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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Frighten 6 Vagrants 10 “Death of a Salesman” salesman 11 Leaves out 13 “The Tempest” sprite 14 Incurred, as debt 15 Old horse 16 Rink surface 18 Groom’s answer 19 Explains away 22 Ocean between Eur. and Amer. 23 Talk crazily 24 Locks up 27 Layout choices 28 Land unit 29 Make illegal 30 Bridges 35 — -Tiki 36 Parrot or puppy 37 Boxing’s “Greatest” 38 Battery end 40 Lawyer’s jobs 42 Song line 43 Smart — (wise guy) 44 Timid 45 Takes a break
DOWN 1 Informal language 2 Reef material 3 Baja buddy 4 “Norma —” 5 Signs up 6 Uses a drill 7 Thurman of “Kill Bill” 8 SUV’s cousin 9 Pupil 12 News-paper section 17 Animation frame 20 Store events 21 Maine college town 24 Wolf’s cousin 25 NASA or NATO 26 Smelter’s need 27 Racer, for example 29 Pollen collector 31 Tiny dot 32 Bud holders 33 Put in office 34 Hazards 39 Game cube 4 1 Pub brew
ACROSS 1 Half of a ’60s group 6 Foot connection 11 Barn-raising group 12 Gives a hoot 13 Personal bearing 15 Verb for you 16 Neckline shape 17 Farrow of film 18 London theater area 20 Rent out 21 Antique 22 Penalty 23 Big trucks 26 Pointers 27 October birthstone 28 Fly catcher 29 Cover 30 Resort site 34 Noshed 35 Corn unit 36 Galloped 37 Private room on a train 40 Online messages 41 Therefore 42 Cars’ scars 43 Ranch animal
DOWN 1 Showy parrot 2 Love, in Lombardy 3 Silent performers 4 African viper 5 Digging tools 6 Took a part 7 Saigon setting 8 Politburo home 9 Not strict 10 Fancy homes 14 Tear 19 Work hard 22 Little lies 23 Comforted 24 Perfect example 25 Mob member 26 Warm areas 28 Dress in 30 Elite Navy group 31 Singer Cara 32 Tango or twist 33 Come in 38 Peach core 39 Got together
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
PD
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I M Z Y D E D E R DY
HFST,
P D Y D E D E R DY
EMEDIZT.
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KWLD
WI
ML
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L MY J M Z Z D I .
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KWDT
NFUD
LBAXZ; GT —
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RQBG,
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K D K S J O P O CY XIBX
UBT
XIDK.
IDDINDJ
FE
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GT
J D ZV DA X O CY
F YQB
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ITQOGV
EMG
MERV
F YQB
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HJVRRFB
LDWIT
PONDRKEP
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Q S C ’X Y D X
XIDT YDX
XSK
KLJBP
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RJUNZKWI
PXWIM
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EJ.
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DQHABXDQ
XIBX
PJ
ZND
QFUDTD
XID
KU W TJWIT
JFG
PMEGTBG PQWT FE
POZDV
EY U TY C T ’E MGT
EAMMACQ AC
EGZKT
EY U TY C T
MY K Z X
HVZCMTK
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L FY S C
M C W O B M PY
LTRZWET Z
MFTT
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MP
NGOU
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PMENTEFQRFGV.
KFRRTX
KWEXK
F I X M F M PY —
COLMC
MP U.
NGOU NKBZ
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 See 12-Across 5 Scoundrel 8 Mine entrance 12 With 1-Across, have trouble 13 Bullring cheer 14 Pianist Peter 15 Fermi’s bit 16 Time on Earth 18 Summerhouse 20 Deviating off course 21 Albacore, e.g. 23 — Aviv 24 Help on “... Millionaire” 28 Pealed 31 Commotion 32 Nuptial announcement 34 Dead heat 35 Legal wrong 37 Shipwreck aid 39 Bill and — 41 Sea eagle 42 Cover the cost up front
45 Adjective modifier 49 Organism 51 Concept 52 Finished 53 Regret 54 Whirlpool 55 Marries 56 Conclude 57 Back talk DOWN 1 Carpet style 2 Silents actress Naldi 3 The gamut 4 Reproductive cell 5 House style 6 Boxer Muhammad 7 Challenge 8 Reply 9 Remove hair 10 Persia, now 11 Chinatown gang 17 Dine 19 Closed-up tulip
2 2 Sandy’s mistress 24 Long. crosser 25 “What can — for you?” 2 6 Made to consume 27 Put in a border, as a photo 29 Zero 30 Obtain 33 Remit 36 Drunkards 38 Groups of quail 40 Lummox 42 Winter truck attachment 43 Split 44 Bygone times 46 Icelandic epic 47 Cincinnati team 48 Chesapeake et al. 50 Scoot
ACROSS 1 “If I may interrupt, ...” 5 Pen filler 8 Otherwise 12 African gully 13 Born 14 Sweetie 15 “Meta-morphoses” poet 16 Make less intense 18 Disappointment 20 Shampoo directive 21 Author Buscaglia 22 Cravat 23 Fireplace minutia 26 Square dance party 30 — constrictor 31 Prompt 32 Court 33 Overwhelm 36 Archipelago components 38 Suitable
39 Modern-day evidence 40 Frighten 43 Dusk 47 Prison security measure 49 Pelvic bones 50 Baseball’s Hershiser 51 Varnish ingredient 52 Breaks a Commandment 5 3 Simple 54 Coloring agent 55 Slam-dance DOWN 1 MPs’ quarry 2 Own 3 Tend manuscripts 4 Center 5 Halved 6 Night light? 7 Barbie’s companion 8 Formed a vortex 9 Ponce de —
1 0 Cutting tools 11 Sea flyer 17 Great Lake 19 “— the ramparts ...” 22 Pirouette pivot 23 Recede 24 Cattle call? 25 Satchel 26 Attila, e.g. 27 Hooter 28 Trouble 29 Ph. bk. data 31 100 lbs. 34 In an ominous way 35 Newspaper pg. 36 Hostel 37 Cruel treatment 39 Conical-cap wearer 40 — gin fizz 41 Cat of “Iron Chef America” 42 High cards 43 Vacillate 44 Hodgepodge 45 Victories 46 Doggerelist Ogden 48 Antiquated
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Avalanche Blizzard Cyclone Drought Dust storm Earthquake Epidemic Flood Hail Heat wave Lightning Tornado Tsunami Typhoon Wildfire
CLUE LIST Abandon Abdicate Abjure Cave in Fold Give in Give up Leave Relinquish Renounce Resign Stand down Vacate Withdraw Yield
CLUE LIST Agee Conradt Fahey Foster Gunter Kruse Ruley Russo Shea Smith Stringer Strong Summitt VanDerveer Yow
CLUE LIST Albury Burnie Darwin Dubbo Geelong Gympie Hobart Joondalup Kalgoorlie Orange Sale Sydney Wagga Wagga Whyalla Wollongong
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Word Sleuth
Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Bobby pin Fax Floppy disk Ice tray Landline Maps Pager Pay phone PDA Phonebook Tape deck Typewriter VCR Wake-up call Walkman
CLUE LIST Character Civil rights Dream Emancipation Equal Faith Free at last Free one day Freedom Hope Join hands Justice Liberty Struggle Together
CLUE LIST Burger Chase Cushing Ellsworth Fuller Hughes Livingston Marshall Rehnquist Roberts Taney Vinson Waite Warren White
CLUE LIST Capsule Cask Cocoon Corral Dumpster Eggshell Flask Jar Luggage Pitcher Pouch Safe Silo Tanker Thermos
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Here is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then print the message in the box provided.
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Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
FSJBS QAC
BIJRZNX
NSJOM
NAZUP
IAA M TAY F ZY U TYA W W Q
BAOUJNJAO
NA
UA
LDFJ
HY W L FA R J N
FACIU
M IA S R E PY IAY O
NSX
OWP TRNDS AFHFA
RAPN?
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F X Z N S XY .
CICO
JPOPUX
BSLJWF
EPGHU
CJDP
HCZF
DSLD
NPM
DSF
C D ’H H
OF
DP
SLHHPEFFJ XPGMT
ETO
LRFFOCS
CFOF
SLIRV
SC
QOPVHKO
ZOSQDHQWRAAJ
Q TRPO
VHVKOE
IQ WIHK
LO
MPIUW”?
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals F
XD
KBXKR
FZFGEV
H CY P O E H L K G
“SCGVJHCM
JDCS
FADURM
“LRJ
EOMFQDM,
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: E equals T
BIPVOP WICM
B SVY J
SDFT
ETO WAOPOS
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: D equals T
S YIKO
SW
ZAORFO?”
QLTZCJW.
UIRKE
UMFERFU,
CY W W T FA U .
RHPOSEQFQMU BPTDGQF,
SRJO
IAF
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: O equals Y
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: A equals O
CN
MY I J S U
XRF
B
ZMKF
C FY D G F
KIMJC
DY
BAKFZQMZE,
JDTZXBMZFFG
QGMZO
SDIX
IMOFA
STMKF.
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: X equals T
XD
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Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
abjure enervate cajole instigate rescind
a. to influence or urge b. to provoke or stir up c. to weaken mentally or morally d. to reject or disavow e. to reverse or revoke
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Bill said: “It wasn’t Cal. It was Alex.” Dave said: “It was Cal. It wasn’t Alex.” Cal said: “It was Bill. It wasn’t Ernie.” Alex said: “It was Ernie. It wasn’t Bill.” Ernie said: “It was Dave. It was Alex.”
Can you name the states that border Arkansas?
Below are five spelling words turned upside down. Ask a friend, family member or co-worker to read them to you. You are a firstrate speller if you get all of them right ©2017 King Features Syndicate · terrystickels.com
After a burglary, five suspects were interviewed. Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other. From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
1. jackknife 2. surfeit 3. heinous 4. philodendron 5. narcissist
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Can you determine the missing number in the sequence below?
I A S S I
T
A N
S
F D T
I O
C
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See how quickly you can unscramble these letters to form a common word of 15 letters.
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WE DO NOT REMEMBER DAYS, WE REMEMBER MOMENTS. THE RICHNESS OF LIFE LIES IN MEMORIES WE HAVE FORGOTTEN. — CESARE PAVESE
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AM I GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING TYPECAST AS SMART? I DON’T THINK SO. — AISHA TYLER
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THE EDUCATED DON’T GET THAT WAY BY MEMORIZING FACTS; THEY GET THAT WAY BY RESPECTING THEM. — TOM HEEHLER
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Cryptoquote
SOMEONE’S SITTING IN THE SHADE TODAY BECAUSE SOMEONE PLANTED A TREE A LONG TIME AGO. — LES BROWN
I WAS IN A BEAUTY CONTEST ONCE. I NOT ONLY CAME IN LAST, I WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH BY MS. CONGENIALITY. — PHYLLIS DILLER IDEALISM IS WHAT PRECEDES EXPERIENCE. CYNICISM IS WHAT FOLLOWS. — DAVID T. WOLF
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Which climate condition do you think toads
1 would look forward to the most? Froggy weather. When flowering plants are particularly tiny spe-
2 cies, you might refer to them as baby bloomers.
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If nobody would like to change into that Hallow-
3 een costume, it’ll be yours for the masking.
The masseur periodically uses the clever advertis-
4 ing slogan “May I have your tension, please?”
Would a Cole Porter song about an incredibly
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To catch a nice jolt of energy before ascending, the mountaineer likes to drink climb juice.
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Stickelers 1 Dave committed the crime. Since each suspect told the truth just once, Ernie’s statements mean that it was either Dave or Alex. If it was Alex, then both of Bill’s statements would be true, which isn’t allowed (and similarly both of Dave’s would be false). Therefore it was Dave.
Stickelers 2 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b, 5-e
Stickelers 3 The word is “dissatisfaction.”
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Arkansas shares a border with Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
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Stickelers 6 The next number would be 71. If you place the numbers closer together, you notice that these are simply odd numbers in successive order. 135791113151 (71)
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