THE MYSTERY WORD

The Mystery Word for this issue: EPANA

Simply unscramble the letters, then begin exploring our ads When you find the correctly spelled word HIDDEN in one of our ads — enter at AugustaRx.com winner in our next issue!

ACROSS

1. Bowie hit

4. Mamie Eisenhower had one of these in Augusta

9. Trump cabinet member

13. Lyric poem

14. Holy place, as a church or sanctuary

15. Meadow

16. ______ lab

17. Uncovered

18. Spend the night with Elijah Clark

Dietary

Way

Georgia county named for U.S. president #4.

29. HPV is one

30. Exclamation of surprise

31. Gave food to

Type of code

__________ Mall, perennial site of new development

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

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.

Aman walks up to the circulation desk at the library and asks where he can find books about paranoia.

The librarian whispers, “They’re right behind you.”

Moe: Why did the computer get glasses?

Joe: I give. Why?

Moe: It wanted to improve its website.

Two hunters sitting in their kayak in the frozen wilderness of Alaska noticed the winds were picking up and the temperature was dropping rapidly. They decided to build a small fire which sunk the boat, proving once and for all that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

Moe: Pretty soon the year will be half over. How are you doing on your New Years resolutions?

Joe: Great. My goal was to lose 10 pounds.

Moe: And?

Joe: I’ve only got 15 pounds to go.

Moe: Scientists have discovered a way to communicate directly with bacteria.

Joe: How do they do it?

Moe: They use a cell phone.

Moe: My recliner is my best friend.

Joe: Seriously?

Moe: Oh yeah. We go way back together.

What I if told you that you read that wrong?

Moe: Ever notice that scuba divers always fall backwards off a boat?

Joe: Now that you mention it, yeah. Why is that?

Moe: Because if they fell forward they would still be in the boat.

Moe: What’s the worst possible punishment for someone with ADHD?

Joe: A concentration camp.

Moe: People can say whatever they want about Alec Baldwin, but personally, I stand behind him.

Joe: Really?

Moe: Well I’m sure not going to stand in front of him!

Moe: What do you call a camel that looks the same walking forward as it does walking backward?

Joe: That’s a tough one...a palindromedary?

Moe: I was going to tell you a joke about Jonestown, but I decided not to.

Joe: It’s ok. I don’t mind. Go ahead.

Moe: No, the punchline is too long.

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