Estefan 84 Charged atom 85 Pupil 87 Rubbish 88 Ancient Celt priests 89 Find another place 90 Leave a cocoon 91 Says nay 92 Most singular 94 Without ___: freely 96 All ___ one 98 Ogles 101 Boo 102 Tidings 104 High note and low note 106 French nobleman: abbr.
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Jumble for Kids
The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.
by Mike Argirion & Jeff Knurek
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Jumble for Kids
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Jumble for Kids
The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.
by Mike Argirion & Jeff Knurek
Solutions: Page 29
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Jumble for Kids
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Hitori
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. Digits inside the dotted cages must add up to the number in the corner of each cage, and digits can’t repeat inside a cage.
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Hitori
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Hitori
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Hitori
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Page 40 • Brain BUSTERS TV Crossword, Page 2
Brain BUSTERS • Page 40 Jumble, Page 4
Crossword, Page 7
Boggle, Page 4 Commuter Crossword, Page 5
TV Jumble, Page 3 Sudoku, Page 7
Commuter Crossword, Page 3
Kakuro, Page 8
Boggle, Page 5 Jumble Crosswords, Page 5
Jumble Crosswords, Page 6
Scrabble Grams, Page 8 Scrabble Grams, Page 6
Sudoku, Page 3 TV Crossword, Page 6
Scrabble Grams, Page 4
TV Jumble, Page 4 Boggle, Page 7
Commuter Crossword, Page 8
Page 41 • Brain BUSTERS Jumble, Page 9
Brain BUSTERS • Page 41 TV Crossword, Page 11
Jumble, Page 13
Crossword, Page 9
Boggle, Page 13
Kakuro, Page 11
Sudoku, Page 12
Kakuro, Page 14
Jumble, Page 14
Scrabble Grams, Page 9
Sudoku, Page 14
Jumble, Page 10
Boggle, Page 12
Jumble Crosswords, Page 12 Jumble Crosswords, Page 10
Jumble Crosswords, Page 12
Boggle, Page 14
Kakuro, Page 10 Commuter Crossword, Page 13
Boggle, Page 10 TV Jumble, Page 11
Crossword, Page 15
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(top)
Crossword, Page 19
Word Salsa, Page 20
(bottom)
Boggle, Page 17
Crossword, Page 17
Crossword, Page 21
Jumble, Page 17
Jumble Crosswords, Page 23 (top)
Quote-Acrostic, Page 22 Scrabble Grams, Page 23
Quote-Acrostic, Page 24 Jumble Crosswords, Page 23 (bottom)
Crossword, Page 25
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 43 Word Salsa, Page 32
More or Less (5x5), Page 31
More or Less (7x7), Page 33
Code Cracker, Page 31
More or Less (7x7), Page 32
Hitori, Page 33
Code Cracker, Page 33 Word Wheel, Page 32
Killer Sudoku, Page 34
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More or Less (5x5), Page 35
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Code Cracker, Page 36
Code Cracker, Page 38
Word Wheel, Page 37 More or Less (5x5), Page 38
Hitori, Page 37 Hitori, Page 35
Word Wheel, Page 38 More or Less (5x5), Page 37 (top)
Code Cracker, Page 35
Hitori, Page 39
Word Wheel, Page 36
More or Less (7x7), Page 36
More or Less (7x7), Page 37 (bottom)
Word Wheel, Page 39
Code Cracker, Page 39
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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