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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
1 6 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 19 23 24 25 28 30 31 32 33 34 36 39 42 44 45 46 47
The puzzles included in this booklet have been previously published
ACROSS __ Garner “According to __” Lopsided VCR remote button Smothers and Van Dyke Sharp parts of knives Haile Selassie’s nation: abbr. Actor Stoltz __ Van Buren; “Law & Order” role New __ on the Block; boy band of the ‘80s and ‘90s Dines Alphabetic four-in-a-row Actress Berry’s namesakes Mantle or Rooney Run __; go wild “__ & Dumber”; Jim Carrey film Actor Noah Prop for Groucho Mother __; rich ore deposit Sitcom about a furry alien W.C. or Totie Check issuer Donahue and others Castle or Dunne “Homeward Bound 2: Lost in __ Francisco” Rudely brief
DOWN 1 Green gemstone 2 Keep __; persevere
3 Actor on “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior” 4 BPOE member 5 Halo wearers: abbr. 6 Elly May Clampett’s uncle 7 __-T; “Law & Order: SVU” actor 8 Rainier and Kilimanjaro: abbr. 10 Whitney or Wallach 11 Actor on “30 Rock” 13 Victoria’s Secret purchase, perhaps 15 Aliens, for short 17 Scottish “no” 18 “__ Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 20 Pen contents 21 Female deer 22 “I __”; Robert Culp/Bill Cosby series 25 “Hee __” 26 “Judging __” 27 Chat room laugh 28 Large coffee cup 29 “__ a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” 31 “__ Hard”; Bruce Willis movie 33 Disks inserted into a PC 35 Drug tragedies, for short 37 Goodman and others 38 “Born __”; movie about a lioness 39 Knox and Worth: abbr. 40 Paul’s cousin on “Mad About You” 41 Long period of time 42 “The __ and the Pendulum” 43 “People __ Funny”
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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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
ACROSS
37 Public uprising
1 Skier Phil __
39 Actor Buddy __
6 “Old Glory”
41 Back of the neck
10 Feel sorry for oneself
42 Lukewarm
14 Ryan or Tatum
44 Discourage
15 Marathon
46 Average grade
16 Zits
47 Contradict
17 Unsuspecting
49 Cleansed
18 Bump __; meet unexpectedly
51 Loathsome
19 __ in; bring under control
54 Girl who dies in “Little Women” 55 Grown-ups
20 __ behind; fail to keep up with the group
56 Compelling; effective
22 Turn 24 Boldness
61 Dance at a bar mitzvah
25 Opposed to
63 Actress Berry
26 Capital of Montana 29 __ manual; computer pamphlet
60 Queue
DOWN
32 Paula __
1 Certain days of the week: abbr.
34 Johann Sebastian __
2 Med. school course
35 Fencing sword
3 Estate recipient
36 Donna or Rex
4 Wreak havoc on
40 More modern
5 Classy 6 Ruffle 7 Path 8 Perform 9 Beatle name 10 Loyal Democrat or Republican 11 Body of water 12 College credits
38 Unflagging 43 Skillful 45 __ up; increase by degrees 48 41st and 43rd U.S. presidents 50 Bind together stalks of wheat 51 Corridors 52 Final farewell in France
64 Majors and Marvin
13 Doctrine
53 Adjusted piano strings
21 Angry look
54 Plank
65 Pitcher
23 Crew members
56 On the house
66 __ the score; gets revenge
25 Valuable thing 26 Male red deer
57 Show off one’s muscles
30 Commotion
67 Lather
27 Actress Falco
58 Arm bone
31 Ensnares
68 Sown grain
28 Closed circle
59 Not as much
33 Dueling sword
69 Austin’s state
29 Rattled
62 Run up a tab
Solutions: Page 40
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Jumble
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS 1 Great Brazilian soccer player 5 Pile 10 Nincompoop 14 Come __; find 15 Eagle’s claw 16 Level; balanced 17 Church period before Easter 18 Shade of green 19 Lunch, for one 20 Gofer’s activity 22 With bells on 24 Sort; type 25 Passion 26 Can’t __; hates 29 Monogram for Schwarzkopf 30 Lubricated 34 Assistant 35 Musician’s stint 36 Small & dainty
37 “__, humbug!” 38 At a time in the future 40 Olive Oyl’s hairstyle 41 Wore away 43 Galloped 44 Dorm furniture 45 Took part in a marathon 46 __ as a lobster 47 Free-for-all 48 Walked back and forth 50 Jolt 51 Everlasting 54 Singer Tony __ 58 Apple’s center 59 Less common 61 Arthur of tennis 62 __ Christian Andersen 63 Furry swimmer 64 Precipitation 65 Lofty poems 66 Suspicious 67 “Ashes to ashes, __ to...”
DOWN 1 Yank 2 Fencing sword 3 Yearn 4 Interweave 5 Baby carrier? 6 Chat 7 Laila or her dad 8 Blankets 9 Verb in a bread recipe 10 Bad mark for a student 11 Move __; scoot 12 Pass out cards 13 Exclusively 21 Obsolete 23 Soft and sticky 25 Infuriated 26 __ rattling; showy display of power 27 Crown 28 __ committee; goal-oriented group 29 That fellow
31 Written slander 32 Piano piece 33 Thickheaded 35 Creator 36 Skillet 38 Taurus or Jetta 39 June honoree 42 Sadden 44 Playwright George __ Shaw 46 __ to; feel a bond with 47 Gent 49 Christmas song 50 Actor Orbach 51 Canyon sound 52 Warty hopper 53 Sea eagle 54 Tavern order 55 Jacob’s twin 56 __ and that 57 Circus shelter 60 Mailman’s beat: abbr.
Solutions: Page 40
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Solutions: Page 40
ACROSS 1 “Rise of the Planet of the __”; James Franco movie 5 Martin Sheen’s role on “The West Wing” 8 Scottish hillside 9 Actor Ballard of “Numb3rs” 12 Tolerate 13 Actor Wesley 14 Holliday and Severinsen 15 Miners’ discoveries 16 OPQ followers 18 Sault __. Marie 19 Difficult child 20 “Family __” 21 Creative thought 23 City fellows vacationing on a ranch 24 Part of a window’s frame 25 Ricky Ricardo’s portrayer 26 “The __ Burnett Show” 28 “How __ Your Mother” 29 Actor Ken 30 Stewart and Cryer 32 “__ Jude”; Beatles song 35 “The __ Bang Theory” 36 Scott __ of “Joanie Loves Chachi” 37 Villain 38 Ladd or Tiegs 40 Rue and Gilbert 41 __ Allen and the Green Mountain Boys; early American militia 42 Obama’s title: abbr. 43 180˚ from NNW 44 “__ sow, so shall ye reap”
DOWN 1 Monastery head 2 “The __”; Drew Carey’s game show 3 Actor George 4 “__ Spot Run”; David Arquette film 5 Joyce DeWitt’s role on “Three’s Company” 6 Actor Wallach and others 7 Short swim 10 Role for Ellen Pompeo 11 Magazine edition 12 Commercials 13 Mrs. in Madrid 15 Televangelist Roberts 17 Six-pointers, for short 19 Catherine of “JAG” 20 Combine 22 Singer Celine 23 Carter and Clinton: abbr. 25 Pet dinosaur of the Flintstones 26 Ear of corn 27 Sitcom title role for Linda Lavin 30 Mansfield or Meadows 31 Jed Clampett’s discovery 33 Wipe away 34 “__, Dear” 36 Feminine undergarments 37 Crew members 39 Frequent utterances heard in “Fargo” 40 Hot tub
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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 Easy mark 6 Where X marks the spot 9 British county 14 Marry on the sly 15 Top pilot 16 __ wave 17 With 26- and 48-Across, unexpected Christmas morning observation 20 Oompah maker 21 “To a ...” poem 22 Take a breath 23 Rocky Balboa skipped it 25 Choir recess 26 See 17-Across 30 Office supplies order 34 The Tigers of the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference 35 __ about: approximately 37 Prez on a penny 38 Old battle-ax 39 Big bang creator 40 Choir voices
42 43 45 46 48 50 52 53 56 57 61
64 65 66 67 68 69
Giggling syllable __ gin fizz Zips along ExxonMobil trade name See 17-Across “That’s unlikely” Start from scratch Pitchman’s “Don’t delay!” “Sure, skipper!” Where eggs mark the spot? Goodies unclaimed as a result of this puzzle’s predicament Has the guts Agua, across the Pyrenees Milk dispenser Bonnie’s partner in crime Paul’s partner in song Outdoes
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Pantry ant, e.g. 2 Matty or Felipe of baseball 3 Mummy’s home 4 Underwater weapon 5 “However ...” 6 Damsel 7 Teen’s woe 8 Place to hang your hat 9 Astonishes 10 More expensive 11 Item in a writer’s notebook 12 Commuter’s option 13 Alternatively 18 “Climb aboard!” 19 Safari heavyweight 24 Shrek and his relatives 25 Family reunion attendee 26 Secret supply 27 Angler’s boxful 28 Melodious winds 29 Dead duck 31 Unlike leftovers 32 Home
33 Like many a dorm room 36 Fast 39 Publicize in a big way 41 Sidewalk stand buy 44 “My Fair Lady” composer Frederick 45 Transparent, as stockings 47 Sounded like a pig 49 Shout 51 Northwest capital 53 Electrically flexible 54 Naughty child’s stocking filler 55 Revolutionary British sympathizer 56 “Bearing gifts, we traverse __” 58 Comes to a stop 59 Kill the dele 60 Finishes, as a road 62 Ocean Solutions: 63 Ocean traveler Page 40
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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.
39 Lion’s cry
3 Trait carrier
31 Prickly growth
1 Plead
40 Flea or beetle
32 Josh with
4 Tiny
41 Wipe away
4 Elevator alternative 5 Author A. A. __
35 Mardi __; New Orleans event
ACROSS
33 Mistake
9 Uttered
42 Human trunk
13 Knickknack 15 Leg bone
43 Impractical one; dreamer
6 Competent
38 Football field
16 Hideous
45 Not as fatty
7 Fibs
39 Wandering
17 Zero
46 Auction offer
18 Woody or Tim
47 Rich soil
41 Inventor Whitney
19 Heat in the microwave
48 Celebration
8 Actress Angela of“Murder, She Wrote”
20 Poverty
56 Oaf
22 Deceased 23 Ripped 24 __ constrictor; deadly snake 26 Dog bite danger 29 Brown-haired woman 34 Ladd and Alda 35 Angry look 36 That girl 37 Björn of tennis 38 Mashed potato topper, often
51 Stoic 57 Elevate; lift
9 Ice cream parlor order 10 Malarial fever 11 Actress Chase
42 Afternoon socials 44 Eased 45 Ne’er-do-wells
12 Recolored
47 High-intensity surgical beam
14 Conference
48 Thrilled
62 __ up; quit
21 Mothers of fawns
49 Top rating
63 Landowner’s paper
25 Half and half
58 Ark builder 60 Feed the kitty 61 Furry swimmer
50 Old stringed instrument
64 Gets close to
26 Synagogue leader
52 Spouse
65 Hideaway
27 Read __; recite
54 No longer effective
DOWN
28 __ in; enter unannounced
53 Pocket bread
1 Canister
29 Explosion
55 Overhanging roof edge
2 Prestigious British school
30 Wild overnight party
59 Mother of chickens
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 1978 co-Nobelist from Egypt 6 Bookstore ID 10 Romantic gift 14 Rowing teams 15 Cpls. and sgts. 16 In pain 17 Monteverdi character seeking to bring Euridice back from Hades 18 *“The Golden Girls” actress 20 Chum 21 WilliamsSonoma purchases 22 Make good (for) 23 *Interior designer’s forte 27 Advanced math assignment 28 __ v. Ferguson: 1896 segregation case 32 Gem of a Hitchcock film? 34 Gumbo vegetable 37 Playbill listing
38 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” 39 *Traveling 42 Like a limbo bar, late in the game 43 Fishhook feature 45 Mideast VIP 46 Record’s two 48 Like chinchillas 50 Beaded counters 52 *“My goodness!” 57 Playbill listing 60 Biol. branch 61 Dirt road feature 62 *Head-slapper’s cry 64 Common herb in Italian cooking 66 In proximity 67 Oliver’s request 68 River past Geneva 69 Biblical reformer 70 Small bit 71 Name spelled out in a canine song, and also by the starts of the answers to starred clues Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Sharpshooter’s apparatus 2 Matrix, e.g. 3 “Pour Some Sugar on Me” rockers 4 Wonder 5 Chinese menu general 6 Breaking all the rules 7 Act subdivision 8 Talk a good game 9 Code-breaking org. 10 Audible snake 11 Dos y dos y dos y dos 12 Ostracize 13 Brontë’s Jane 19 Skatepark component 21 How some amateurs turn 24 Monk’s title 25 Move viscously 26 Give __ on the back 29 Continues despite hardship 30 Plumlike fruit
31 Trees with elastic wood 32 Bass brass 33 Yemen neighbor 35 Decorative pond fish 36 The sticks 40 Hawaiian flier 41 57-Across Morales 44 Galway “Golly!” 47 “That’s nasty!” 49 Dynamic start? 51 Brief diner order? 53 “Hooray!” 54 Like a noble gas 55 Wishing one hadn’t 56 Canonized fifth-cen. pope 57 Topnotch 58 French eatery word 59 Skier’s transport 63 Texter’s “I’ve heard plenty, thanks!” 64 Texter’s “I’m away for a moment” 65 Sushi bar Solutions: tuna
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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 Military drama series for David James Elliott and Catherine Bell 4 Pitt and Garrett 9 “__ This Morning” 12 Feeling of reverent wonder 13 “That’s So __” 14 “Who Do You Think You __?” 15 No, in Scotland 16 “__ of Two Cities” 17 Solemn promise 18 Desi __ 20 Corrects a manuscript 22 Actress on “NCIS: Los Angeles” 26 Steve or Woody 27 Meredith Grey and Alex Karev: abbr. 28 “__ the Dog”; Robert De Niro movie 29 Make a selection 32 “...and a partridge in __ tree.” 35 Actress on “Last Man Standing” 39 Burke of “Designing Women” 40 Q’s followers, in the alphabet 42 Rhoda’s ma 43 Sylvester Stallone film role 47 “__ Haw” 48 Bernie __ 49 Bottled water brand 50 Miner’s discovery 51 “Mike Hammer, Private __” 52 “The Wonder __” 53 One-third of a tablespoon: abbr.
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 Actress __ Marie Hupp Academy __; Oscar Actress Davis “The Boys from __”; Gregory Peck/Laurence Olivier film “__ Race”; Whoopi Goldberg movie Ms. Gardner Dover’s state: abbr. Contemptuous smile Expensive cracker topper Thin soups Stitches __ Ortiz; Hilda’s portrayer on “Ugly Betty” Failure Former Denver Bronco John __ Jumped “__ Management”; movie for Jack Nicholson “__ at a Time” “The Hollywood __”; variety show of the 1960s One of Ted Turner’s networks Burr and Spelling Winnebagos and Airstreams: abbr. “The Price Is Right” host “Some Like __” Plaintiffs Ten-cent piece Joe Biden, for short Fifth or Pennsylvania: abbr. Farrow or Kirshner Saloon
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
DOWN
1 Group of cattle
38 Place to buy salami and rye
1 Rescuer
5 Shines
39 Sasha, to Malia
2 __ if; although
10 Mischiefmakers
40 Skepticism 41 Fast car
3 Bound and determined
14 Hardly __; seldom
42 Have big hopes
4 Thirsty
44 Girl’s bow
5 Raisins, originally
15 India’s dollar 16 __ tide 17 Depend
45 Doesn’t __ up; isn’t reasonable
6 Clear; rational 7 Many a golf tournament
18 Elastic wrap for a sprain
46 Four-bagger 47 Memorize
20 Kill two birds with __ stone
8 Spider creation
50 Sleep under the stars
9 Caribbean __
21 Twirl
51 “__ Got You Under My Skin”
22 Lubricated 23 Appointed 25 Feathery scarf 26 __ test; singleissue study of a candidate 28 Preserved for eating later 31 Creek 32 Black suit
54 Unable to read and write
10 Sioux or Hopi 11 Breakfast, e.g. 12 Leaf of a book 13 Drove too fast
30 Valleys 32 Detective’s hint 33 Hit a tennis ball in a high arc 35 Thin and limber 37 Nixon’s follower 38 Show courage 40 “I __ do it!”; claim of innocence 41 Backside 43 Outcast 44 Good-looking 46 Despises
57 Glasgow native
19 Lunch hours
47 Dishonest one
21 Pornography
48 Ms. Fitzgerald
58 __ mater; one’s former school
24 Prayer closing
49 Charitable gift
59 Intestinal part
25 “Ali __ and the 40 Thieves”
50 Crow calls
60 Kidney stone symptom
26 Reclines
52 Null and __
27 New Delhi, __
53 Sicilian volcano
28 Brusque; terse
55 Diminish
29 __ appliances; corded devices
56 Friend of Pooh
34 Rule
61 Impulsive
36 Biblical garden
62 Domineering
37 Plant life
63 Actor Alan __
57 Bath for many
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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 “Steeerike!” is one 5 Good-sized slices 10 U.K. awards 14 Slobbering comics pooch 15 Core group 16 Going around in circles, maybe 17 Rossini’s “Cinderella,” e.g. 19 See 20 Pluto, for example 21 Administered by spoon 22 Self-gratifying outing 23 Judge’s protective ruling 27 Golfer nicknamed “The Big Easy” 28 Shady plot 29 Tantrum in a restaurant, say 32 Clip 34 Docs who deliver 37 When-allelse-fails act
41 Cooperstown’s Mel 42 Tricky rink move 43 Like X, in some cases 44 Noted Titanic passenger 47 Groupie 48 Like a good project manager 54 Greek labyrinth island, in myth 55 He plays Jack on “30 Rock” 56 November honoree 58 Bike basket escapee of film 59 Employee crimes, and literally, the positions hidden in 17-, 23-, 37and 48-Across 62 Isaac’s oldest 63 Carved symbol 64 Pod veggie 65 At the front of the line 66 Subject of a sports deadline 67 Rotary Club symbol
DOWN 1 First name in fashion 2 Sew on rickrack, for instance 3 State of oblivion 4 Floral garland 5 Pooh-poohs 6 Splash gently against 7 “A Passage to India” schoolmistress 8 “It’s too darn cold!” 9 Mermaid’s milieu 10 Veteran 11 Decision-making setting 12 First name in skin care 13 Pilot 18 Lost enthusiasm 22 Have a good cry 24 Euro fraction 25 Hidey-hole 26 Apple, for one 29 __-mo 30 Alley lurker 31 Subject of IRS Form 706 32 Prefix meaning “wing”
33 “Good grief!” 35 Two-piece piece 36 RR depot 38 Star frequently gazed at 39 Coneheads’ home, so they said 40 Type type 45 Warmed the bench 46 Ascot or cravat 47 What a baby’s cry often means 48 747 competitor 49 Irregularly notched 50 Many a reggae musician 51 Fibber’s admission 52 Bring forth 53 Messing of “Smash” 57 Old autocrat 59 Addams cousin 60 Hide-hair link 61 Nudge 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 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-ofFamer 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
Crossword Puzzle
Personal Gre–enery
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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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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
Mixed Vegetables
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ACROSS Raga instrument Robbers’ nemeses Utter When Cromwell dissolved Parliament: Rom. Baking potato Gulf in Arabian Sea Notorious Boesky Hawk’s place West Indian tuber? Riviera squash? ___ of light: knowledge Cleric’s cape Gourmand’s end Uppercase Falstaff or Faust Small bite Vinegar: comb. form Defamation Fatigue Ad ___: pertinent Grand Japanese root vegetable? Yoko Military trumpet call Bookbinding leather Social reformer Jacob Burns, for one Aout’s time Brazilian rutabaga? ___ bleu! Scaly reptiles Beethoven’s “Fur ___” Violent struggles TV’s Soupy Cheese dishes Visible sandbank Spanish or western ___ “___ afraid of life”: William James More robust Lush Indonesian legume? L-P link Town between Phoenix and Tucson Mister, to Wolfgang Probability ratio ___ quinine ___ vous plait Italian gumbo? “___ there!”: tough it out Tre e tre Good enough for the Army
91 Star of “Swann in Love” 92 Allen or Lawrence 93 ___-Hungarian empire 95 Condition 96 Particular 98 Attention 99 Stradivari’s associate 100 Sincere 101 Dutch tuber? 105 French forest green 111 Urania’s sib 112 Fascist 113 Facility 114 Intended 115 Word with head or mint 116 Primitive Egyptian deity 117 Great Portuguese explorer 118 Destitute
1 2 3 4
DOWN Take small tastes of Altar oath Make lace Cardiologist’s org.
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 29 31 32 33 34 35 37
Shoulder cuff Power clique Singer Anita Cribbage scorekeeper Nosy Parker Conqueror of Peru Soft palate appendage Ethnic consideration Part of a SASE James’“What ___ Knew” Great star in Cygnus ___ de coeur Permit: abbr. Type of neckline ___ pro nobis Eastern Indians Bring up Social divisions, to 26 Down Sharpened Spice from ancient Persia? Followers: Suffix Resient of Muscat French cruciferous vegetable?
38 Poe poem 39 Overacts 41 Modern medical exams 42 Violinist Laredo 43 Oratorio solo 46 Blond’s counterpart 48 Lock of hair 52 Leftovers 54 Conductor Caldwell 56 End: comb. form 57 Hammer head ends 58 Apportion 59 Anti-fascist premier of Italy 60 What doctors order 62 ___-walsy 64 Separate seed 66 Stiller’s partner 67 Port in Egypt 68 “Potemkin” mutiny site 69 Surroundings 70 “Yogi” 71 Works of Norse mythology 72 Lettuce-like salad plant
73 TV’s Andy 75 Little dog, for short 76 Sister, in Berlin 79 Balzac 81 Involved with 84 A,B,D, or K 85 Part of Q.E.D. 86 Observed 88 “We’ll make ___ wager...”: WS 90 Cicero or Bryan 94 Seed coat 95 Relative of smog 96 Demeter, to Nero 97 Possessed 99 Rib guy? 100 Tabula ___ 101 Davis’“___ I Can” 102 Dada daddy 103 Films’ West 104 Genetic initials 106 “Bali ___” 107 Once called 108 Glaswegian’s negative 109 Terminus 110 Porcine quarters
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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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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
Kakuro, Page 10 Commuter Crossword, Page 13
Boggle, Page 10 TV Jumble, Page 11
Boggle, Page 14
Crossword, Page 15
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 42 Crossword, Page 18
(top)
Crossword, Page 19
Word Salsa, Page 20
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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
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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
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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