THANKSGIVING FUN & GAMES ACROSS 1 Book after Micah 6 Having no social engagement 14 Inter 20 Kind of acids in proteins 21 Mythological huntress 22 Juicing tool 23 Suspect in Clue 25 Make effervescent 26 Cabinet dept. since 1965 27 Butterlike product 28 Dove houses 30 “Fancy —!” 31 Prophecy sites 33 Of significant merit 37 Ship’s journal 38 Upside-down nines 39 Soft & — (brand of deodorant) 40 Brooklyn area on the East River 44 Mu — chicken 46 Colorful salamanders 51 — about (around) 52 Pro-school org. 53 Big film flop of 1987 55 Angry stare 56 Girl group nominated for a 2003 Latin Grammy 59 Minnesota-based medical research group 61 Distort 62 African viper 63 Male felines 64 Swee’— 65 Sun. lecture 66 Copy Lil’ Kim 68 Winemaker Carlo 70 Dawber or Shriver 71 Fools’ mo. 74 Mongrel dog 75 Bit of dust 76 No, to a Scot 78 “Otello,” e.g. 80 Horse that won the 1994 Belmont and Preakness 84 Singer Celia Cruz’s genre 86 Writer Asimov 87 Brown-red 89 S&L device 90 Ore store 91 Miracle food 92 USCG rank 93 “Great” film title role for Robert Redford
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Neither’s partner Filmmaker Mervyn Inventor Whitney Really like that notion Text fixers Chevy model Manhandles Continual change Bar habitué Ex of Mick Jagger Encounter awkward difficulty Using a kiln Actress Angie Empire Cuckoo Pinkish seaweed Salved spots
DOWN 1 Tortilla treat 2 Love, to René 3 Broom- — (witch in the comics) 4 One, to José 5 Soliloquy 6 Glens 7 Air: Prefix 8 Timon’s T 9 Lofty trains 10 Livy’s lang. 11 Makes into a statute 12 Noted brewing surname 13 “— say ...” (“Alas ...”) 14 Rubber-outer 15 Wedding page word 16 Fruit pastries 17 — Steaks (beef brand) 18 Silver or tin 19 Favre on a football field 24 Exquisite 29 Lengthy auto race 32 Store ringer-uppers 33 Xbox rival 34 Yellow-flowered primrose 35 Meth. and Epis., e.g. 36 Woman raising a kid by herself 38 Persian rulers 40 Electrical units 41 Stunned 42 Polite denial 43 Summarize 44 Marathoner’s need
PREMIER CROSSWORD
SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Condiment Tray
Subject: Food and Drink (e.g., What type of fruit is a prune? Answer: Plum (dried).) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. What candy has “m” printed in lowercase on one side? Answer________ 2. It takes about 350 “squirts” to get a gallon of this beverage. Answer________ 3. The name of this meat also is an expression meaning “nonsense.” Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. What beverage was named after the German village of Niederselters? Answer________ 5. In North America, more of this item is sold for decoration than for food. Answer________ 6. It also is known as an “alligator pear.” Answer________
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“Airplane!” actor Robert Charles Lamb’s alias Pallid Cycle start? “Just one —!” Patient care gps. Ancient Italians Brouhahas W-2 pro China’s Mao — -tung Curved path Filmmaker Preminger Pasta sauce Old fable writer Egotist’s sin 10K entrant
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Actor James Thom — (shoe option) “Luck Be —” Preacher’s platform Curry of film Simile words Not allow Mafia code of silence Small drum Excited Overdue Hawaii’s Mauna — Panaceas Measure of electric resistance Itemized Torah expert
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PH.D. LEVEL 7. A record was set when a pool was filled with 13,780 pounds of this dish Answer________
French spa Faucet faults Old Aegean region More vast School pupil, in Paris Bring joy to Mr. Schindler “Good Times” star Esther Flower stalks Go — spin Anderson Cooper’s channel Keogh alternative Red Wings’ org. Kid’s game Co. bigwig
CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Fixes copy
24 Thanksgiving staple
6 Drunkards
27 Fabric workers
10 Singer Shore
28 Four-star
11 One with an axe 13 Reach 14 Kitchen come-on 15 Conceit 16 LP speed rating 18 Nervous spasm
review 29 Brewed drink 30 Beyond what’s acceptable
DOWN
17 Greek letter
1 Moved
20 At no time
sideways 2 Painter Rivera 3 Under guidance 4 Make lace
21 True 24 Pun reactions 25 Trattoria dish 26 Turned aside
35 Broadcast
5 Before long
27 Pool part
36 Agent, for
6 Ignominy
29 Common
short 37 Young fellow 38 — Dame 40 Conjure
19 Fully
42 Glossy
22 Yale player
43 Actor David
23 Actor
44 Wedding vows
Sharif
By THOMAS JOSEPH
45 Title pages?
7 “— the ramparts ...” 8 Cheat
article 31 Arduous journeys
on one’s
32 “— Lucy”
steady
33 Bare
9 Discussion
34 Utopias
class
39 Old auto
12 Indy autos
41 Be a contender
8. What type of soup is a delicacy served at Chinese weddings and banquets? Answer________ 9. Macedoine is a mixture of ____. Answer________ Answers: 1. M&M’s. 2. Milk. 3. Baloney. 4. Seltzer water. 5. Pumpkins. 6. Avocado. 7. Pasta (spaghetti). 8. Shark fin soup. 9. Fruit or vegetables. SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? Super Quiz is a registered trademark of K. Fisher Enterprises Ltd. © 2016 Ken Fisher North America Syndicate Inc.
HOLIDAY FUN & GAMES ACROSS 1 Guns, as a motor 5 Doorway sidepiece 9 Place-setting base 12 “Scram!” 18 Rink jump 19 Morales of “Bad Boys” 20 City near Mauna Kea 21 See 5-Down 22 Holiday team member #1 25 Loving type 26 British coins 27 Holiday team member #2 29 Rains down cold pellets 31 Three-in-one M.D. 32 Atop, to a bard 33 Mlle. who’s canonized 34 Holiday team member #3 41 Honolulu’s home 45 Swiss river to the Rhine 46 Stew globule 47 Marine route 51 Holiday team member #4 57 Actor’s quest 58 Having no wheels 59 Gold, in Rome 60 Wild cats 63 Poet Tate 64 Holiday team member #5 69 Utters again 71 Archer’s skill 72 Prefix with paganism 73 Director Van Peebles 77 Holiday team member #6 81 Sister’s daughter 82 “The Real McCoys” star Walter 85 The “4” of 4/1/11: Abbr. 86 Auto garage worker, at times 88 Rice-A- — 89 Holiday team member #7 94 Port in Denmark 97 Playa — Rey 98 Bitter beer 99 “Guarding —” (1994 movie) 100 Holiday team member #8 106 Thurman of movies 109 Valueless 110 Quite a ways 111 Antenna 116 Holiday team member #9 123 “Leave It to Beaver” role
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Marrying minister, e.g. Holiday team Like brains and ears Kitchen gadget brand Chilled A while ago Record label for Kenny G Charisse of “Brigadoon” Aware of Storied Fed Eliot
DOWN 1 Scraping files 2 Boot out 3 Novelist Jules 4 Pizza part 5 With 21-Across, motor for a Boeing 777 6 China setting 7 “One — meat is ...” 8 Ohio State’s conference 9 Very small: Prefix 10 Opposite of aweather 11 Big name in lawn mowers 12 Standard- — (leaders of movements) 13 Sanction 14 Really eager 15 Bicycle pair 16 Unreactive 17 Concise 20 Port-au-Prince’s land 23 Captures 24 Telephoned 28 Young pal of Pooh 30 Fixes, as a pet 35 — Rizzo (“Midnight Cowboy” role) 36 Feeling of rage 37 “Science Friday” airer 38 “How about that!” 39 Partakes of 40 Dawn’s illumination 41 Muppet grouch 42 “Behold — Horse” (1964 drama) 43 Tosses 44 Breaking, as a bad habit 48 Be a suitor of 49 Cockpit datum: Abbr. 50 “I agree”
PREMIER CROSSWORD
SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Holiday Team
Subject: Animated and Stop-Motion Christmas Films
Identify the animated or stop-motion Christmas-related films. (e.g., Three aliens visit Earth to learn about Christmas. Answer: “A Cosmic Christmas.”)
FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. A magic hat brings a snowman to life. Answer________ 2. A mean and stingy green creature wants to ruin Christmas. Answer________ 3. A little boy directs a Christmas play and shuns commercialization. Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. A doubting boy boards a magical train that’s headed to the North Pole. Answer________ 5. A reindeer and a misfit elf help Santa Claus make his Christmas Eve trip. Answer________ 6. A dog called Olive wants to be a reindeer at Christmas time. Answer________
52 Paul Newman’s Ohio alma mater 53 Giant in oil 54 First-rate 55 Little kid 56 Bawl 61 Amazon.— 62 Blissful 65 Hotfooted it 66 Ham-handed 67 United — College Fund 68 Oozy stuff 70 Little, in Scotland 74 — cavae (big blood vessels) 75 Cake finishers 76 Square ones 78 Ampersand’s meaning 79 Dirt Devil, e.g., briefly
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“The Little Rascals” girl Pal Axle, for one Compass pt. “Therein — tale” Lupino of Hollywood Pal of Stimpy Pixieish one “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo- —” (Irish lullaby) Keystone Kops creator Mack — Nation north of Ethiopia Livy’s 1,051 — a bad start Popular nickname for tennis star Nadal Bay Area city, briefly
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Axed down Palate dangler Grand house Trial excuse A noble gas Actress — Kristen Smart- — (wiseacres) Harps’ kin LAX guesses Tiny division of a min. Tasting of wood, as some wines Like albums, nowadays Dianetics proponent — Hubbard Defreeze Oath answer
PH.D. LEVEL 7. Theodore Edward Bear decides to go searching for Christmas. Answer________
CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 SRO shows 5 Fling 9 Tony-winning play of 1975 11 First letter 13 Throat ailment 14 Emulates Icarus 15 Rep.’s counterpart 16 It’s 2.54 centimeters 18 Fancy homes 20 Haberdashery buy 21 Fling 22 Compared to
2 3 German article 24 Boot part 25 Greek cheese 27 Action words 29 Historic time 30 “Get going!” 32 “Youngblood” star 34 Overly 35 Frasier’s brother 36 Consume 38 Theater offering 39 Diplomat Deane 40 Nick’s dog 41 Refuse
By THOMAS JOSEPH DOWN 1 “Siddhartha” author 2 Mensa entrance requirement 3 Gain the upper hand 4 Take to court 5 Outdoor eateries 6 “— want for Christmas...” 7 Kissing game 8 Bush headed it once 10 Exact, to Brits 12 Pallid
1 7 Fresh 19 La Scala offering 22 Civil wrong 24 Conical homes 25 Terrarium plants 26 Beethoven work 27 Swear 28 Plains speaking 30 Book after Ezekiel 31 Stowe character 33 Spring period 37 Succor
8. An orphan girl named Ivy gets off a train at the wrong stop. Answer________ 9. Jack Skellington becomes converted to Christmas. Answer________ Answers: 1. “Frosty the Snowman.” 2. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” 3. “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” 4. “The Polar Express.” 5. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” 6. “Olive, the Other Reindeer.” 7. “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas.” 8. “The Wish That Changed Christmas.” 9. “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? Super Quiz is a registered trademark of K. Fisher Enterprises Ltd. © 2016 Ken Fisher North America Syndicate Inc.