King Puzzle Book 24 page sample

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By Frank A. Longo

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Sudoku Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.

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Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Frighten 6 Vagrants 10 “Death of a Salesman” salesman 11 Leaves out 13 “The Tempest” sprite 14 Incurred, as debt 15 Old horse 16 Rink surface 18 Groom’s answer 19 Explains away 22 Ocean between Eur. and Amer.

23 Talk crazily 24 Locks up 27 Layout choices 28 Land unit 29 Make illegal 30 Bridges 35 — -Tiki 36 Parrot or puppy 37 Boxing’s “Greatest” 38 Battery end 40 Lawyer’s jobs 42 Song line 43 Smart — (wise guy) 44 Timid 45 Takes a break

DOWN 1 Informal language 2 Reef material 3 Baja buddy 4 “Norma —” 5 Signs up 6 Uses a drill 7 Thurman of “Kill Bill” 8 SUV’s cousin 9 Pupil 12 News-paper section 17 Animation frame 20 Store events 21 Maine college town 24 Wolf’s cousin 25 NASA or NATO 26 Smelter’s need 27 Racer, for example 29 Pollen collector 31 Tiny dot 32 Bud holders 33 Put in office 34 Hazards 39 Game cube 41 Pub brew

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CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Half of a ’60s group 6 Foot connection 11 Barn-raising group 12 Gives a hoot 13 Personal bearing 15 Verb for you 16 Neckline shape 17 Farrow of film 18 London theater area 20 Rent out 21 Antique 22 Penalty 23 Big trucks 26 Pointers 27 October birthstone 28 Fly catcher 29 Cover 30 Resort site 34 Noshed 35 Corn unit 36 Galloped 37 Private room on a train 40 Online messages 41 Therefore 42 Cars’ scars 43 Ranch animal

DOWN 1 Showy parrot 2 Love, in Lombardy 3 Silent performers 4 African viper 5 Digging tools 6 Took a part 7 Saigon setting 8 Politburo home 9 Not strict 10 Fancy homes 14 Tear 19 Work hard 22 Little lies 23 Comforted 24 Perfect example 25 Mob member 26 Warm areas 28 Dress in 30 Elite Navy group 31 Singer Cara 32 Tango or twist 33 Come in 38 Peach core 39 Got together

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Kakuro Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

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ACROSS 1 Slugger Sosa 6 Tibetan monk 10 Concur 11 Sound-related 12 Succotash beans 13 Opened, as a fastener 14 Arkin of “Argo” 15 Light wind 16 Use a spade 17 So far 18 Capitol Bldg. worker 19 Kept in reserve 22 Luke’s teacher 23 Map line 26 Fortified 29 Good serve 32 — Paulo 33 Scottish river 34 Heston film 36 Cincinnati team 37 Worship site 38 Egypt’s Anwar 39 Flour separator 40 Biting 41 Loser of a fabled race 42 Blood bank worker

DOWN 1 Leafy courses 2 Nimbleness 3 Visually challenged character 4 Nasty 5 Toady’s reply 6 Solitary 7 Southern range 8 Corn 9 Mayflower name 11 John of “The Night Of” 15 Nap site 17 “Likely story!”

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21 “The Raven” writer 24 Made sense 25 Obstetrician’s calculation 27 Crew item 28 Annoy 29 Make ashamed 30 Singer Cruz 31 Door sign 35 Own 36 Risqué 38 Plopped down 9

Sudoku Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once

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Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.

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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

FOUND IN A BOWL CLUE LIST

AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL OVER 75 INCHES

Cereal Fingers Fish Football game Fruit Pipe tobacco Porridge Pudding Punch Rice Salad Soup Spoon Stew Sugar

WINTER SOLSTICE CLUE LIST Axial tilt Cultural Date varies December Festivals Hemisphere Hibernal Holidays Longest night Midwinter Rebirth Rituals Shortest day Sunrise Sunset

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CLUE LIST Bhutan Brunei Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Fiji Grenada Guyana Iceland Jamaica Liberia Malaysia Myanmar Panama Singapore

U.S. WOMEN GOLD MEADLISTS IN RIO

CLUE LIST Armstrong Bartoletta Bird Carter Catchings Felix Fowles Gardner Harrison Jorgensen King Ledecky Raisman Shields Thrasher

1 Unscramble these twelve letter strings to form each into an ordinary word (ex. HAGNEC becomes CHANGE). Prepare to use only ONE word from any marked ( ♥ ) letter string as each unscrambles into more than one word (ex. ♥ RATHE becomes HATER or EARTH or HEART). Fit each string’s word either across or down to knot all twelve strings together.

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Challenger Fill each square with a number, 1-9. Horizontal squares should add to the totals on the right, vertical squares should add to the totals on the bottom and diagonal squares should add to the total in the upper and lower right.

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Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Cryptoquote

AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.

SUPER QUIZ

Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level

Freshman Level 1. What color is the cue ball in a game of snooker?

2. What activity uses a bow to propel arrows?

3. In golf, what is an eagle?

4. The Wham-O toy company trademarked this flying disc.

5. In which activity are small missiles thrown at a circular target?

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Battleships Each Battleship puzzle represents an ocean with a hidden fleet of ships, which may be oriented horizontally or vertically within the grid such that no ship touches another, not even diagonally. The numbers on the right and on the bottom of the grid show how many squares in the corresponding row and column are occupied by ship segments. Occasionally some squares may contain given ship or water segments to help start the puzzle. The object is to discover where all ships are located.

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Graduate Level 6. This fabric-creating activity is from a French word meaning “smallhook.”

7. This word game uses a game board divided into a 15 by 15 grid of squares.

8. What term is used for the study of your family’s line of descent?

9. What are you doing if you “purl one below”?

10. What are you doing if you perform an axel jump?

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Hashi Each puzzle is based on a rectangular arrangement of islands where the number in each island tells how many bridges are connected to it. The object is to connect all islands according to the number of bridges so there are no more than two bridges in the same direction. Bridges can only be vertical or horizontal and are not allowed to cross islands or other bridges. When completed, all bridges are interconnected, enabling passage from any island to another.

SUPER QUIZ

Score 3 points for each correct answer on the Ph.D. Level

Ph. D. Level 11. The name of this modern martial art translates to “gentle way.�

12. What type of racing is BMX racing?

13. In lawn bowling, what is the smaller target ball called?

14. What does a cruciverbalist create?

15. In which activity would you use a double-bladed paddle?

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Sudoku 1

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Multi-Sudoku 1

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Scramblers 1

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Wuzzles 1

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Sudoku 2

Sudoku 3

Sudoku 4

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Page 12 Word Sleuth 1

Word Sleuth 2

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Cryptoquip

Classic television and film actress who was full of enthu-

1 siasm all the time: Eve Ardent.

When a hermit does something to put a person in peril, I

2 would call that recluse endangerment.

I apparently misplaced my entire collection of fencing

3 weapons. I am at a loss for swords.

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Cryptoquote

The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a de-

1 parture into unknown lands. — Sir Richard Burton

People will not look forward to posterity who never look

2 backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. — Susan

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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. — Washington Irving

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Head of government officially in charge of snooping around rival countries: the pry minister.

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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.

Neither need you do anything but be yourself. — Lao Tzu

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If sociable people are avoiding being by themselves, one might call that evasion of privacy.

6 love for the whole world. — Your Puzzle Friends

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That person who’s walking along the interstate is acting so stuck-up. It’s highway snobbery!

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May you receive the greatest gifts of all — peace and

SUPER QUIZ

ANSWERS: 1. White. 2. Archery. 3. Two under par.

4. Frisbee. 5. Darts. 6. Crochet. 7. Scrabble. 8. Genealogy. 9. Knitting. 10. Figure skating. 11. Judo. 12.

Off-road bicycle racing. 13. Jack or kitty. 14. Crossword puzzles. 15. Kayaking.

SCORING: 24 to 30 points -- congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points -honors graduate; 13 to 17 points -- youíre plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points -- you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?

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