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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 Falk or Jennings 6 “Major __” 9 “I Shouldn’t Be __”; Animal Planet series 10 “__ Line Is It Anyway?” 12 Capital of Jordan 13 Role on “Up All Night” 14 Little friend of Winnie the Pooh 15 “Star Trek: __ Space Nine” 16 “__ Watch”; Coby Bell series 19 __ up; support 23 One of Pa Cartwright’s sons 24 “How I Met __ Mother” 25 News anchor Diane __ 28 “__ Woman”; Julia Roberts film 30 Slender 31 Martin or Cain 32 Out of __; not in harmony 33 Went out with 34 “__ Unmarried” 36 Mischief maker 39 Actor __ Irons 42 “__, I Shrunk the Kids” 44 Actress Kirstie 45 “Touched by an __” 46 Soldiers, for short 47 Spend foolishly DOWN 1 Jack, once of “The Tonight Show” 2 Red Muppet
3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 31 33 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Role on “NCIS” Eddie’s “Green Acres” co-star “The __ & Stimpy Show” “The Shaggy __”; Tim Allen movie “Not __ Stranger”; Frank Sinatra film Comfy room “__ Willie Winkie” Sitcom for Elisha Cuthbert “The __ Skelton Hour” Meredith Grey and Alex Karev: abbr. Garden tool Jerusalem’s nation: abbr. Go bad “__ of Practice” Ask nosy questions Easy and Sesame: abbr. Suffix for station or honor “__, Lose or Draw” “Ace Ventura: __ Detective”; movie for Jim Carrey Charlotte __ of “The Facts of Life” “Queen for a __” In need of moisture “Judging __” “__ the Fockers” “Gomer __, U.S.M.C.” Legal drama series for Catherine Bell Whitney or Wallach Monogram for “Kidnapped” author Stevenson “Hee __” “Cat __ Hot Tin Roof”
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS
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
1 Story by Aesop
39 Semisynthetic textile filament
67 __ off the deep end; lost it
27 Arthur of tennis
6 Food fish
41 Accurate
68 Peepers
28 Consumer
10 Facts & figures
42 Uncanny
14 Arctic or Pacific
69 Corrects a manuscript
29 Handbill
44 Of the kidneys
15 Singer Patti __
47 Work
16 Dutch cheese
49 Wall recesses
17 Bumbling
51 Capital of Wisconsin
2 Facial problem
19 Devil’s food __
54 __ War; famed thoroughbred
4 Backslides
20 Diminished
55 Subsided
22 Spitting __; exact likenesses
56 “The __ Adventure”; blockbuster film about a sea disaster
18 Element whose symbol is Fe
24 Historical times 25 Damsels 26 Stopped temporarily 29 Untrue 30 Pack animal 31 Radio knobs 33 Eat between meals 37 Those people
46 Weep
32 Moses’ brother 34 Foot’s instep
DOWN 1 Aluminum __; food wrap 3 Buzzing insects 5 Went into
35 Remedy 36 Openers 38 Combative 40 Grandmas 43 At __; relaxed 45 Family tree
6 Secret agents
48 Upper part of a woman’s dress
7 Difficult
50 Formed a spiral
8 In the past
51 Large parrot
9 In __; refusing to see reality
52 Over 53 Actor Matt __
60 Unconscious state
10 Self-indulgent 11 Proverb
54 Ditches around castles
61 Notion
12 Stolen
56 French father
63 “Remember the __!”
13 Left __; didn’t clean up
57 Painter Salvador __
64 Cosmetics company
21 Lowest point
58 Leave out
23 Woman’s title
65 Pony wagon
25 TV’s “Perry __”
59 Gives a silent assent
66 Extremely cold
26 Cracker spread
62 24 hours
Solutions: Page 40
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Jumble
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS 1 Baby’s eating accessories 5 Destroy 10 Narrow cut 14 Mine entrance 15 Wrestler Hulk 16 Neat as a pin 17 Malicious look 18 Bird of prey 19 Biblical garden 20 Supervisor 22 Sugary milk component 24 Nothing 25 Praise 26 Straighten 29 Affirmative 30 Reluctant 34 Plunge into a pool headfirst 35 Very long time 36 Head __; boss 37 Geisha’s sash 38 Goof up 40 Actor Holbrook 41 Athletic shoe brand
43 Hearing organ 44 __ off; repel 45 Firstborn of two 46 Peculiar 47 Classroom furniture 48 Obese 50 __ constrictor; crushing snake 51 Entice by flattery 54 Move to a new region or nation 58 Tiny amount 59 3-toned chord 61 Worry 62 Provide money for, as a project 63 Fisher or Albert 64 Arm bone 65 Historical times 66 Hotel offerings 67 Large quantity
DOWN 1 Soothing ointment 2 New concept 3 Tres __; very well, in France 4 Weird 5 TV’s “__ of Fortune” 6 Laugh loudly 7 __ foo yong; Chinese dish 8 Hard growth on the foot 9 Work bread dough 10 Ten-gallon hat 11 Venetian resort 12 “Beware the __ of March” 13 Actress Daly 21 Colorless liquor 23 Blue or brown 25 John F. __ 26 Venerate 27 Written slander 28 Covered with a climbing plant
29 Second person 31 Cramps 32 Express gratitude to 33 __ up; delays 35 Antlered animal 36 That girl 38 Uninterested 39 Papa 42 Decapitates 44 Scared 46 Go to extremes 47 Boxer or collie 49 Change slightly 50 __ one’s time; waits patiently 51 Married woman 52 Sixty minutes 53 Sicilian volcano 54 Injure 55 Folksinger __ Guthrie 56 Camp shelter 57 Greek letters 60 Wedding words
Solutions: Page 40
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Solutions: Page 40
ACROSS 1 Jamie’s husband on “Mad About You” 5 “One Day __ Time” 8 Actress __ Samms 9 “Murphy __” 12 As __ dust; parched 13 Hockey position 14 Spheres 15 “Duck __”; Marx Brothers movie 16 Defunct airline 18 Nation whose capital is Damascus: abbr. 19 Actor __ Damon 20 “Tell __ Willie Boy Is Here”; Robert Redford movie 21 Actress Moran 23 Make a second attempt 24 Urkel, for one 25 Series for Alan Alda 26 Actress Zellweger 28 __ up; put in one’s chips 29 Lost vital fluid 30 Chore 32 __ up; arrange 35 “__ Number Four”; sci-fi movie 36 Actor __ Dane 37 “__ Trek” 38 Andy, Opie or Bee 40 Actor Denis 41 “My Own Worst __” 42 “My Name Is __” 43 Distress signal 44 “The __ bitsy spider crawled up the water spout...”
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 30 31 33 34 36 37 39 40
DOWN “__ Mason” Star of “Judging Amy” Thurman’s namesakes “__ Vegas” “What I Like __ You” “The Parent __”; Hayley Mills film Large Internet service provider “Dancing __” More recently purchased Uno, __, tres, cuatro... “America’s __ Talent” “The __ Pebbles”; Steve McQueen movie Actress Madigan Deep mud Examination Rex or Donna Place in order of importance Gender: abbr. Baseball stat. Fill with joy Donahue and others “Up in the __”; George Clooney film “The __ Show”; CBS morning program “__ a Little Tenderness”; hit song for Otis Redding “Sesame Street” character Chair or sofa “__, Dear” Neckwear for Don Ho
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Daily Crossword
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ACROSS
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
1 *Century maker 6 Berlin beef? 9 They may be lost or frozen 14 Ishikari Bay city 15 Before, before 16 How holes are rarely made? 17 Red Square honoree 18 Title in a Shakespeare title 20 Chair part 21 Karmann __: classic VW 23 *Name of eight English kings 24 [As written] 25 *Engenders 27 Pageboys et al. 28 Down Under runners 30 Banks of Chicago 32 Suffragist Julia Ward __ 34 Michigan, to Mitterand 36 Tippler 40 Hindu teacher 42 Sajak sale 43 Arab League founding member 44 Carpentry joint component
45 History 47 Many presidential periods 48 Joined a jam 50 Business opening 52 Kentucky Colonels’ org. 55 *To whom Hamlet said, “O, I die” 57 Glove box item 60 *Certain psychic 62 Comes together 63 One-time link 64 Seeing red? 66 Hues 68 Sombrero wearer 69 Sombrero, e.g. 70 Mark Twain, for one 71 Emotionless 72 Poehler of “Parks and Recreation” 73 Reason to wear shades (and a word for which you have to 7-Down to find a word, different in each case, that can follow a starred answer)
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Hurled weapons 2 Development sites 3 “Atonement” author 4 Champagne shout 5 Panda’s skill, in a 2008 film 6 Auspices 7 See 73-Across 8 Egg source
33 Have a mortgage 35 South American forest dweller 37 What might involve reminiscing about old flames? 38 Place to chill out 39 TDs may end them 41 Dashing, maybe
9 Carefree quality 10 From the top
46 Follow 49 Hefty volume
11 Snap 12 Janvier, across the Pyrenees 13 Elates
53 “John Brown’s Body” poet
19 Seagull relative 22 It often winds up in a yard 26 Some Deco works 29 Office joggers 31 Alpine peak 32 ’40s-’50s D.C. initials
51 Attend alone 52 Screwy
54 Hersey’s “A Bell for __” 56 Irritable 58 Rose oil 59 Outmoded 61 Pitching wedge, e.g. 65 “Now I get it!” Solutions: 67 Not well
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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 1 Ignited 4 Receded 9 Singer Joan __ 13 Opera solo 15 Treasure __; valuable cache 16 Merry-goround or Ferris wheel 17 Three feet 18 Employs 19 Correct a text 20 Poverty 22 Bewildered 23 Wood furniture blemish 24 Juvenile newt 26 Resounds 29 Brow 34 Intertwine hair 35 All-out attack 36 Pedro’s uncle 37 Beach surface 38 Works hard 39 Yank 40 Conclusion
41 Artificial 42 Song of an Alpine goatherd 43 Very young bird 45 Linear metric measures 46 Presidential candidate Paul 47 Derriere 48 Albacore or bluefin 51 Smoothskinned peach 56 Actor Guinness 57 __ Allen; furniture store 58 Gives a silent assent 60 Patella’s place 61 Catch in a trap 62 No longer here
DOWN 1 Produce eggs 2 Tehran’s nation
28 __ over; delivers 29 Toss 30 Greasy
3 Grow weary
31 Piano piece
4 Moral principles
32 Sick person
5 Verge; edge
35 Benefit
6 __ with; tolerated 7 Arden & Plumb 8 Baked Alaska and apple pie 9 Out of __; panting 10 Helps 11 Actress and singer Adams 12 Fraternity letter 14 Tissue mass often removed with tonsils 21 Perished
33 Gifts for girls 38 Dieter’s goal 39 __ soil; planter contents 41 Arafat’s org. 42 Twelve months 44 Follows the trail of 45 More cruel 47 Fixed gaze 48 Accept 49 Arm bone 50 At no time, to a poet 52 Sicilian volcano 53 Film detective Charlie __
63 Dumbo’s dilemma
25 Flat-crowned tasseled hat
64 Not as goofy
26 Actor Buddy __
54 Midday
65 Scottish denial
27 Huge lifting machine
59 Observe
55 Writer Ferber
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 6 15 16 17
18 19 21 22 23 25 26
28 29 30 32 35
Confusing places Unfaithful Matter of faith “Huh?” When Othello says to Desdemona, “... would thou hadst ne’er been born!” “The Birth of a Nation” period Clarifying words Black’s opposite, financially Brewer’s need 1972 Eastwood title role Country with a dragon on its flag Medieval poem about fate set to music in Orff’s “Carmina Burana” Whiting cousin Cutting-edge brand since the ’70s Highway through Whitehorse Show co-hosted by Robin Roberts, briefly “The Facts of Life” actress
36 Of the 48 states, it has the largest island 38 __-en-Provence, France 39 Martians, e.g. 40 Clarifying words 41 Pianist Watts 43 Bossy remark? 44 Weapon outlawed by a 1993 agreement 46 __ renewal 49 Perform a long jump 50 Street light 51 Sgt., e.g. 52 If nothing changes 55 Friend of Uncle Tom 58 Parting words? 59 Branch of chemistry 60 Brand of imitation fat 61 Big 12 football team led onto the field by The Masked Rider 62 “Crud!” Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Future doc’s test 2 Keystone site 3 “Chicago” Oscar winner 4 Life sentence reducers? 5 It was dissolved by the Belavezha Accords 6 Conan’s network 7 “Perform This Way” parodist 8 Took a good look at 9 Adorned mischievously 10 First name in spy fiction 11 “The Wind in the Willows” amphibian 12 Optimal 13 Old language that gives us “geyser” 14 Airborne pests 20 UPC cousin 24 Blown away 25 Teleportation device for chocolate, in a 1971 film
26 Meanie 27 Royal decree 28 Ride 31 __ Island 32 One with the latest gizmos 33 Actress Sorvino 34 Graph references 37 Expressive rock genre 42 Early WWII prime minister Chamberlain 43 It’s repeated a lot 45 Dietary no. 46 Dark 47 Roi’s wife 48 Head shot? 49 Tantrum result, maybe 51 In order 53 “__ first ...” 54 Planned stops: Abbr. 56 Some linemen: Abbr. 57 “__ du lieber!” 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.
1 4 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 26 27 28 29 32 35 39 40 42 43 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
ACROSS “The Early Show” network Don or Edie Actor Voight “__ You There, Chelsea?” Popular exercise Spanish gold Warsaw’s nation: abbr. David of “Rules of Engagement” Batteries for electronics, often Actress Marisa __ “The __”; Fran Drescher sitcom “Last __” Rigg or Ross Billy __ Williams “Two and a Half __” Apple pie __ mode Walks the floor Star of “Chuck” “The Price Is Right” host Singer Frankie __ Mr. Linkletter Sitcom title role for Bea Arthur “Major __” “__ a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” “__ and the Chipmunks” Actress Jillian Hearing organ Gingrich and others Actor Nicholas __
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 Joseph Hannah’s title on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”: abbr. Comic strip “__-Hilda” City in Alabama St. Francis of __ Guacamole or salsa “One Day __ Time” Soft wet dirt Pay out Actress Woodward “The Real Housewives of __ County” Too inquisitive “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s __”; movie for Johnny Depp Assistance __ Bay Buccaneers Has __ to the ground; watches for the latest trends McKeon or Travis Actor Hank Ali of “Heroes” “__ Ventura: Pet Detective”; movie for Jim Carrey Burstyn and Pompeo “20,000 Leagues Under the __” Earle __; portrayer of Cliff’s father on “The Cosby Show” Hairdresser Sassoon Ridiculous Actress Blanchett Dame __; funny persona of Australia’s Barry Humphries Tavern order RST followers Morse code symbol
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 1 “When You __ Upon a Star” 5 Unborn infant
1 Shawl or coat
36 Poet Angelou
2 Davenport, __
37 Vote into office
3 Prejudicially put all people into one group
38 Manufacture
10 Wide-mouthed pitcher
39 Drink slowly
14 Learn by __; memorize
40 Place things on both sides of
15 Got up
41 Tennis’ Monica
16 Unhealthy chest sound
42 Most modern
17 Fills with holy wonder
DOWN
34 High-mucketymuck, for short
44 Maximum 45 Wrath 46 Parody
18 Boorish
47 Sports building
20 Golf hole average
50 Speech impediment
21 Deceptively smooth
51 Craze
22 Played a role
4 “__ got the whole world in His hands...” 5 Shortcomings 6 Bert’s buddy 7 Grave
29 Room for Pres. Obama’s desk 30 Athletic shoes, for some 32 Bench board 33 Laying bird 35 Nuisance 37 “Or __!”; words of an ultimatum 38 Office note
8 Neighbor of Mexico: abbr.
40 Wild
9 Title for Boxer or Hatch: abbr.
43 Screen’s place
10 Builds 11 Skin growth
41 Cease
44 Rattles 46 __ & Garfunkel
12 Gen. Robert __
47 In the center of
54 Interfering
13 Late actor Foxx
48 Raise, as kids
57 Deep mud
19 Mrs. Reagan
23 Gladden
21 Celebration
50 Nutty
58 “Othello” villain
25 Social insect
59 UK racecourse
24 Italy’s dollar before 2002
26 Ruins
61 Ms. Barrymore
28 City in Arizona
62 Lowly workers
31 Extreme
63 Yellowishbrown wood
32 Sparkling
60 Applies frosting
25 Mom’s sister 26 Totals
49 Border 52 Zone 53 Student’s table 55 Poe’s initials
27 Unadorned
56 180˚ from NNW
28 Lyme disease carrier
57 Cambridge inst.
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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 Like the rides in a kiddie park 5 Scrabble play 9 Rose petal pest 14 Persian Gulf country 15 Nautical “Howdy!” 16 Ross of the Supremes 17 Commercial assignment? 19 Tofurky eater at Thanksgiving, perhaps 20 Monarch’s tenure 21 Giraffe kin 23 Lend a hand 24 Blood disorder that causes weakness 26 Words after “Oops!” 28 Commercial style of speaking? 31 Expensive ballpark spot 34 Museum artifact
38 Street sign abbr. 39 Sulks 42 It pumps up the band’s volume 43 When tripled, a story shortener 46 “Please go first ...” 49 Commercial undertaking requiring capital? 52 Cricket cousin 55 London chimer 59 LAPD broadcast 60 Threw a hissy fit 63 Transform for Halloween, as a pumpkin 64 Raffle reward 66 Commercial speech? 68 Skin openings 69 Really bug 70 Make off with 71 Chilean mountains 72 Pedometer unit 73 Greek god of war
DOWN 1 Wonder Woman’s headpiece 2 Shakespearean forest 3 She liked Ike 4 Real puzzlers 5 “Kilroy __ here” 6 Toledo’s state 7 Chess piece that can’t move diagonally 8 Ruler by heredity 9 Commercial sun shade? 10 Place for 24 blackbirds, in verse 11 Comics Viking 12 “... bombs bursting __” 13 “Yankee Doodle __” 18 Mean and sarcastic 22 Luau dish 25 West who played Batman 27 __ of a kind 29 Simpson judge 30 TV from D.C. 31 Miami’s Biscayne __ 32 Lab eggs
33 Marked the spot 35 Hens do it 36 Texter’s “Here’s what I think” 37 PC brain 40 Baby newt 41 Ticket part you keep 44 24 hours 45 Commercial attire? 47 Novelist Jong 48 Yachting race 50 By way of 51 Awards for mystery writers 52 Phi Beta __ 53 Cook’s cover-up 54 Car daddy took away, in a Beach Boys song 56 Pipe material 57 Conjure up 58 Babies, in Barcelona 61 Make less wordy, as an article 62 Ration (out) 65 Alphabet ender 67 Account exec
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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ACROSS Biography Dutch treat Long story Porgy’s love Hear Make over Not fer Wood-shaping tool Patti plus Tina Edith plus Holly Young chorister Netman Lendl “The King Must Die” novelist Mary Grandpa, in “The Waltons” Scrub a mission Panache Desert rodent Stew Moroccan port “...my fame for ___ of ale”: Shak. Irene of film Nettle Antitoxins “___ the season to be...” Was patient Shrewish Katharina’s town Sol followers Contestants Remove dampness naturally Cut Causing nausea Lauder of cosmetics Make possible Stout cousin Edith plus Ezra Palindromic Indian Stephen King title Carnival features Deserves Pay to play Cloudless Intimate scene Hwy. Rub out Snaps “___ the ramparts...” Duration ___ Tin-Tin
Crossword Puzzle
Twosomes
87 Hominy ___ 88 Atlanta arena 89 Fiery crime 91 Ameliorate 94 Individual 96 Robert de___ 99 ___ and kicking 100 Investor’s buy 101 Glass-making ingredients 104 Mens sana in corpore ___ 105 Importunes 109 Betty plus Soupy 111 Gene plus Adolph 113 Mail 114 Seed 115 Needle case 116 Edison’s ___ Park 117 Stand 118 US satellite 119 Challenge 120 “An apple ___ keeps...” DOWN 1 Jacob’s first 2 Classic villain
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 16 20 22 24 27 30 32 33
Kind of train Menu item Blunder Disclaim Summer cooler Inactive Wasteland Representatives Leading lady Scala Previn or Watts Woody Allen flick of ‘71 Caesar’s accusatory words Cartoonist Silverstein Programming language Spanish painter José Kind of eclipse Deutschland ___ Alles Loki’s daughter Cousin of 32 Across Tops Box office take Express a view
34 Emily plus Edgar Lee 35 Intestinal fortitude 36 Undisclosed 38 Ma plus Timothy 39 Thin as ___ 40 Sample 42 Moat 44 Capek play 45 Funny Danny 48 Use the hose 49 Cuckoo 50 Actress Zasu 51 Mars: comb. form 54 CSA signature 55 Black ink item 56 French composer Erik 58 Comic Cantor 60 Goddesses of fate 63 Verdi opera 64 Feels poorly 65 Sends forth 67 Swedish actress Toren 68 Bury 69 Flanders river 72 Kind of trip
73 Pool member 76 Psychic Geller 77 Cast a ballot 78 Hibernia 81 Aggravated 82 Busy place 85 Watchdog 87 Display pleasure 88 Bade 90 Not as rude 92 Radiation devices 93 Vital fluid 94 Nosegay 95 Conundrum 97 Indian dance 98 Native American 100 Confute 101 Clean the deck 102 Their, in Frankfurt 103 Bean type 105 Smear 106 1987 Emmy winner Rowlands 107 Hard to hold 108 ___ -Cat: polar vehicle 110 Musical Brown 112 JFK sched.
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Word Salsa
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Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
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Crossword Puzzle
Personal Gre–enery
1 6 10 16 17 18 20 21 22 24 25 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 47 48 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 68 69 70
ACROSS Hold tightly Off with you! Worshiper Rest period Cathedral section Motorized Ice remover Puzzlers’ ox Before birth Twists Hank’s whiskers, botanically speaking? Yoko ___ Sorrowful word Wooden plug Golden and Walden Slammers Acct. Provides nourishment Old Italian coin Pedestal part Star-shaped Money machines Makes haste Broadcasts Bridges Father Homes Race phases Adopted Offers benisons Baseball Hall-of-Famer Irvin Blackthorn fruit Hawaiian seaport Stage successes Code inventor Leg bone Aircraft acronym The same, in footnotes North France waterway Flock sound Kind of goat Process alcohol Burns the midnight oil Tea cakes Olfactory appendage Wanders Parthenon portico
71 74 75 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88
Attractive English coins Baker’s dozen Altar access Simba’s family Thin cotton cloth Nero’s 16 Dove domicile Skirt style Look into CAT ___ Sched. heading Abigail’s darner, botanically speaking? 90 Eliminate a vowel 91 Explode 93 Beach covering 94 Spins 96 One going back on his word 97 Being: L. 98 Brought out 99 Modistes 100 Heroic action 101 Supped
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 23 26 27 30
DOWN Having tendrils Slants Reptiles Fr. religious title Fortification walls Watchdog warnings Brave’s craft Stratford’s river Flatware components Adds on El ___: land of desire Chargers Tear Baseball stat. Enhance a photo Carve Hang loosely Headliners Misplaces Helpmate Security devices Roebuck’s partner
32 Cotten’s Chesterfield, botanically 34 Takes to the sky 35 List of candidates 36 Certain 38 Noblewoman’s vestment, botanically speaking? 39 Sudden surge 40 Kitchen gadget 42 Sound thinking 43 Tonto’s pinto 44 Plant pest 45 June belle 46 Grain-based 47 Word with play or power 48 Egyptian dancing girls 49 Colossus 50 Run off 51 Gives out 53 Watered silk 54 Appears to be 57 Drab 58 Heartthrob
62 63 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 80 81 84 85 86 88 89 90 92 95
Support Make a basket Carry-all Shortened Fence steps Stable gear Felt a chill Led the start Mob member Mount Vernon and others School readers Sonorous sound All atwitter Avoided Baseball teams Inferior racehorse Dried grass Old saying Very thick Relieve thirst Once more Comfort English public school Single Egg: prefix
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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
More or Less
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More or Less
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More or Less
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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More or Less
Hitori
Solutions: Page 44
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 36
More or Less
Solutions: Page 44
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 37
More or Less
Hitori
More or Less
Solutions: Page 44
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 38
More or Less
Solutions: Page 44
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 39
Hitori
Solutions: Page 44
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
Kakuro, Page 10 Commuter Crossword, Page 13
Boggle, Page 10 TV Jumble, Page 11
Boggle, Page 14
Crossword, Page 15
Page 42 • Brain BUSTERS Crossword, Page 16
Brain BUSTERS • Page 42 Crossword, Page 18
(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
Page 43 • Brain BUSTERS Hitori, Page 31
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
Brain BUSTERS • Page 44 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
Brain BUSTERS • Page 45
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
Brain BUSTERS • Page 46
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
Brain BUSTERS • Page 47
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