WORDS

DIRECTIONS: Every line, vertical and horizontal, and all nine 9-square boxes must each contain the numbers 1 though 9. Solution on page 14.

35. Nursing abbreviation

36. Vase for storing ashes

38. Scratch

39. Character voiced by Alexander Gould in a 2003 film

40. Periods of history

42. They can be sealed

43. Restraint device

48. WJBF affiliation 51. _____ Patch (in Aiken) 53. Long period of time (British spelling) 54. Reliable inmate

Factory

Bring down

Wide open

Rule of_____ (in burns)

Mural start, sometimes

Insult; mock

Trunk contents

Lasting prefix

DIRECTIONS: Recreate a timeless nugget of wisdom by using the letters in each vertical column to fill the boxes above them. Once any letter is used, cross it out in the lower half of the puzzle. Letters may be used only once. Black squares indicate spaces between words, and words may extend onto a second line.

Solution on page 14.

Use the letters provided at bottom to create words to solve the puzzle above. All the listed letters following #1 are the first letters of the various words; the letters following #2 are the second letters of each word, and so on. Try solving words with letter clues or numbers with minimal choices listed. A sample is shown. Solution on page 14.