Brain games

CROSSWORDSk y light Sk y light Use the letters highlighted in the fi nished puzzle to spell the scientifi c name for shooting stars ACROSS 1 Camera setting 5 Salsa scooper 9 Country singer

McEntire 13 Unruly crowd 16 Play chauffeur 18 Tales and such 19 Skating jump 20 Spring mo. 21 Actress Tatum 2 2 End of a warning 2 3 Black shade 2 4 Formerly called 2 5 Corporate department 2 7 Bookstore section 2 9 Put good word (2 wds.) 3 0 Record store purchases 3 3 Snake poison 3 5 Thurs. follower 3 6 What to do 37 Microwave again 3 9 Real howler 41 Yield 4 4 On one’s toes 4 5 Bit of bridal attire 47 Very unfortunate 51 Sound system 5 3 Female relative 5 4 Snapped out of it (2 wds.) 5 5 Berets and derbies 5 6 On the house 5 8 Ultimate ending 6 0 Speck in the ocean 61 Train station 62 Quickly 6 4 Spring (soap) 6 8 Reporter’s question 70 Wrapped (up) 71 Heavenly light 75 One type of insurance 77 Senior 79 Be ambitious 81 Take up 82 Chablis, e.g. 8 3 Marisa of My Cousin Vinny 8 4 Mediocre grades 86 Diversify 88 Like a winter wind 89 “ my words” 92 Prefix meaning “three” 9 4 Serious-minded 96 “Dapper” guy 97 “Bravo! ” 98 Cowboy’s rope 101 Category 103 Without delay 10 4 Try for size (2 wds.) 105 Essence 107 Cast out 111 Common article 112 Clappers 113 Knitting stitch 114 Break down 115 Tricked 116 Verge 117 Rests 118 Ice unit

DOWN 1 “Much

About Nothing” 2 Big coffee holder 3 20-20, e.g. 4 Locket shape 5 Immaculate 6 Ichabod’s was

Sleepy 7 Tax org. 8 “Not a out of you! ” 9 Marathon runner 10 Rare and wonderful 11 Grizzly mammal 12 Partner 13 Craze 50 Rollaway bed 52 Frequently, in verse 5 3 Huey,

Dewey or

Louie, to

Donald Duck 57 Aisle 59 Wrecker’s job 61 Geometric figure 6 3 wing and a prayer (2 wds.) 6 4 Knot-tying words 6 5 DVR remote button 66 Part of some co. names 67 Baffled 69 Newton-John 70 Visionaries 71 Good name for a Dalmatian 72 Fainthearted 73 Where the action is 74 Have the throne 76 Old soap ingredient 78 Some trial evidence 80 Mixed with a spoon 8 5 Undiluted 87 Dannon product 88 Jerry’s partner in ice cream 89 Rental period 90 Hilo hello 91 Marry again 93 Remove suds 95 School sounds 98 Popular board game 99 Somewhat (2 wds.) 100 Cough syrup amts. 102 Board member, for short 106 French yes 108 Hosp. section 109 “Chocolate” pooch 110 Real looker

14 Starts 15 Time-out 17 Take to another level 26 “Scram! ” 28 Place to work 30 Go to bed, informally 31 Greek letter 32 Sleep on it 3 4 Flick 36 League members 38 Stumbles 4 0 Big name in jeans 4 2 Oftenrepeated abbr. 4 3 Bathtub part 4 6 Reduced 4 8 Toothpaste type 4 9 Suffix with social 109 down

Sudoku

Fill the empty squares with the numbers 1 through 9 so that each row, column and 3x3 square contains all the numbers from 1 through 9

6 7 5 8 9 7 6 5 2 7 7 4 2 3 5

5 1 8 3 9 1 2 7 6 5 8 4 3 1 2