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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
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ACROSS Game show host __ Carey “__ Life to Live” Actor __ Auberjonois Role on “Leave It to Beaver” Actress Diana and her family Entice; charm “Resident __”; Milla Jovovich sci-fi horror movie Max of “Barney Miller” “Message __ Bottle”; Kevin Costner movie “__, Dear” Gentle; easy to handle Quantities: abbr. “Dr. __” Sword fights “__ Improvement” “My Three __” Loses one’s footing Nobel-winning African bishop “A __ of Two Cities” Popular ‘70s carpet style Mexican Mrs. Type of sandwich, for short Actress Helgenberger “Planet of the __”; Charlton Heston/ Roddy McDowall movie Joan or her daughter Melissa “My Big Fat __ Wedding” Lt. __ Van Buren; role on “Law & Order” Many ballpoint pens Slangy refusal Fill completely
DOWN 1 Carey Mulligan/Ryan Gosling movie 2 Kelly Ripa’s longtime cohost 3 High school subj. 4 Jazz guitarist __ Montgomery 5 Stan Laurel’s pal, familiarly 6 Not valid 7 Large bird that cannot fly 10 Series for Maria Bello 11 Barbra Streisand movie 12 Alejandro __ of “The Flying Nun” 13 Initials for Winnie-the-Pooh’s creator 15 Storm or Gordon 17 Donkey 19 Conway and Russert 20 Bee, to Sheriff Andy Taylor 22 Actress Lange 23 Role on “The King of Queens” 25 Male deer 26 Easy and Sesame: abbr. 27 Melissa Gilbert’s role on “Little House on the Prairie” 30 __ Michelle Gellar 31 Clock divisions: abbr. 33 Actress Della __ 34 “__ This Old House”; home repair series 36 “As I was going to St. Ives, I __ man with seven wives...” 37 Opera solo 39 Actor __ Diesel 40 Playwright Shaw’s monogram
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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1 Possesses
37 Like an unkind remark
5 Capital of Morocco
38 Sheet of ice on the water
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
10 Throw __; discard 14 Faucet problem 15 Clear the slate 16 Company symbol
39 Affirmative 40 Marsh plant 41 Silly as a __ 42 Sniffs 44 __ oneself; got ready for a jolt
DOWN 1 Earthenware pot 2 Dam in a river 3 Selfcenteredness 4 Music from Jamaica 5 Turn from sin
45 Nothing
6 Ascended
17 Italy’s dollar before the euro
46 Money, slangily
7 Go __; return
47 Straighten
8 Inquire
18 Purse
50 Ping-__; table tennis
9 Golf ball peg
20 St. Joan of __ 21 Piece of office furniture
51 Foot digit
10 Even though 11 Builder’s supply
28 Relinquish 29 Distributing 30 Lasso’s end 32 Finishes 33 Irish dance 35 Unwanted plant 37 Peddle 38 Young horse 40 Injured arm support 41 Liquor 43 Locomotive 44 Baby’s hat 46 Bullwinkle, e.g.
54 Proceeding in a court of law
12 Very eager
57 Many a popular female singer
13 Wooden bar joining 2 oxen
58 “So be it!”
19 Robbery
26 Bug
59 Thicket of trees
28 Flowing robe
24 Brooklyn
60 Small bills
31 Persists
25 Frilly trimming
61 Appoint
32 Kick out
56 Haul behind
34 Near the floor
62 Twitter message
26 “Now __ me down to...”
36 Hertz rival
63 Villain
27 Main parts of cathedrals
57 “Zip-a-Dee-__Dah”
22 Row of shrubs 23 __ ear and out the other 25 Luau garland
21 MDs, familiarly
47 Alda or Arkin 48 Peru’s capital 49 Knickknack 50 Plumbing piece 52 Pass __; skip 53 At __; relaxed 55 Play division
Solutions: Page 40
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Jumble
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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24 25 26 29 30 31 33 37
ACROSS Tear into bits Twofold Bereavement Lift and throw Iran’s continent Leave out Killer whales Late actor Foxx Prefix for legal or medic Foretells One of Santa’s reindeer Historical periods Abnormal; wayward Covered with a layer of gold Went public with Actress Gabor Passes out cards Within __; handy Every
39 Instruct 41 Robert or Elizabeth 42 Verb in a bread recipe 44 First stage 46 Scottish “no” 47 Destroys 49 Folk story 51 Depresses 54 Greek cheese 55 Anew 56 Mosque towers 60 Lunch hour 61 Captain in “Moby-Dick” 63 Wall recess 64 Sand mound 65 Mother __; rich ore deposit 66 Theater worker 67 Winter vehicle 68 Pitcher 69 Glowed
DOWN 1 Small store 2 German mister 3 Marathon 4 Sidestepped 5 Wanted 6 Pub game 7 Does drugs 8 Assistance 9 Hook and __ truck; fire fighters’ vehicle 10 Crooked 11 Largest city in Nebraska 12 Ambulance’s warning device 13 Begin 21 West Point student 23 Declare firmly 25 Compact __; CDs 26 Avid computer tech, perhaps 27 __ the Terrible 28 “Arsenic and Old __”
29 Ladd & Thicke 32 Long periods 34 Top rating 35 Extended family 36 Pay attention to 38 Gelled 40 Singer Reddy 43 Member’s fees 45 Lockjaw 48 Breathe in 50 Tastelessly showy 51 Makes smooth 52 Run __ of the law; commit a crime 53 Male bee 54 Dietary need 56 Manufactured 57 Canyon sound 58 At that time 59 Extremely dry 62 In what way?
Solutions: Page 40
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Solutions: Page 40
ACROSS 1 Saget of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” 4 “Green __” 9 “Grounded __ Life” 12 Yoko __ 13 Actress Eva Marie __ 14 Coach __ Parseghian 15 “__ be in England now that April’s there...” (Robert Browning) 16 Tropical fruit 17 Network for Wolf Blitzer 18 Explorer __ de León 20 __ PG; like movies possibly not for the whole family 22 Actor on “NCIS: Los Angeles” 26 Toaster’s proclamation 27 “Boys Don’t __”; Hilary Swank film 28 Meyers or Graynor 29 Role on “Up All Night” 32 “The Big __”; movie for Bogart and Bacall 35 “Last __” 39 Glover or DeVito 40 “The __”; series for Mr. T 42 Prefix for cycle or form 43 Kingdom 47 Bart Simpson’s “Grampa” 48 Banned insecticide 49 Unfasten, as one’s shoelaces 50 Monogram for author Stevenson 51 “__ Yes to the Dress” 52 Rings, as a bell 53 “The Old Man and the __”
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 Betty of old cartoons “__ of Old Smoky” Singer Pat __ __ as a lamb President Arthur’s monogram “The Adventures of __ Tin Tin” High school subject: abbr. “The Perfect __”; film for George Clooney “Fear __” Crotchety Kentucky Sen. __ Paul Dracula and others: abbr. Diane Sawyer’s employer Pot __; braised beef dish Role on “Cheers” Sigourney Weaver sci-fi movie Plummer or Peet “__ Fair”; Reese Witherspoon film Actress __ Jillian Singer and actor who played Mingo on “Daniel Boone” “The __ and the Pendulum” Pancake topper Approaches “Gone With the Wind” star Failures Small plateau 180˚ from WSW “One Day __ Time” Comic strip “__ Abner”
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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
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Family nickname Wharton hero Crude letters One of five Norwegian kings Trapper’s tool? Roast, in Rhone Eye sore Invierno month Nicole’s “Moulin Rouge!” co-star Enjoying “O patria mia”? Legal title: Abbr. Artificial “Night Moves” singer Some of its ads feature a pig named Maxwell Prima __ Cuban patriot Martí Ages Fight back, say Aussie’s school Contract extras, and read differently, a hint to this puzzle’s theme
42 43 45 46 47
Layer Time to retire Copycat Vichy waters Kennedy and Waters 49 Like old apples 51 Character piece? 53 “Pork and Beans” band 57 Binge 59 Whomping actor Eric? 62 Literary collections 64 Amity 65 Knee-slapper 66 Star in Lyra 67 Top of a form, perhaps 68 Heraldry border 69 Furthest from the hole, in golf 70 Big key 71 Fade, maybe Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Israel’s Dayan 2 Let out, say 3 Builders of stepped pyramids 4 Nothing special 5 Frantic 6 Signaled one’s arrival 7 Ancient theaters 8 1961 record breaker 9 Ate at 10 Tram load 11 Supply electricity to a California city? 12 Weather may delay them: Abbr. 13 Half of dix 21 Samson’s end? 22 Ancient assembly area 26 Compass hdg. 28 Bars at the end 29 Latish lunch hr. 31 “Because freedom can’t protect itself” org. 32 “Come Sail Away” band
33 Solstice month 34 Doing the job 35 Spot a flamboyant singer? 37 Bygone blade 40 Rockefeller Center statue 41 Approach 44 Every other hurricane 46 One may be penciled in 48 Like a piece of cake 50 Boost, with “up” 52 Front-end alignment 54 “New” currency replaced by the Congolese franc 55 Gay leader? 56 Triple-A, at times 57 Software product with a cup-andsaucer logo 58 All over again 60 “Categorical imperative” philosopher 61 Slurpee Solutions: alternative 63 Come out with 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.
ACROSS 1 Cold __; ham, salami, etc. 5 Noted English racecourse 10 __ mater; one’s former school 14 Opera solo 15 Unwilling 16 Rex or Donna 17 Autumn 18 Work 19 Musical group 20 Mrs. Roosevelt 22 “__ Rex”; play by Sophocles 24 Sea inlet 25 Shoe bottom ridge 26 Small fish 29 Edgar Allan __ 30 Swerves
40 Go quickly 41 Actor __ Marin 43 Acquire 44 Remain unsettled; hang 45 Unit of fineness for gold 46 Crawling insect 47 __-walsy; chummy 48 Giggle 50 Roll of cash 51 __ cuff; part of the shoulder 54 Walked like a duck 58 United __ Emirates; UAE 59 Usual practice
34 Sharpen
61 Venetian resort
35 Singer Tillis
62 Actor Reiner
36 Admirable quality
63 Useful
37 Perform
64 Historical times
38 Fights against
65 Otherwise
66 “Lovely Rita, __ maid...” 67 Identical
31 Lucy’s landlady 32 Destroys 33 Run-down
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 23 25 26 27 28 29
DOWN Lunch spot Russia’s __ Mountains Flooring piece Marketable Metal mixture Fly high Taxi Actor Peter __ Small card Dispute settler Jump List of dishes Finds a sum __ King Cole __ Cup; tennis competition Perfume Hut Coffee flavoring Go in Get-up-andgo
35 Driving speed letters 36 Pooch’s doc 38 Group of eight 39 Collection 42 Able to be consumed 44 Spanks 46 Supply oxygen to the blood 47 Cushion 49 Boring 50 Irrigate 51 Run fast 52 Spoken 53 Sailors 54 Stratagem 55 Italy’s dollar, once 56 Dutch cheese 57 Prescribed amount 60 Used the teeth
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 Got out of a shelter 8 Slender watercourse 15 Frankie Carle signature song that became a #1 hit 17 Cast off inhibitions 18 Peppy 19 Ken Jenkins’s “Scrubs” role 20 __ Bo 21 Captain in an 1870 sci-fi classic 22 “The Colossus” poet 23 Unyielding 24 Cube root of ventisette 25 Visibly touched 26 Cyclist’s challenge 27 Prison periods 28 Take part 29 Genre that influenced Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album
32 Flees 33 Redirecting sign 34 Irk 35 Grandiose, as rhetoric 36 Blanc and Pelat 37 Bring up the rear 40 Press 41 First dog walker, maybe 42 Sidekick role for Bruce Lee 43 Itinerary fig. 44 __ Agnew, singer with Celtic Woman 45 Lake named for a tribe 46 Popular household reference since the 1930s, as it’s commonly known 49 Helter-skelter 50 Queen’s genre 51 Cared for Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Italicized 2 One who needs a second helping? 3 Flight board status 4 City near Sundance 5 Jabber at the table? 6 Tip of one’s tongue? 7 Dorm room buy 8 Land and buildings 9 Notre Dame squad, familiarly, with “the” 10 Florida’s __ Beach 11 Coblenz conjunction 12 Countrymen who kick off their rainy season with a Rocket Festival 13 Foe of Robert the Bruce 14 Film noir setting 16 Wool-gathering aid 22 “Waiting for __”: Time magazine cover of 5/25/1992 23 __-Lay 25 Warmish
26 Fall guys 27 Lionfish’s weapon 28 Volkswagen compact 29 First major Civil War battle on Union soil 30 When Santa calls “Vixen,” in poetry 31 Does over 32 Screenwriter called the “Shakespeare of Hollywood” 34 Opposite of get tough 36 Arthurian chronicler Sir Thomas __ 37 Rustler’s rope 38 Opposite of whenever 39 Kicked off the stage, in a game show 41 Not as forward 42 Friend of Oliver J. Dragon 44 Pirate’s recess 45 Optimism 47 Scribble 48 “Now __ the one half-world / Nature seems Solutions: dead”: Macbeth
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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.
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ACROSS Sherman Hemsley sitcom “__ My Children” Actress Glaudini “Beauty and the __” Actress and director __ Foster West Indian polytheistic religion Small bills Costello and Ferrigno Home of the Trojans, for short Suffix for command or puppet “Mr. Candid Camera” “__ by Step” __ football; foam toy Role on “I Love Lucy” Worry Katherine Helmond sitcom that was a parody of daytime serials In the know Actress Belknap Brokaw and Hanks Namesakes of actress Wray “__ on a Hot Tin Roof” “What Kind of Fool __?”; hit song for Sammy Davis, Jr. Actor __ Kristofferson Morning show co-host Kelly Actress Donahue Morley of “60 Minutes” Pantyhose material One of the Great Lakes Ford model of past decades Actor Gregory
DOWN 1 “Home __”; Macaulay Culkin film 2 Ed O’Neill sitcom 3 Wallach and Marienthal 4 Glasgow negative 5 “Mad __ You” 6 Late July babies 7 Boy 10 Mitzi Gaynor musical 11 “We’re off __ the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz....” 12 Actor Mantegna 13 Max __ Sydow 15 Lorna __; daughter of Judy Garland 17 Rank for Max Klinger and Radar O’Reilly: abbr. 19 “Live __ or Die Hard”; Bruce Willis movie 20 Father on “American Dad!” 22 Makes a boo-boo 23 Long, long periods 25 “$#*! My Dad __” 26 “One Day __ Time” 27 “Designing __” 30 Fern leaf 31 “Up in the __”; George Clooney movie 33 Take __; look briefly 34 Street paver’s substance 36 Shoelace problem 37 “The __ Breed”; James Solutions: Stewart film 39 “__ Fly Away” Page 41 40 Ninth month: abbr.
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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 Sunbather’s reward 4 Late rapper __ Shakur
37 Hallucinogenic drugs, for short
1 Pekoe, for one
32 “...a poem lovely as __...”
38 Impoverished
2 Charitable gift
33 Long; ache
39 Prefix for medic or legal
3 TV’s “__ That Tune”
9 Accused spy __ Hari
40 Golfer Trevino
13 Vigorous spirit
41 Nourishes
15 Ring-shaped island
42 Pickled pepper picker
16 Pub beverages 17 Bullets 18 Country estate 19 Songbird 20 Ridiculous 22 Without changes 23 Pristine 24 Depressed
43 Haughtiness 45 Diminish 46 Pot cover 47 __ up; confined 48 Meditative exercise 51 Airiness; agility 56 Mocked
DOWN
35 Doe or stag
4 Saloon
38 __ to say; as is self-evident
5 Useful
39 Bothers
6 Vaulter’s need 7 “__ well that ends well!” 8 Sort; arrange 9 Disease 10 Word of woe 11 Actress Garr 12 Invites 14 Perplex 21 Clubs or hearts 25 __ day now; pretty soon
41 J. Edgar Hoover’s agcy. 42 Actor Sean __ 44 Pieces of grass 45 A, B or C, e.g. 47 __ out; get rid of gradually 48 Hairy oxen 49 Mayberry boy 50 “__ move on!”; “Hurry up!”
27 Actor Buddy
52 Computer screen image
61 Tipsy one
28 Cowboy competition
53 Elmer’s stickum
34 Approximately
62 Loafer or pump
29 Long & slender
35 Idolize
63 Red and Dead
30 Lends a hand
54 Manhattan artists’ colony
36 Mail carrier’s beat: abbr.
64 Derisive smile
31 Words of mild disgust
26 German capital 29 Time of need for which one saves money
57 Dazzling effect 58 Kitchen or den 60 Windy day toy
65 Toronto’s prov.
26 Formal dances
55 In a little while 59 Encountered
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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 Jellystone Park bear 5 Mazda roadster 10 Pre-K basics 14 Mary Kay competitor 15 Crop up 16 Female WWII gp. 17 __ ring 18 Cub-turnedradio co-host Ron 19 Thornfield Hall governess 20 *“I’m counting on you!” 23 Foil giant 25 Chi.-based flier 26 Rebellious Turner 27 *Nervous Nellie 31 Wind-borne silt deposit 33 Set (down) 34 Suffix with hero 35 Last inning, usually 36 *“By all means!” 39 Miserly 41 “__ little teapot ...”
42 Rank above cpl. 45 Unhappy spectator 46 *Bar’s business booster, in theory 49 Saturn, for one 50 SoCal ball club, on scoreboards 52 Teeny-tiny 53 Singer of the feel-good a cappella #1 hit whose title begins the answers to starred clues 58 Madison Avenue award 59 Congo creature with notable stripes 60 Look (like) 63 Vocal quartet member 64 Send payment 65 Sporty car roof 66 Piece of work 67 Like a Siberian Husky’s ears 68 W-2 IDs
DOWN 1 Thanksgiving veggie 2 Lacto-__ vegetarian 3 One way to relieve pent-up emotion 4 Like some pools 5 Majority 6 Suffix with myth 7 OXY target 8 “Shame on you!” 9 Bakery lure 10 Spellbound 11 Civil War weapon 12 School fundraiser 13 Hunting dogs pick them up 21 Aye’s opposite 22 Novelist Bret Easton __ 23 Shoemaker’s holemaker 24 Hawaii’s Mauna __ 28 Chicken 29 Whichever 30 Aqua __: platinum dissolver 32 Great Lakes prov. 35 Spring tide counterpart 36 Quilting party
37 Ahead of schedule 38 Plate cleaner, at times 39 Top-selling Toyota 40 Tolkien’s Shire dwellers 42 Petrarchan works 43 “Good Will Hunting” director Van Sant 44 Test, as one’s patience 45 Lynx family member 46 Unauthorized user? 47 “__ out!” 48 Stickups 51 Dean Martin’s “That’s __” 54 Reserve 55 Starlet’s goal 56 Homer’s “Iliad,” for one 57 “Hud” director Martin 61 Forever and a day Solutions: 62 AWOLs avoid them Page 42 Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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ACROSS 1 Washington hostess Perle 6 “___ Three Lives” 10 Island native 15 Having a fight 19 Make changes 20 Asta’s mistress 21 “A Bell for ___” 22 Just fair 23 Former noted violinist 25 Keeps waiting 27 Vice off. 28 In what way? 29 Loc. of Reykjavik 31 Lagged behind 32 Wise ___ owl 34 Singer Kitt 36 Annoying 37 Decorate for Christmas 42 Egypt’s Sadat 44 Irish actor Milo 45 Treaty gp. 46 Peruvian 47 Golden girl Arthur 50 Comedian Erwin 51 Indolent one 54 FDR Secretary of State 58 “Top Gun” star 60 Milky gemstone 61 Paid to use 62 Effective 63 Strike down 64 Calm 65 Shakes a tail 68 Cosmetic items 72 Cannon of films 73 City in the Ukraine 76 By oneself 77 Pinnacle 80 Skin softener 81 Wooden shoe 82 News chief 87 Non-family ties 89 “Fiddler on the Roof” star 90 Columbus ed. institution 91 Poetic night 92 Fall mo.: pl. 93 Write 94 Alan or Adam 96 Wilkes-___, PA 98 First printings 102 Wake up sound 105 Respect
Crossword Puzzle
On the Sea
107 As well 108 Individual performer 110 Kazan of Hollywood 111 ___ mode 112 Recipe direction 116 Style of sweater 118 Accepting applause 121 Burden of proof 122 Made a selection 123 Nobelist Wiesel 124 ___ Gay 125 London gallery 126 Used a keyboard 127 Family rooms 128 Ferber and Best DOWN 1 “___ Street”: Sinclair Lewis novel 2 Actress Martinelli 3 Night light 4 Scone 5 Circle segment 6 Chant
7 Co-founder of MGM 8 Make a faux pas 9 Director of “Precious” 10 Salad ingredients 11 Grownup 12 Wharf dweller 13 Event 14 Oaf 15 More pale 16 Carpenter’s needs 17 Small body of land 18 Hot drink 24 Former leader of Iran 26 Spiffy CA valley 30 Pres. Coolidge to pals 33 Way up 35 Animal trainer 37 Archaic action verb 38 This, in Toledo 39 Buddy 40 Garden tools 41 Swiss river 43 Room dividers
46 47 48 49 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 63 65 66 67 69 70 71 74 75 78 79 82 83 84 85 86
Angry Movie rocker Gary “Maria ___” Pilgrim John ___ Twosome Existence ___ and goings State a view Actor Majors More difficult Cassandra nickname Single-mast boat Detective Nero Worship Be admitted Traveled deluxe Immigration island Grocery bag Offspring Choice words Guevara Back teeth Cain’s victim Baseball number “Pepe Le ___” In the event Ladies of the cloth
88 Sore throat feeling 93 Like some skirts 95 ___board 96 Look around 97 Former African dictator 98 Gold-plated 99 “Exodus” hero 100 New Haven students 101 Make arrangements 102 Fancy tie 103 “___ Doone” 104 Alaskan islander 106 Attorney General: ‘85-’88 109 Denomination 111 Related 113 Dark 114 “Whatever ___ wants...” 115 “___ the night before...” 117 Keystone ___ 119 Foamy brew 120 Golly!
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Word Salsa
Solutions: Page 42
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 21
Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 23
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
Solutions: Page 42
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Crossword Puzzle
Sound Advice? ACROSS 1 Cheerless color 5 Kind of tense 9 Apollo’s Egyptian counterpart 13 Doctrines 17 Tenant’s contract 18 Aleutian isle 19 Letterman rival, again 20 Sail rope 21 Start of a quip by 83 Across 24 Way to go 25 Gangster 26 Once again 27 Malicious ignition 28 Terminated 29 Of sound mind 30 Coty of France 31 Piggery 32 Terms of sale 33 Entreaty 34 Sis or bro 35 Med. people 37 Eggs on 40 More of the quip 47 Coral island 48 “___ who must be obeyed” 49 Universe: prefix 50 Battle’s forte 51 From A to Z 52 Emanation 54 “___ long way to Tipperary” 55 Unperturbed 56 “___ all folks!” 57 Welles of “War of the Worlds” 58 Headwear 59 Eve’s grandson 60 See 40 Across 63 Swap, another way 67 School org. 68 Kin to mom 69 English philosopher John 74 Body of land 75 Former, formerly 77 Dotted with stars, in heraldry 78 Actor Hawke 79 Impending 80 Astronaut assn. 81 Corn unit 82 Make amends 83 Famous movieman and phrasemaker 87 Take on
88 Soap ingredient 89 ___ is me! 90 Mustangs and Broncos 92 Raised 95 Christmas conifer 96 Be unsociable 97 Radar image 101 Somber 102 Wields a big bat 104 Like parallel bars 105 Janet or Jesse 106 ...you ___ alligator! 107 End of quip 110 Pizza processors 111 “___ a man with...” 112 Hollywood Richard 113 Aromas 114 Where sun sets 115 Shoulder builders 116 “Mares eat ___...” 117 Following DOWN 1 Mediterranean port 2 Synthetic fiber 3 In unison
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 22 23 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
Craving Plains Indian The Greek Minerva Vermont ski resort Harbor hauler On the qui vive Like a teenager’s room Informed of Eight bells Gets the wrinkles out ___ Arabia Little ones Troika Falls behind Part of a chicken English titled ones Sahara sanctuaries Frocks for cavemen B. Clinton opponent Communication Do harm to Beehive state Capitol of Italia Satiety
40 Counterpart of a roar 41 201, to Cato 42 Trouble 43 Speed contest 44 Neighbor of Turkey 45 Farm building 46 Traditional Turnberry toppers 47 Rep. 48 Sea near Bermuda 53 Feeds the kitty 57 Extreme displeasure 60 In full view 61 Cyclops characteristic 62 Queen Esther’s enemy 63 Hits the jackpot 64 On the briny 65 ___ dunk 66 Chile’s neighbor 69 Star parts 70 Preminger 71 ___ suey
72 German metaphysician 73 Chicago-Bangor vector 76 Chess champ Mikhail 84 Church officers 85 Mamie’s mate and namesakes 86 Not as good 87 Place for sports 90 Concealed 91 Peaks 92 Atlanta athlete 93 Evaluates 94 Occurrence 95 Welded 96 Drama by Euripides 97 Garter dispenser 98 Tanglewood site 99 Not moving 100 Pea holders 101 Give off light 102 Clipper or cutter 103 Capital of 66 Down 108 Yore 109 Sun. follower
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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 27
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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
Solutions: Page 43
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More or Less
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More or Less
Hitori
Solutions: Page 43
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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.
Brain BUSTERS • Page 34
Solutions: Page 43
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 35
More or Less
Hitori
Solutions: Page 44
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 36
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Solutions: Page 44
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 37
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Hitori
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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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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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