GAMES&MORE
November • 2019
Table Of Contents Crosswords, Number Puzzles, Word Games, Logic Puzzles And Trivia
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Coloring Page..........................................7, 21 Crossword........................................3, 11, 19
Point And Solve.................................3, 11, 19 Premier Crossword......................5, 10, 13, 18
Crossword........................................9, 17, 23
Puzzles4Kids....................................6, 14, 22
Cryptoquip........................................3, 11, 19 Cryptoquote......................................9, 17, 23 Fear Knot.........................................6, 14, 22
Scramblers.......................................6, Sudoku.............................................4, Super Quiz........................................4, Wishing Well.....................................8, Word Sleuth......................................8,
by Eugene Sheffer
by Thomas Joseph
By RJ Johnson
Hocus Focus.....................................6, 14, 22 Mega Maze.................................................15 Multi-Sudoku.....................................9, 17, 23 Pittsburgh Puzzler..............................8, 16, 24
by Frank A. Longo
By Helene Hovanec
14, 12, 12, 16, 16,
22 20 20 24 24
Solutions.................................................25-30
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Point And Solve
Cryptoquip
In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
ILLQD
QFSBGW
GVRLBGC NIMFG
NIL
CSVZGWLJD
CWMPMVZ
QWLOSOFB DNGWPMVZ
TSWD:
TSWGGV
S O C J F - R S O O S W . Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: N equals W 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.
Crossword
by Eugene Sheffer ACROSS
1 Old clothes 5 Chantilly, for one 9 Wicked 12 Persian Gulf nation 13 History chapters 14 Wish otherwise 15 Options list 16 Shopping area 17 Raw rock 18 Long story 19 Japanese sash 20 Trade 21 Operate 23 Barrister’s abbr. 25 Tools for duels 28 Poinsettia family 32 Downright 33 Wouldn’t shut up 34 Trojan War hero 36 Siesta cover 37 Whatever amount 38 Victory sign 39 Put something over on
42 Shelter 44 Arp’s style 48 Likely 49 Elliptical 50 Physical 51 Dog’s doc 52 Rapid 53 Choir voice 54 Tokyo’s old name 55 Start the pot 56 Welsh emblem
DOWN
1 Optician’s selection 2 Vicinity 3 Jets or Sharks 4 One of a daily trio 5 Slot machine losers 6 Spirited horse 7 Tooth decay 8 “Guinness Book” suffix 9 Forehead 10 Emanation 11 Profound
20 Roosevelt program 22 City-related 24 Binge 25 Health resort 26 Hearty brew 27 Burger holder 29 Genetic abbr. 30 Red-staters’ org. 31 Away from WSW 35 Forest-related 36 Slim and trim 39 Most popular, for short 40 Pundit’s column 41 “Beetle Bailey” dog 43 Sunrise site 45 Wheelbase terminus 46 Birth certificate info 47 Uncontrolled 49 Son-gun link
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Sudoku
Super Quiz
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Premier Crossword by Frank A. Longo
Off to a great start
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Puzzles4Kids
Fear Knot
By Helene Hovanec
Hocus Focus
Find at least six differences in details between panels.
By RJ Johnson
Scramblers
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Coloring Page
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Word Sleuth Hard to Open
Pittsburgh Puzzler -
ACROSS
Wishing Well 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 read the message the letters under the checked figures give you.
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1 Gives a nickname to 5 “Up and __!” 9 That gentleman’s 12 Proof-ending letters 15 Help in crime 16 Place for an FDR chat 18 Kid-friendly card game 19 One of three quarterbacks who have won four Super Bowls 21 Wedding words 22 Golfer Palmer, to his “army” 23 Heartburn 24 The H, H or O in H2O 25 “Taxi” character Elaine 27 Only team to have twice won two consecutive Super Bowls 30 Part of the Steel Curtain, this starter in four Super Bowls is on USA Today’s Top 50 All-Time Best 34 Super Bowl honoree 35 Burma’s first prime minister 36 P.M. periods 37 Geography class feature 40 Actress Kazan or Saldana 43 Suitcase, old-style 45 Another top-three quarterback, from the Pittsburgh region 47 Midori and Lance
48 Org. for Cavs and Mavs 50 Set 51 Unlocks, in poetry 52 How often 27-Across have been to the Super Bowl 55 Like an idol to a teen girl, say 57 Work undercover 58 Cycle after wash 59 Fair-hiring ltrs. 60 Confucian principle 61 Brazilian hot spot 62 Experts agree Super Bowl X “belonged” to this wide receiver 65 __ Holmes, the 34-Across of Super Bowl XLIII 70 Davis of Hollywood 71 Canal of song 72 “March comes in like __…” 74 Musical exercise 78 Oedipus or T follower 79 His 100-yard interception return in Super Bowl XLIII may be the greatest defensive play in bowl history 82 Italian diminutive suffix 83 Sympathy seeker’s tale 84 Repair 85 Groupie 86 Bible divs. 87 One and only 88 Joule fractions
Super Trivia
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1 Facts and figures 2 German word used slangily as “ultra” 3 2016 campaign slogan “Feel the __” 4 Yo-yo necessity 5 Mil. jet locale 6 Angry lectures 7 2003 Christopher Paolini fantasy best-seller 8 Health-related prefix 9 Drummer’s pair of cymbals 10 Muckraker Tarbell or actress Lupino 11 Do needlework 12 To a great degree 13 Ewoks’ home in “Star Wars” 14 Ensures failure 17 Booming jets of old, briefly 20 Pines (for) 24 Matterhorn, e.g. 26 Ability to remember 28 Gives courage to 29 Neck and neck 30 Slang term for under-age offenders 31 How bettors or police may act 32 Funeral speech 33 Vain person’s problem 38 Staying power, informally
39 Cockney ‘abitation? 40 “Viva __!”: 1952 Brando film 41 Smallest army or band 42 Simple to apply, in ad-speak 44 “Sorta” suffix 45 Printer woes 46 Stocking stuffer? 49 Recycling container 53 The Stooges or the Magi, e.g. 54 Symbol of slipperiness 56 More upbeat 59 Tangle up 61 Numbered rd. 63 “Hello-o-o!” 64 Married couple’s “date night,” maybe 65 Calligrapher’s flourish 66 Big concert venue 67 Loser to Kennedy 68 Poetic feet 69 Bullring cheers 73 Believers: suffix 75 Manipulative sort 76 Bell sound 77 Means justifier, to some 79 Baroque music monogram 80 Verbal thumbs-up 81 Deli loaf
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Multi-Sudoku
Crossword
by Thomas Joseph
Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. Overlapping areas must comply with the rules of more than one grid.
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Cryptoquote AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc.
NR
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IRVVCNKR
IY
FGRQO
HRKK
HVYSW.
FYGPYXKRF
5 7
Conceptis Puzzles
CI
8
QSA
06510002920
ACROSS
1 Cookie quantity 6 Pert 11 Parts of hearts 12 Waive one’s rites 13 Merchan-dise 14 Nora Ephron’s sister 15 Flightless bird 16 Private eyes, at times 18 Ignited 19 Mom’s order 20 Dachs-hund doc 21 Con game 23 Toady answers 25 Cut the blades 27 Polite address 28 Movie rentals 30 Skater Eldredge 33 Bakery buy 34 Fitting 36 Maiden name preceder 37 Site of some Leakey discoveries 39 Rascal 40 Worker’s hope 41 Brimless hat 43 Spiritual 44 Driver’s 180 45 Garden starters 46 Mount
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1 Donut look alikes 2 Kind of power 3 Seafood entrée 4 Spanish hero 5 Celerity 6 Tranquil-izes 7 Kim’s hubby 8 Seafood entrée 9 Church tops 10 Bakery need 17 Bob’s partner 22 Janitor’s need 24 Perch 26 Rug makers 28 New Orleans school 29 Workout site 31 Reserved 32 Rely 33 Russia’s Yeltsin 35 Bible book 38 Not new 42 Giant Mel
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GAMEBOOK 9
Premier Crossword by Frank A. Longo
Letter Writing
Answers on Page 26 10 GAMEBOOK
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Cryptoquip
Point And Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
IHAAEIBPX P
SWBFQM
DQPURCQP
DY
ZQPSYU
IRCFEM, VWQNS
NQVSESHC
DBI
EZ
CBXDS
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DBCIYMN
Q
AEMY?
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: D equals H 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.
Crossword
by Eugene Sheffer ACROSS
1 Dillon or Damon 5 Greek vowel 8 Heap 12 Cooling drink 14 Smell 15 Execrate 16 Island garlands 17 Sch. org. 18 Not quite upright 20 Big name in California wines 23 Soreness 24 Do as you’re told 25 Wide ruffle 28 Conk out 29 Lead the way 30 Playwright Levin 32 Beat decisively 34 Follow closely 35 Manitoba native 36 Tending (to) 37 Lecherous observer 40 — carte 41 Off the base, for short
42 Proclaim 47 Toy block name 48 Washington Monument, e.g. 49 Rewrite, maybe 50 Hot tub 51 Chills and fever
DOWN
1 Central 2 High card 3 Roman X 4 Doubly thick 5 Sicilian volcano 6 Sleuth, briefly 7 212 or 718, e.g. 8 Allergy sufferer’s woe 9 Concept 10 Pork cut 11 Formerly, formerly 13 Car 19 Actress Elisabeth 20 Deity 21 Somewhat 22 Sly look
23 Carroll heroine 25 Solemn occasions 26 “Arrivederci” 27 Ireland 29 Mentor 31 Beer cousin 33 Spotted wildcat 34 Emotional upset 36 Trudge on 37 Crooner Jerry 38 As yet unpaid 39 Boo-Boo’s companion 40 “— Karenina” 43 Siesta 44 Run-down horse 45 French vineyard 46 — out a living
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Sudoku
Super Quiz
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Premier Crossword by Frank A. Longo
Classic Film Cuts
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Puzzles4Kids
Fear Knot
By Helene Hovanec
Hocus Focus
Find at least six differences in details between panels.
By RJ Johnson
Scramblers
Answers on Page 27 14 GAMEBOOK
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Mega Maze
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Word Sleuth
— DUCK
Pittsburgh Puzzler -
ACROSS
Wishing Well 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 read the message the letters under the checked figures give you.
1 Furry foot 4 Org. for students with agricultural interests 7 The P of PNRDL 11 Mimicked 15 “Sorta” suffix 16 Many a rapper’s diminutive 17 Saudi Arabia neighbor 18 Tiddlywinks or tag 19 General on a menu 20 Suffix for salt or serpent 21 Book from which the Liberty Bell’s proclamation comes: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land…” 23 Law of 1765 that the Liberty Bell summoned Philadelphia citizens to discuss 26 One of the senses 27 Birthplace of Virgil 29 Raspy 33 Natural skin soother 36 Pennsylvania “first” that the Liberty Bell was made to commemorate 39 Dwarfed tree 41 Loses traction 42 “__ you big-time!” 43 Meadow mother 44 Breathalyzers measure it: abbr. 46 Pop-ups, usually
47 Campaigner’s target 48 Declaration of Independence “first” to which the bell summoned Philadelphians 52 Complaining 54 Pal of Pooh 55 Notwithstanding 56 Some M.I.T. grads 59 Old Nair rival 60 Wash very hard 62 Metallic shade of blue 64 Occasion for which England presented the U.S. with a replica of the bell 67 Scientology’s __ Hubbard 68 “Am not!” comeback 69 Cheapen 71 Store posting 74 George Washington anniversary commemoration during which the bell famously cracked in 1846 78 Where the bell was hidden in 1777 to prevent the British from melting it down for munitions 82 Salsa, for example 83 World Cup cry 84 High-fiber fruit 85 Nobelist Wiesel 86 Aunt in “Bambi” 87 Earl Grey, e.g.
Liberty Bell
88 Pointers 89 San __, Italy 90 Pvt.’s boss 91 The “H” of H.M.S.
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1 Excavated areas 2 Admin. aide 3 “Take it easy!” 4 __ coin: choose randomly 5 Related to economics 6 One of the Greek furies 7 Campaign pro 8 Iowa State city 9 Sitarist Shankar 10 Men at a joust 11 Rabble-rouser’s activity 12 D.C. interest grp. 13 Outback bird 14 __ Moines 22 “__ shalt not steal” 24 Sras., in France 25 Winery casks 28 Make inquiries 30 It may include gas masks and shields 31 “Ah…__ meet again!” 32 Cabinet dept. since 1977 33 “Honest” prez 34 Feeling blue 35 Bikini alternative 37 It waits for no man, purportedly 38 “If you ask me…”
40 “Dear” advice-giver 45 “Odyssey” temptress 47 Don Corleone 49 Releases, as a horse 50 Pone ingredient 51 Stating openly 52 Female hoops grp. 53 Estate beneficiary 57 “Evil Woman” grp. 58 RR stop 60 More thickset 61 “Baby” singer’s nickname, with “the” 63 Snoopy’s “Yuck!” 65 Lunch time, maybe 66 Puts up with 70 Mar. honoree 72 Romeo or Juliet, e.g. 73 Sink’s opposite 75 “The lady __ protest too much” 76 Sheltered, at sea 77 Wine label fact 78 Well-suited 79 Fragrant necklace 80 Drink like a cat 81 Prefix with natal
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Multi-Sudoku 8
by Thomas Joseph
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2 6 3 9
Crossword 3 7 9
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4 9 1 5 7
5 3 1 8 7 5 4 9 6
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Conceptis Puzzles
06510002921
ACROSS
Cryptoquote AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc.
NDLA
JDFAOMC
POKI
HKL
—
AMOV
ULN
VDA
TKZA
NQKCA
HKL
IQK
DAVTTH
VOHIVH.
1 Computer document 5 Flies high 10 Bumbling 12 Insertion mark 13 Cop car need 14 Fight site 15 Work unit 16 “Platoon” setting 18 Male turkey 19 Burr, for one 21 Computer part 22 Canada’s largest lake 24 Court event 25 Chicken choice 29 Ooze 30 “— No Business ...” 32 Wrestling need 33 Put on the line 34 Before, to bards 35 TV waitress 37 “Once — time” 39 Kidney-related 40 Farm machine 41 Fish with a net 42 Workplace of 35-Across
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1 Let go 2 Place for a snug bug 3 Account book 4 Roof ornament 5 Swindle 6 Rowing need 7 Singer Franklin 8 “Nude in the Sun” painter 9 Postal purchase 11 Needle holder 17 Public performer 20 Stop 21 “The Color Purple” heroine 23 Ring setting 25 Vegas worker 26 Eye part 27 Like gumbo 28 Ear unit 29 Bright 31 Mail-order pioneer Richard 33 Dinner signal 36 Crow cry 38 Actress Dawber
ULGQVOVO
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Premier Crossword by Frank A. Longo
One for the books
Answers on Page 29 18 GAMEBOOK
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Cryptoquip
Point And Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
BMRY
CMR
GZYQ
AC
BJDOQ
YJ
EATAYE
OATR
ZYYJDYNRQ
OJYERK
CJDKP,
QAP-NJYNRKCAYE
GR
BZP
CMZC
YRBP?
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals T 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.
Crossword
by Eugene Sheffer ACROSS
1 Old 5 Always 9 “See ya” 12 Took the bus 13 Anger 14 Legislation 15 Pyrite 17 Anger 18 Implement 19 Makes one’s way 21 English composition 24 Behave 25 Cookware 26 Both ways 30 Equal (Pref.) 31 Bichon —(dog breed) 32 “— the fields we go” 33 Reins 35 Metal refuse 36 Actor McGregor 37 How one says “alas” 38 Georgia city 40 Leaves
42 Past 43 Absolute dominance 48 Web address 49 Teeny bit 50 Soon, in verse 51 Pop 52 Vacillate 53 Relaxing discipline
DOWN
1 “Bow-wow!” 2 Sticky stuff 3 Tokyo’s old name 4 River-mouth regions 5 Therefore 6 String instrument 7 Right angle 8 Claret, for one 9 “Pin the tail on the donkey” prop 10 Play area 11 Rams fans? 16 Sauce source 20 Conclusion 21 Grand tale
22 Mediocre 23 Absolutely 24 Church service 26 1982 movie with a 2010 sequel 27 Lubricant 28 Authentic 29 Wild party 31 Hollywood’s “Talking Mule” 34 Pair 35 Strut about 37 Witness 38 Tennyson poem 39 City of India 40 “— match?” 41 Fine 44 Explanation 45 Yoko of music 46 Journal 47 “CSI” evidence
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Sudoku
Super Quiz
Answers on Page 29 20 GAMEBOOK
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Coloring Page
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Puzzles4Kids
Fear Knot
By Helene Hovanec
Hocus Focus
Find at least six differences in details between panels.
By RJ Johnson
Scramblers
Answers on Page 29 22 GAMEBOOK
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Multi-Sudoku 3 4
5 8
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Conceptis Puzzles
Cryptoquote AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc.
RVQEIH,
by Thomas Joseph
6 2
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Crossword
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MJVQEMK
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DEOR.
06510002922
ACROSS
1 Con game 5 Trail 9 “Atlantic City” director 10 Concern-ing 12 Underway 13 Cheese chunk 14 Popular nut 16 Epoch 17 Region 18 Hurry up 21 Humor 22 Used a ray-gun on 23 Newbery Medal winner Byars 24 Far from dense 26 Jotting site 29 Louder version of “pssst!” 30 Roman censor 31 Picnic pest 32 Movie remake of 1998 34 Conductor Zubin 37 Computer key 38 Ice cream serving 39 Perfect places 40 Pot starter 41 Jumbles of noises
DOWN
1 Game hunt 2 Storage site 3 Island greeting 4 Dole (out) 5 Dog’s dog 6 Honest — 7 So far 8 Embraced 9 Bright parrot 11 High school student 15 Question from Bugs 19 Church part 20 Secret agent 22 Goose egg 23 Inlet 24 Roman philosopher 25 Big snake 26 USC’s conference 27 European capital 28 Car features 29 Overactors 30 Singer Lauper 33 Garden start 35 Youngster 36 Gorilla
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Word Sleuth Core Words
Pittsburgh Puzzler -
ACROSS
Wishing Well 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 read the message the letters under the checked figures give you.
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1 Dipping chip 6 RR stop 9 Syr. neighbor 12 Toy gun ammo 15 Detest 16 Half-moon-shaped window 18 Very long time 19 City street on which 49-Across was located (at intersection with St. Clair St.) 21 Every last one 22 Identical 23 Trattoria’s first course options 24 “Till death __ part” 26 That: Sp. 28 City where the headquarters for 69-Across was located 32“Presidential” highway of which 19-Across was part, as dedicated in 1913 36 First murderer 37 Novelist Gray or “Titanic” actor Billy 38 __ Khan 39 Password creator 41 Old-fashioned bouquet 43 Delaware capital 45 Give the heave-ho 48 Baseball’s Mel 49 Site built specifically for its purpose which debuted at 19-Across in December 1913 55 Ballpark fig. 56 Minor quarrel 57 Musical pace 58 Newspaper or magazine pitch 62 Miles per hour, e.g. 64 Overseas relic. title 65 Child’s plea, oft repeated 66 Ad-__ (improvises)
Fill ‘Er Up!
69 Company that designed and opened 49-Across 71 Number of hours 49-Across was open each day 74 Caustic stuff 75 Huge: prefix 76 Elemental bits 78 Actress Sommer 82 Koppel or Turner 83 Amount sold at 49-Across on its first day in business 87 __-tai 88 Resigned spouse’s response 89 Auspices 90 Cousin __ of ‘60s TV 91 Provide with weapons 92 “Treasure Island” inits. 93 Authored
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1 Catches 2 Simple rhyme scheme 3 Pal 4 Domestic h.s. class 5 Heavenly body 6 Epithet 7 Dutch bulb 8 Weak 9 “Give ___ go!” 10 Orch. section 11 Do new voiceovers 12 Weigh things down 13 City-named deli meat 14 Longtime NBC show 17 “A New Argentina” musical 20 Milky gemstones 25 Crêpe __ (orange-flavored dessert) 27 Most vinegary 29 Pewter component 30 Uppity sort
31 “Yoo-hoo!” 32 Actor Alan or “Angel” Cheryl 33 Stravinsky or Sikorsky 34 “Avatar” people 35 Brightly colored 40 Trapdoor hiders 42 Majestic 44 Vespers time 46 Deplete 47 Despot of yore 50 Country of 13-Down 51 Like bachelor parties 52 “__ sorry!” 53 Eye opening? 54 Christmas song 58 Agt.’s cut 59 Treat for hungry lions, perhaps 60 What SpongeBob says of water (Internet meme) 61 “What’s the __?” 63 Oklahoma city 67 Ruling body, at times 68 Mill owner in the California gold rush 70 Bug’s antenna 72 __ Tope, early Indian freedom fighter 73 Kansas City baseball player 77 Dugout VIPs 79 Apple Inc.’s apple, e.g. 80 Work with needles 81 To be, to Brutus 82 “OMG! Spare me the details!” 84 Unnamed woman 85 Suffix with Marx or Mao 86 Murphy made one
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Solutions Point
And Solve
for puzzles appearing on pages 3-6 Page 3
Crossword
Cryptoquip
Page 3
Sudoku
Page 4
Page 3
Hoops player who probably enjoyed dangerous swerving while driving cars: Careen Abdul-Jabbar.
Premier
Crossword
Page 5
Puzzles4Kids
Page 6
Fear
Scramblers
Knot
Page 6
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1. Cower; 2. Broad; 3. Haggard; 4. Clone; Today’s Word: BORROWED
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Solutions Pittsburgh
Puzzler
for puzzles appearing on pages 8-10 Page 8
Word
Sleuth
Page 8
Multi-Sudoku – Easy
6 1 4 5 7 8 3 2 9
8 9 7 3 4 2 5 1 6
5 2 3 9 6 1 4 8 7
4 7 8 1 2 5 6 9 3
2 6 5 4 9 3 8 7 1
1 3 9 6 8 7 2 4 5
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3 8 1 7 5 4 9 6 2 8 4 1 5 7 3
9 5 2 8 1 6 7 3 4 5 6 9 8 1 2
7 4 6 2 3 9 1 5 8 3 7 2 6 9 4
6 4 9 1 5 7 3 2 8
2 7 5 6 3 8 1 4 9
3 8 1 2 9 4 7 6 5
8 2 7 9 1 5 4 3 6
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4 9 6 7 8 3 2 5 1 06510002920
Cryptoquote
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Premier
Crossword
Page 10
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. — Sophocles
Crossword
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Solutions Point
And Solve
for puzzles appearing on pages 11-14 Page 11
Crossword
Cryptoquip
Page 11
Sudoku
Page 12
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Supposing he wanted his own tribal symbol, might a handyman craft himself a factotum pole?
Premier
Crossword
Page 13
Puzzles4Kids
Page 14
Fear
Scramblers
Knot
Page 14
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1. Bulge; 2. Place; 3. Network; 4. Burden TToday’s Word: UNPLUG
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Solutions Mega
for puzzles appearing on pages 15-17
Maze
Multi-Sudoku
4 1 5 9 2 8 7 6 3
7 8 6 3 1 5 9 4 2
9 2 3 7 4 6 1 5 8
8 6 2 1 3 4 5 9 7
3 9 4 8 5 7 6 2 1
5 7 1 2 6 9 8 3 4
6 3 7 5 8 2 4 1 9 6 3 2 7 5 8
2 4 9 6 7 1 3 8 5 4 1 7 9 2 6
1 5 8 4 9 3 2 7 6 8 9 5 4 3 1
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Pittsburgh
Puzzler
Page 17
Cryptoquote
Page 16
Word
Sleuth
Page 16
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True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. — Edna buchanan
Crossword
5 3 4 9 2 8 1 6 7
7 6 8 3 4 1 2 9 5
9 2 1 5 7 6 3 8 4
6 4 7 2 8 3 5 1 9
8 9 2 1 5 4 6 7 3
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1 5 3 7 6 9 8 4 2 06510002921
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Solutions Premier
Crossword
for puzzles appearing on pages 18-21 18-22 Page 18
Point
And Solve
Page 19
Crossword
Cryptoquip
Page 19
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When the band announced it would no longer be giving live tours, was that dis-concerting news?
Sudoku
Page 20
Puzzles4Kids
Page 22
Fear
Scramblers
Knot
Page 22
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1. Quiver; 2. Serve; 3. Furnish; 4. Create Today’s Word: REQUEST
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Solutions
for puzzles appearing on pages 23-25 22-25
Multi-Sudoku
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Cryptoquote
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Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life.
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