Sample: Family Game Night

MAZETOONS | by JOE WOS

GAME ON

Gather the family or call some friends — whether you’re feeling competitive of collaborative, offline fun is a pencil (or pen!) away

Take an a-MAZE-ing trip through your favorite game board, stump your friends with trivia and give your logic muscles a workout with new word and number games. Then gather up Team Awesome to tackle a jumbo-size crossword with something for everyone.

Happy puzzling!

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T J O A Y G N C T H R O W T H R O W B U R R I T O

T T D T C R U O F T C E N N O C M G G E E A G D X

N S E T G W A L C G I J N A M G N A H M D T D G E

S B N E T I U N J H P K L J R M X I A O R R A E H

X I A R L X H M O R E N G O D K D G T D O I P L S

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X A E O F L Z R J S T I K P I T P B K E E I L S F

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G T T I C T A C T O E A I L R R O I H N L L S F G

F U M E V T L I R Y U O P P O S I L S U V P T A C

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D G L P X S K H D D B K J W I D N A L Y D N A C T

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WORD SPIRAL Ticket to Ride

WHERE IN THE WORLD?

FillTrivial in the missing letters to reveal the nine-letter word that starts at one Pursuit of the four corners and moves clockwise around the perimeter before ending the center.

WininLose or Draw

Name a country that has the following four-letter words hidden inside its name.

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GLAD PAIN

PORE BOUT COST

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TUESDAY

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Answer: They all

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the word “bop” in the

produced songs with

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title. Cyndi Lauper’s

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“She BOP,” Poison’s

in the question.

son’s “MMMBop” and

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“Unskinny Bop,” Han-

bread, how much will be sufficient for 20 men in 18 days?

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WUZZLES

CROSS SUM

Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc.

For example: NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

To solve the Cross Sum, enter each of the numbers 1-9 in a grid to satisfy three vertical and three horizontal calculations.

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DYNAMIC DOUBLECROSS | by HELENE HOVANEC Place each word into the diagram, then read the circled letters from left to right and top to bottom to find the hidden answer.

HONEYCOMB In the Honeycomb number puzzle, each cell contains a number from 1 – 7, and the six cells around it must each contain one of the remaining numbers from 1 – 7. In addition, the numbers 1 – 7 must appear along each of the three diagonals in the puzzle:

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ENFOLD

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BUOYS

WHIMSY

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EMITS

IRONY

OVERLY

EQUATIONS

3. What longtime NFL reporter and insider for ESPN was known as “The Professor”?

1. The Merseyside Derby is a rivalry match what two English 4. Wallace Wade Stadium is the home field of whatbetween university’s football clubs? football team?

2. In 1979, New York Yankees manager Billy Martin was fired after get5. Name the athlete, amputee and cancer research advocate who ting into a bar fight with attempted to run a “Marathon of Hope” across Canada in 1980. Joseph Cooper, a salesman of what confectionery?

3.history What longtime NFL reporter and 6. Three pitchers in Major League Baseball threw unofficial insider for ESPN was known no-hitters, having pitched eight hitless innings in losing efforts on the as “The Professor”? road. Who are they?

4. Wallace Wade Stadium is the home field ofdirectly what university’s foot7. In ice hockey, what is the name of the shaded area in front ball team? of each team’s goal?

5. Name the athlete, amputeeBOOK: __ __ __ and cancer research advocate who attempted to run a “Marathon of Hope” across Canada in 1980.

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CATEGORICAL PURSUITS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ACROSS

1 Drinks liquor 18 Fish depositing eggs 42 Containing many historical records 43 Yoga pose 45 Spanish for “thirty” 46 Persevering, with “on” 52 Plod heavily 58 GPS calculation: Abbr.

59 British verb suffix 72 Form into an ornamental twisted ring 73 Enthusiastic assent in Mexico 89 Return env., e.g.

92 Like farming that doesn’t disturb the soil 96 Western California county 104 Faces in text messages, maybe 110 Stuff oneself with 114 Quirky mannerism 130 Build up, as interest 153 Wise to 155 Expressed an opinion boldly 156 Bay, say 157 Louisiana cuisine style 159 Swelled heads 162 One way to serve pie 165 Patroness of Québec: Abbr.

166 Two-__ sloth 168 “Call right away!” in infomercials 173 Instrument utilizing perforated rolls 179 Truth, archaically 180 Sedan alternatives 182 Start of an objection 184 Exam for jrs.

186 __ Lingus 189 Pay add-on?

191 Tie-on for messy food 192 Razor name 212 Mucho 219 Former Geo and Chevrolet auto 222 End a mission early 224 Rise in profits, e.g.

228 Search blindly 234 Works for 236 LAX guesses 243 Ostentatious display 251 Vodka brand, in brief 255 Advocacy of lip reading 258 Register again 259 Cantina pot 264 Lowly workers 266 Slight fight 280 Suffix with cyto285 Most urbane 287 Be stretched atop 290 Pizzeria chain, informally 297 Fruity drink 299 Like many auto collisions 307 “Jeez, that’s a shame” 311 Sinus-clearing apparatus 335 Like a taxicab 337 Bird: Prefix 343 Ashy-looking quality 347 Quenched 351 Narrow estuary 364 Trivial lies 371 Girl Scout groups 374 Studying secondarily, with “in” 376 Eye creepily 385 Grand __ (wine designation) 386 Chips away at

ENTERTAINMENT

410 Like vigorous exercises done while standing in water 424 Medicine dispensers 426 Savoir-__ 429 Enticing sort 440 Hauled to jail 443 Smidgens 457 Classic jingle in candy bar ads 471 Well-suited 474 Language of the O.T. 478 Leo or Libra 487 Beginning stage 493 Reindeer herders’ region 495 Place for a chaise 496 Notably hard-to-control blaze 498 Thought up 499 Has as a goal 501 In __ (facing a grave situation)

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6 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 20 25 26 28 33 35 36 37 51 62 63 65 70 79 80 82 83 84 86 93 94 95 99 116 122 129 131 135 136 137 141 147 158 161 172 175 179 181 183 196 200

“Thank you, Yves!”

Bedroll carried by a homeless person Values highly FedEx competitor Spill clumsily Okra’s plant family Spaniard’s neighbor Sat on the throne Part of an office bldg. address Logical assumption Cousin of “Aargh!”

Rains cold pellets Words before a name on a check Italian city known for its cheese Very worrisome All gone, as food Toledo-to-Columbus dir.

Half: Prefix Of a certain heart valve Petting zoo sound 24-hr. cash source Lukewarm Island nation near Fiji Nebraska county named for a tribe Olympus __ (volcano on Mars) “I see,” facetiously German for “route” Elevated Chipped away at Like many wine barrels “You’re oversharing,” in texts “Son of,” in Arabic names Start a journey Harlem sch.

“Last one __ a rotten egg!”

Vocal quaver Chew noisily Gem weight Single-issue publication Pudding starch Homework-time rule, perhaps Big name in activity trackers Farm-to-table proponent Examination of a potential juror Weaponize anew “Give it __” Muscle jerk School skippers In a facedown manner Altogether Nota __

205 Q-U queue 208 Big name in lawn care 210 River through Spain and Portugal 216 Pledge recipient 217 Half-step, in music 220 Deserter of a cause 223 Implore 225 Hushed “Hey!” 243 12-point type 247 Bygone days 253 Yield to the wishes of 257 3.1 Phillip __ (fashion label) 263 Toyota __4 (crossover SUV) 267 Root for poi 270 Suffix with diction 271 Part of GPS: Abbr.

275 Spring __ (start to drip) 279 Give temporarily 289 Driver making a U-turn, e.g.

298 Imitating sort 303 Like a desert 305 They follow sigmas 312 Suffix with percent 314 Spotted from afar 317 Dots in el océano 321 Habit-kicking programs 328 Sea nymph 330 Declares 332 Infant formula brand 348 Luisiana or Tejas 350 Tear to bits 357 Masked critters 358 Be an omen of 360 Bereft, poetically 361 Sound starting “gem,” but not “gum” 370 Claiming without justification, as power 373 Gap in the top of a parapet for shooting 375 Wildebeests 377 Alcopop brand 378 Greeting with a GIF, maybe 379 Buzzing musical toy 382 Part of QED 384 Not omitted: Abbr.

386 List-ending abbr.

388 Strike while the iron __ 400 Psychic glow 402 Gen __ (millennials) 403 Strong __ ox 405 __-TASS (longtime news agency) 408 Passion 412 __-Magnon 420 Auxiliary wagers 428 Tannery products 435 Orchestra conductors 438 “So tasty!”

439 Hook up in advance, as cables 446 Mosque minister 452 Elevates 458 Atheist Madalyn Murray __ 459 Prologue 462 __ point (only so far) 466 Former Argentine president Mauricio 468 Egg-shaped 471 __ Harbor (Guam port) 472 They’re above abs 482 1,006, to Caesar 490 Here, to Pierre 492 “Indeedy”

48 Statistic used in calculating a quarterback rating 56 Dunking Duncan 77 Lakers great Lamar 98 Rodeo outerwear 102 Real Madrid, to FC Barcelona 123 Competition that includes Snow BikeCross 134 Nathan Chen won gold in it in 2017 181 How many feet off the ground a basketball rim is 194 Golden State athlete 262 Ski lift variety 276 Baseball’s Musial 284 Le __ (French racing site) 295 Tampa Bay team 334 Ryder Cup org.

336 Shortstop Aparicio 349 Baseball deal 381 Edgar with two Gold Glove Awards 451 Former “SportsCenter” anchor Champion 500 College near Albany whose athletic teams are the Saints

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1998 crime thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones 40 Former name of Chris Hardwick’s podcast 44 1990 #1 Wilson Phillips hit 47 Indie rocker with the 2018 album “Hell-On” 71 Ham it up onstage 75 “Am __ Love” (1954 Joni James hit) 81 Actor who played Mowgli in “Jungle Book” 108 Like much of Brian Eno’s music 111 One of the “Full House” twins 117 “Trading Spaces” concern 119 195-Down Oscar nominee 147 Scruffy deputy on “Gunsmoke” 167 Cartoonist Addams, familiarly 177 Cinéma __ (filmmaking style) 187 “The Godfather of Punk” 226 Kwik-E-Mart on “The Simpsons,” e.g.

231 Kylo of “Star Wars” 232 Wound in “The Return of the Vampire” 238 “Hostel” film director 248 Band with the 1996 hit “Wonderwall” 254 HBO’s “Curb __ Enthusiasm” 272 Shrek and Fiona 273 “The Mummers’ Dance” singer McKennitt 278 “Almost Lover” singer Alison 292 She sang “Something to Talk About” 304 Film genre 313 “Ghostbusters” director Ivan 315 1962-71 TV western 320 “7 Faces of __” (Tony Randall film) 323 Film in which Jim Carrey plays Count Olaf 331 Host of “Dirty Jobs” 366 Frisky, like Pepé Le Pew 369 Emulate Mel Tormé 370 “Arrested Development” actress Shawkat 377 Farmhand in “The Wizard of Oz” 380 “Mayberry __” (old sitcom) 396 “Maybe I’m __” (top 10 hit for Wings) 398 The Beatles’ Rocky, for one 415 K-__ records 428 Téa of “Tower Heist” 434 Dr. of Marvel Comics 476 “From the Beginning” band’s initials

ARTS & LITERATURE ACROSS 31 74

121 128 150

HISTORY

SPORTS ACROSS

ACROSS

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27 29 39 96 113 127 145 146 167 174 176 185 197 207 218 232 240 252

With 309-Down, 1992-2007 Packers quarterback Bolt who really bolts The Colts, on scoreboards With 197-Down, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks Football helmet part Eight-time Norris Trophy winner 2004 Olympics setting Kicked a football Acts as the coxswain, say __ Field (Colorado Rockies’ venue) Alternatives to axels or lutzes Location of the first Ironman Triathlon in 1978 Arizona Wildcats’ home See 39-Down Swimming competition Situation when the goalie is away from the crease Cry after a bad call, perhaps Coach Adolph in the Basketball Hall of Fame Gehrig of the diamond

281 Pablo of the San Francisco Giants 285 What a play may be analyzed in 294 What an eagle is in relation to par 308 Jenni who was Todd Sand’s pairs partner on the ice 309 See 3-Down 315 Yani who was the 2008 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year 322 __ United (West Yorkshire football club) 329 Rare baseball hit 383 Kentucky Derby, e.g.

401 Winter Olympics vehicle 418 Minnie known as “Mr. White Sox” 437 NFL linebacker Manti __ 454 Soccer superstar Messi 467 Gold-winning Olympic swimmer Tom 469 Bay Area NFLer 473 Golf hazard 488 Annual coll. hoops competition 491 Se Ri __ (1998 U.S. Women’s Open winner)

ACROSS

26 Aristotle, to Plato 55 Medieval sticker 60 Montana memorial to Custer’s Last Stand 76 It docked with Atlantis in 1995 85 It withdrew from the United Arab Republic in 1961 87 Founder of a German automobile company 100 Illinois city where the last Lincoln-Douglas debate was held 125 Lee who led Chrysler 131 Storied duelist with a big nose 151 Place for Ed Koch or Richard Daley 196 “__ bin ein Berliner” (JFK quote) 213 Industrial Revolution power sources 214 New country of 1993 309 Spanish Armada, e.g.

339 President between Calvin and Franklin 341 Soda brand since 1924 365 Mo. of the Great Fire of London

152 154 160

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 395 430 432 444 445 475 477 494

U.S. pres. #41 Sacco or Vanzetti, politically Elevator pioneer Otis Last Julio-Claudian ruler Tokyo, formerly ‘60s war zone Civil War Southerner Co. that debuted 45-rpm discs

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15 Onassis who married 105-Down in 1968 78 Ngo Dinh __ (first president of South Vietnam) 105 First lady between Mamie and Lady Bird 106 Like King Atahualpa 126 Statesman who opposed Caesar 144 Certain ancient Greek 192 Alaskan combat site in World War II 203 Title of the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution 219 Like the time when Celts inhabited Europe

250 Japanese prime minister who won the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize 261 President John Tyler’s first wife 283 The Roaring Twenties, e.g.

293 Sherman was his veep 310 Leopold’s 1920s codefendant 325 Prohibition enforcers, informally 326 FDR’s Scottish terrier 355 Sierra Club co-founder John 362 Subject of a 1963 environmental act 363 “__ I a Woman?” (Sojourner Truth speech) 372 First female Supreme Court justice 392 __ War (Operation Desert Storm) 393 Hammurabi instituted one 394 1950s Project Blue Book subj.

414 Go off like Vesuvius did in A.D. 79

433 Gen. Pershing’s command in WWI 456 Plebeian, in Marxist contexts

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41 Places to see stars in science centers 50 Outer embryonic layer 53 Its diameter is measured in picometers 57 About 92% of Britannia metal 124 Acer Predator XB3, e.g.

178 It’s often formed in a leaf axil 215 Impulse transmission point 227 Object in a Perseid shower 230 Sleep cycle acronym 241 The second “T” of TNT 244 Scientific study of insects 257 Calculus calculation 269 Quality of a high-pH compound 296 Hydrocarbon suffix 298 Word before blocker or particle 352 E-tail business 356 Things made by pouring molten metal into molds 362 Enzyme involved in the reduction of hydrogen peroxide 387 “Giant Brain” unveiled in 1946 397 Quark-binding particle 413 What phycologists study 416 Double-helix strand

421 Like carbon compounds 436 Font standard developed by Apple 453 Pertaining to lung membranes 481 It may be made of the alloy alnico 502 Geological fault about which movement is mainly horizontal

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1 PC chip giant 14 Nobel-winning biochemist __ Gobind Khorana 18 Manufacturer of Allegra and Unisom 22 Rechargeable dry-cell battery 34 Format for presenting widescreen films on older TVs 49 Meson with zero spin 54 Transformers producing high- frequency alternating currents 67 Ca++ or Cl97 100 nanojoules 138 Hydroxyl compound 139 They’re 8s on the Beaufort scale 169 Bacteriologist René who won a Pulitzer for “So Human an Animal”

170 Animals living on the surface of the seabed 199 FaceTime alternative 221 Part of ISP 237 Biochemical energy source, for short 239 Platform that runs on Apple devices 274 Organ with the Graafian follicle 333 Compound with a carbonyl group 346 Unit of luminous intensity 347 Fixed part of an induction motor 354 __ cloud (region of comets beyond Pluto) 365 Keyboard combo such as Ctrl-S or Alt-Tab 422 They catalog full sets of chromosomes 448 Cylindrical but tapering at both ends, in botany 461 Liquid found in most fats 464 Software suite preinstalled on new Macs 465 Pascal, newton and kelvin

172 198 202 211 268 282 301 318 338 340 346 359 368 373

Vessel for Ahab Hemingway’s “The Sun __ Rises” “Show pity, __ die”: Shakespeare The Muses, e.g.

Crawler in M.C. Escher’s “Möbius Strip II” “Delta of Venus” author Cry in a Patrick O’Brian novel “How do __ thee?” (Browning question) “Love and Will” author May Geraint and Jason, to Enid and Medea Edgar Allan Poe’s only complete novel Thoreau work First word in a Shakespeare title Erle Stanley Gardner created him Kid-lit’s Newbery or Caldecott “Moll Flanders” novelist “... __ any drop to drink”: Coleridge Widowed mother in “Peer Gynt” T.S. Eliot’s Skimbleshanks, e.g. “__ Dream” (“Lohengrin” aria) Painter Manet Pablo Neruda’s homeland

479 Command in a Western flick 480 Early Hollywood offering 497 “Wayne’s World” actress

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399 403 409 419 446 447 455 485 503

2017 #1 hit for The Weeknd “Hamilton” composer __-Manuel Miranda Katey of “8 Simple Rules” “__ Stop the Rain” (Creedence Clearwater Revival hit) Actress Lynch of four Harry Potter films Spanky, Darla or Alfalfa 1959 Mickey Rooney film set in death row, with “The” 2013 Joaquin Phoenixfilm Kids like Dennis the Menace and Bart Simpson J. __ Band (“Centerfold” group) 2011 Marvel film Leslie Caron musical Thurman of the screen “The Royal __” (Steely Dan album or song) 1992 Pearl Jam single Nashville awards org.

Singer Falana and actress Albright “I Left Something Turned __ Home” (Trace Adkins country hit) “Cheers” actress Shelley “Saturday Night Live” alum MacDonald “No More ‘I Love __’” (Annie Lennox song) Rapper on the 2017 album “Bloodlust” The Police had one in 2007 “Road to __” (1978 Ramones album) Britney Spears’ “__! ... I Did It Again” Billboard Hot 100, e.g.

“I Wish” rapper __-Lo The Supremes’ “I __ a Symphony” “Eight Is __” (old TV show) Sister __ (“We Are Family” singers) Assent to Captain Picard Pulver’s rank: Abbr.

Musical McEntire Grammy-winning country folk singer John

Tolkien’s genre “Foundation” trilogy author 1887 H. Rider Haggard novel “Candide” or “Animal Farm” Like Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto, keywise Volcano described in the “Aeneid” Pose to be painted, e.g.

Thomas Gray and Thomas Hardy “__ Row” (Steinbeck novel)

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107 114 132 157 163 193 201 206

Dostoevsky novel, with “The” “Our Mr. __” (Sinclair Lewis novel) Schubert’s “__ Kleine Trauermusik” Painter Andrea del __ “Jazz” novelist Morrison Japanese contemporary artist __ Kusama “Quantum Healing” author Deepak “Rebecca” author du Maurier Agatha Christie’s “And Then __ Were None” “Dances __ Gathering” (Jerome Robbins ballet) Undercoats for painting on wood

188 Santa __ (California valley where much of “Sideways” is set) 190 Stitch’s cartoon partner 194 “I __ Grow Up” (“Peter Pan” song) 195 Best Picture of 2012 204 Kett of comics 233 “Licensed to __” (#1 Beastie Boys album) 242 Cindy Brady’s speech feature 246 Title for Miniver or Malaprop 256 Malek of “Bohemian Rhapsody” 265 Emilio Estevez, to Martin Sheen 277 Jerry and the Road Runner, to Tom and Wile E. Coyote 286 “__ Funk” (14-week #1 hit of 2015) 288 Actress Skye 300 Run-__ (rap trio) 302 __ Straits (“Sultans of Swing” band) 316 “Everybody __ Chris” (2005-09 sitcom) 319 “Parenthood” actress Christensen 324 “I __ to Know” (Marc Anthony hit) 345 “Keep a __ on Things” (Crash Test Dummies single) 353 Critter hunted by Steve Irwin 367 Sort like Niles Crane or Thurston Howell III 369 People profiled in People magazine 389 “Dark Lady” singer 390 Melissa who played Bernadette on “The Big Bang Theory” 391 “__ a Thousand Times” (Jack Palance film noir) 404 “Aladdin __” (David Bowie album) 410 Singer DiFranco 417 Jim Croce’s “I Got __” 425 “__ it to me!” (“Laugh-In” line) 427 Flotsam and Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid” 431 Barney Gumble on “The Simpsons,” e.g.

449 “Star Trek: Voyager” character played by Ethan Phillips 460 “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmaker 470 “Close the Door” singer Pendergrass 483 “Wayne’s World” exclamation 486 “Scrooge” star Alastair

209 227 229 235 245 249 260 291 306 327 331 342 343 344 406 407 411 423 441 442 450 463 484 489

Shakespearean cry of reproach End of an Aesop fable “The Night Watch” painter Like Hotspur’s horse in “Henry IV, Part I” Woolf’s “A Room of __ Own” “Peer Gynt” playwright 2007 Literature Nobelist Doris Hugo Award genre The Tabard in “The Canterbury Tales,” e.g.

Music, literature or film Title for Gustave Flaubert’s Bovary Shake a leg, to Shakespeare One of 150 in the Bible “... poem lovely as __”: Kilmer Works by Spanish painter Joan Tolkien menace Sue Grafton’s “__ for Quarry” Offerings at the Leaky Cauldron, in Harry Potter books Like pastoral poems Genre associated with Jasper Johns and Yoko Ono Novelist Camus French cubist Fernand “__-Jin” (James Clavell novel) Stephen King’s Christine is one

CATERGORICAL PURSUITS

HONEYCOMB

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WORD SEARCH

DYNAMIC DOUBLECROSS 4 7 1 3

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WHERE IN THE WORLD CROSS SUM

1. SURINAME 2. GERMANY 3. KUWAIT 4. BANGLADESH 5. SPAIN

6. SINGAPORE 7. DJIBOUTI 8. COSTA RICA 9. SRI LANKA 10. MADAGASCAR

SPORTS QUIZ

WUZZLES

1. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 2. JOB INTERVIEW 3. JIMINY CRICKET

1. EVERTON AND LIVERPOOL. 2. MARSHMALLOWS. 3. JOHN CLAYTON. 4. DUKE UNIVERSITY. 5. TERRY FOX. 6. SILVER KING (1890), ANDY HAWKINS (1990) and MATT YOUNG (1992).

7. THE CREASE.

WORD SPIRAL

1. SCRAMBLED 2. DELIGHTED 3. NEWLYWEDS

X F R M S S R B A C K G A M M O N C N Z A C U G Q

V M I S D C N F S M T G V W F F W V H L R Z E Q H

Q D C C J G C E A C H U T E S A N D L A D D E R S

T J O A Y G N C T H R O W T H R O W B U R R I T O

T T D T C R U O F T C E N N O C M G G E E A G D X

N S E T G W A L C G I J N A M G N A H M D T D G E

S B N E T I U N J H P K L J R M X I A O R R A E H

X I A R L X H M O R E N G O D K D G T D O I P L S

E C M G X W W G M I W C D N F Q E C G R V V P X I

X A E O F L Z R J S T I K P I T P B K E E I L S F

Q P S R Q I S Y F L U C N E A D G V A D R A E L O

G T T I C T A C T O E A I L R R O I H N L L S F G

F U M E V T L I R Y U O P P O S I L S U V P T A C

T R A S I O I A G O M E E T F S E S P P L U O Y L

D E H N A T A C F O S R E L T T E S K X Y R A L U

G T J I U S R X K N N D O A L B D O D R E S P O E

L H O I G E O D E E P J O O J P H T R D B U P P W

D E N P K N I C J N T S Z W E C O Q M D Y I L O R

P F G O D A I Z C D Q T Q M N L X M R S R T E N Z

I L P Z M L Z Q T K O X O F G D O T C U Y A S O T

O A F D W E E Q O G N I B R A O P B U F R P W M Y

STICKELERS

D G L P X S K H D D B K J W I D N A L Y D N A C T

J O N X M S M O Y B S K E E S D N A E D I H H U H

G Z G S C A I X P Q C B A T T L E S H I P L G U U

Z B C A R D S A G A I N S T H U M A N I T Y K O Y

1. 8. Multiply the number on the top of the triangle by the number on the bottom right. Take that result and add it to the number on the bottom left. The result of that is the number in the middle.

2. A, 6185. The digits of the numbers all add up to 20.

3. 84 lbs. 5 men x 6 days = 30 man-days 20 men x 18 days = 360 man-days 360x7/30 = 84 lbs