HALLOWEEN FUN & GAMES WORD SEARCH
BATTY DADDY | by KRISTY MCGOWAN
Find each of the listed words in the diagram. Look forward, backward, horizontally, vertically and diagonally and circle each word as you find it
HALLOWEEN WORD LADDERS
Addams Family Bats Beetlejuice Bewitched Black cats Broomstick Candy Chocolates Costumes Decorations Dracula Eerie Elvira Frankenstein’s monster Freddy Krueger
Can you go from SCARY to CANDY in 8 words? How about TRICK to TREAT in 7 words? Change one letter for each rung in the ladder.
SCARY
Ghosts Ghoulish Graveyard Halloweentown Haunted house Imhotep Jack Skellington Jack-o-lantern Masks Michael Myers Monsters Oogie Boogie Pumpkins Salem Sally
HOCUS FOCUS By Henry Boltinoff
Sanders Sisters Scary Skeletons Slasher films Spiders Spooky Stranger Things The Great Pumpkin The Mummy Trick-or-treat Vampire Witches Zombies
CANDY
TRICK
CRYPTOQUIPS 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. Solution is by trial and error.
IT’S GOT LEGS! How many words of 3 or more letters can you make from
SPIDER?
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 30
Check out the answers below for four anagrams.
31 32 34 36 37 38 39 43 45 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 60 66
Ostrich’s cousin Beehive St. capital Handed over Sparkler How do you get into a locked mortuary? A __ __ (with 97-Across) Grafton’s “___ for Ricochet” Oolong, e.g. “How do you measure, measure ___?” Time period Altar vow Feminizing suffix What’s it called when a zombie has trouble with his house? Badger Halloween drink Possible location for the shape in the center of the puzzle Chimps and Orangs Molten material Unspecified degree Conflict Cavs. on a scoreboard Chum What do demons eat for breakfast? ___ eggs Pharma giant that makes Valium How do you fix a damaged jack-o-lantern? Use a __ patch Military school What did the bird say on Halloween night? Twick or ___ Series segment ___ Lanka Forest female Distress call Blind ___ bat Maiden name preceder Luau dance “Omigosh!” Why couldn’t Dracula’s wife sleep? Because of his ___ Who do monsters buy their cookies from? Ghoul ___
71 74 78 79 80 81 82 84 85 90 93 97 100 101 105 106 107 108 109 110 112 114 116 117 119 121 122 125 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136
What type of plates do skeletons use? Where do fashionable ghosts shop? Santa ___ winds Pungent Campfire residue ___ Paolo Halloween cover-up Hog fat Solo Game official Allergic reaction See 15-Across One of the Gabors Why do ghosts go on diets? To keep their ___ figures “You Will Be My ___ True Love” (song from “Cold Mountain”) Puente or Jackson Showed the way Inclination PBS supporter Matisse work featuring a quintet of celebrating women Halloween purchase Pinpointed L-P link Pond fish “___ my Annabel Lee” (Poe) “___ we there yet?” What do you call two witches sharing an apartment? What do witches use on their hair? Grafton’s “___ for Alibi” Make bubbly Security problem Give ___ go HBO’s popular fantasy series, for short Dozed off Artery inserts Kentucky Derby time
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Guitarist Clapton Really small Exhausted Shocked Table part Irene of “Fame” Some early painting They’re often plucked Bank acct. addition Why did the cornfield need a doctor? Bit of dew Congeals Bard’s “before” Musical based on ABBA songs Royalty of film lore, with 46-Down Dutch cheese Ashram activity “How adorable!” Buzzer “National Velvet” author Bagnol European peaks Prefix meaning blood Young seals Panache Neutral shade Colorado ski resort Hue Corp. boss Pod veggie See 15-Down Inkling Requirement Tennis score Atty.’s title Halloween mo. Home loan org. Shark symbol Gerund suffix Negative vote Start-up loan org. Trig. function ___ -la-la Athlete of 4-Across “___ the season to be jolly”
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Emeril catchphrase Stop ___ dime Lil ___ X Mex. neighbor Musical talent Ground cover ___-El: Superman’s birth name Texter’s giggle “...____ put asunder” Singer Redding Study helper Music producer Brian Backslid Level Slaves to fashion IRS worker Receivers of treats on Halloween Amusement deck in “Star Trek” Pariahs Erie Canal mule Sedona maker Farthest from the start For the time being Observe Came down with Year in Spain The Palace of Knossos island Luxury craft Dadaist Jean Just slightly Nostril Trick-or-treating need ___ de Janeiro “Be merciful unto ___ Lord”: Psalms Consume ___ loss for words
128 “Woo-hoo!”
1. “IT’S BEST SERVED WITH WHIPPED SCREAM.” VQDO JMR EUFUED AQD BUXBRNPDXDOBD MP L CLBW-M-ZLOADXO HJ UAT EULNDADX, EM JMR DOE
SPOOKY PIXEL ART
RS VUAQ L SRNSWUO SUD?
Your objective: Use logic to paint a picture inspired by today’s theme. The clue numbers at the top of each column and left of each row correspond to the number of blocks that should be filled in, in sequence. There will be at least one empty block between the filled-in runs.
2. “HE WATCHED ‘FOOTLOOSE’ INSTEAD.” N P H B H V H B E YA Q K W P Z U R P E M YAV Z H K W B H K N N E N P H I V E F, G M N N P H R P E U N W H LY Z K H W. P H P Q W K E G E W X N E W Q K L H B Z N P.
CRYPTOQUIPS ANSWERS 1. WHEN YOU DIVIDE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A JACK-OLANTERN BY ITS DIAMETER, DO YOU END UP WITH A PUMPKIN PIE?
TREAT
1 4 7 12 15
2. THE WEREWOLF AND HIS GHOULFRIEND WENT TO THE PROM, BUT THE GHOST DECLINED. HE HAD NO BODY TO DANCE WITH.
ACROSS
Here’s how to work it: A X Y D L B A A X R is L O N G F E L L O W One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints.
SPIDER ANAGRAMS SPIRED, PRISED, REDIPS, PRIDES WORD LADDER ANSWERS SCARY, SCARS, SEARS, BEARS, BEADS, BENDS, BANDS, BANDY, CANDY. TRICK, WRICK, WRECK, WREAK, BREAK, BREAD, TREAD, TREAT