2025 Rainy Days Puzzle Book by Star Publications

This book is ﬁlled with word searches, crosswords, sudoku, mazes, famous people guess who and coloring pages. Perfect for a rainy day!

SUDOKU

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Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must ﬁll each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can ﬁgure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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Holdingford Gas & Grocery | Sue

CLUES ACROSS

1. English TV station

4. It fuels cars

7. Where ships dock (abbr.)

10. Indigenous people of Thailand

11. Midway between northeast and east

12. Small Milky Way constellation

13. Fritz __, Austrian chemist

15. A Brit’s grandmother

16. Colombian city

19. Visualize

21. Charged

23. People’s assets

24. Informative books

25. Jeer

26. You can do it with your horn

27. Agents of your downfall

30. Central Uganda city

34. Supervises flying

35. Type of tree

36. Alfalfa

41. Dishwasher soap brand

45. Hall where military eats

46. Ancient Greek City

47. Speaks incessantly

50. Discuss again

54. Extreme greed

55. Adopt or support

56. Fantasy writer Russell

57. Seize

59. Early Mesoamerican civilization

60. Noted pet detective Ventura

61. Automobile

62. Georgia rockers

63. Color opposite green

64. Amount of time

65. Attempt

CLUES DOWN

1. Sheep sound

2. Some can be emotional

3. Inflammation of colon lining

4. Origins

5. Comedienne Gasteyer

6. Perceived by the senses

7. A place to play ball

8. Occur before

9. Animal body parts

13. Thanksgiving dessert

14. Root mean square (abbr.)

17. 1960s teen idol Bobby

18. Promotional materials

20. One point east of northeast

22. Piers Anthony protagonist

27. Popular sports league

28. Cologne

29. Partner to cheese

31. Constrictor snake

32. Not good

33. Supplement with difficulty

37. Hug with fondness

38. Enforced again

39. Small amount of time (abbr.)

40. Substance

41. Anterior parts of the brain

42. Brews

43. Where ships load cargo

44. Holiday season singer

47. “__ humbug!”

48. Monetary unit of Macao

49. Popular children’s book elephant

51. Glutinous

52. Function

53. Old world, new

58. Swiss river

Fairway Pines | Kutter Insurance

CLUES ACROSS

1. Dark blacks

7. Construct a wall to confine

13. Most inappropriate

14. A type of board

16. Sacred Hindu syllable

17. Flatterer

19. The Granite State

20. Tears down

22. China’s Chairman

23. Former Houston footballer

25. Periods of time

26. Expressed pleasure

28. World alliance

29. A Brit’s mother

30. Television network

31. Brother or sister

33. Type of spirit

34. __ Ladd, actor

36. A medium oversees it

38. One time province of British India

40. Wrong

41. The highest parts of something

43. Insect

44. Baseball stat

45. A way to use up

47. Where wrestlers compete

48. It helps elect politicians

51. As fast as can be done

53. Genus of legumes

55. Samoa’s capital

56. Monument in Jakarta

58. Former French coin

59. Exploiters

60. College sports official

61. Uninterrupted in time

64. Stephen King story

65. Marked by no sound

67. Weathers

69. Denouncements

70. More beloved

CLUES DOWN

1.Mother

2.Jewish calendar month

3.Jai __, sport

4.Establish again

5.Swiss river

6.Racetrack wager

7.__ but goodie

8.Closeness

9.Soviet Socialist Republic

10. At right angles to a ship’s length

11.Women’s undergarments

12.Mountain stream

13.Expresses pleasure

21.Painful places on the body

23.Automobile

25.Scandinavian god of battle

26.Expresses surprise

27.Secret political clique

28.Yields manila hemp

29.River in central Italy

32.Brain injury science acronym

33.Mental illness

34.A person from Asia

36.Father

37.General’s assistant (abbr.)

38.Cooked or prepared in a specified style

40.Large terrier

41.Hillsides

43.Golf score

44.Not or

46.Type of student

47.Flower cluster

49.Closes tightly

50.Saudi Arabian desert

51.Famed vaccine developer

52.Multi-function radar (abbr.)

53.Actress Jessica

54.Pay attention to

57.Beloved big screen pig

58.__ Clapton, musician

59.Take a chance

61.Cost per mille

62.Helps little firms

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SUDOKU

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on page 12

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Answers on page 15

Answers for page 13

Ace Hardware

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Answers for page 16

Central MN Realty | Schneider Collision

CLUES ACROSS

1. Garden tool

5. A way to preserve

11. Gratitude

14. Domestic sheep

15. Simpler

18. Cavities containing liquid

19. Large fish-eating bird

21. Ocular protection index

23. Phil __, former CIA

24. Icelandic poems

28. Pop

29. Device

30. Actor Rudd

32. A pituitary hormone

33. Focus on an object

35. Corpuscle count (abbr.)

36. Young women’s association

39. Not shallow

41. Doctor

42. Furniture

44. Hindu male religious teacher

46. Highly spiced stew

47. A way to communicate

49. Almost last

52. Astronomer Carl

56. Small horses

58. A slender tower with balconies

60. A disrespectful quality

62. Fully shaded inner regions

63. Short convulsive intake of breath

CLUES DOWN

1. Popular Sunday dinner option

2. Oil cartel

3. Agile

4. Greek goddess of discord

5. Genetically distinct variety

6. Indicates badly

7. Popular Mr. T character

8. Consumed

9. Chinese dynasty

10. NFL great Randy

12. Within

13. Palm trees

16. Fungal disease

17. Tall, slender-leaved plants

20. Affirmative! (slang)

22. A passport is one

25. Two outs in baseball (abbr.)

26. Swiss river

27. Deferential

29. Where a bachelor lives

31. Portable computer screen material

34. A crying noise of a bird

36. Sticky, amorphous substance

37. Starchy dish of dried tubers

38. Type of acid

40. Partner to “Ma”

43. 16 ounces

45. The Bay State

48. A well-defined track or path

50. Substitution

51. Defined period

53. Group of toughs

54. Region

55. Famed Scottish Loch

57. Blood relation

58. Not around

59. Recipe measurement

61. Father to Junior

Superior Seamless Gutters | Holdingford American Legion

CLUES ACROSS

1. Narrow piece of wood

5. African desert

11. Waxy covering on birds’ beaks

12. Sour

16. Infrequent

17. Former AL MVP

Vaughn

18. Policemen wear one

19. Out of the question

24. Used to chop

25. Symptoms

26. Not moving

27. Folk singer DiFranco

28. Comedian Armisen

29. Quantitative fact

30. Incline from vertical

31. Scottish musician

33. Rooney and Kate are two

34. Positioned

38. A very short time

39. Tropical American shrubs

40. Yemen capital

43. Spanish municipality

44. Medical professionals

45. Fibrous material

49. Confined condition (abbr.)

50. Without covering

51. “Mad Men” honcho Don

53. Hockey position

54. Taste property

56. Fertile spots in a desert

58. They precede C

59. “Requiem for a Dream” actor Jared

60. Try a criminal case

63. Liberal rights organization

64. Spoke

65. Insect repellent

CLUES DOWN

1. Unshaven facial hair

2. More thin

3. Show up

4. Seethed

5. Ancient Greek city

6. Poisonous plant

7. Hello

8. College sports official

9. Monetary unit of Russia

10. Wings

13. Take too much of a substance

14. A citizen of Uganda

15. Most appealing

20. Atomic #18

21. Global investment bank (abbr.)

22. Jewish calendar month

23. Popular sandwich

27. Swiss river

29. Incorrect letters

30. Popular entree

31. Foot (Latin)

32. A driver’s license is one form

33. Extinct flightless bird

34. Appetizer

35. After battles

36. It neutralizes alkalis

37. Beverage container

38. Partner to “Pa”

40. Gray American rail

41. Salt of acetic acid

42. Canadian province

44. Dish made with lentils

45. Narrative poem of popular origin

46. For each one

47. Come to terms

48. Test

50. More dishonorable

51. Unit of loudness

52. The Ocean State

54. Monetary unit in Mexico

55. Lying down

57. Thus

61. Where LA is located

62. Western State

Answers on page 20

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GUESS

Central Heating and A/C WHO?

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this American actor became known as a teen idol through starring parts in films such as Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Faculty (both 1998), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Pearl Harbor, O, Black Hawk Down (all 2001), and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). This actor experienced a career resurgence with their roles as Ernest Lawrence in Oppenheimer (2023) and a serial killer in Trap (2024).

An American aviator, military officer, and author, this person spent most of their childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota. This person made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. The aircraft used was the Spirit of St. Louis.

Born February 7, 1885, in the village of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. This American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright became the first author from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, this American actress, singer, and vaudevillian was renowned for her powerful contralto voice, emotional depth, and versatility. This actress rose to international fame as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), a role that cemented her status as a Hollywood legend.

Answers on page 16

Born Robert Allen Zimmerman (his Hebrew name is Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham) in St. Mary’s Hospital on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, this American singer-songwriter is considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time. This person has been a major figure in popular culture over their 60-year career. With an estimated figure of more than 125 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the best-selling musicians of all-time.

Born in Minneapolis, MN on June 7, 1958, the child of jazz singer/pianist and a songwriter.

This American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor is regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation; he was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona, wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams, as well as and his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the instruments on his recordings.

Born and raised in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, this American actor is best known for his breakout role as Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series. Films in which he has starred have earned $4.91 billion at the global box office as of 2017.

Born in Anoka, Minnesota, this American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality is known for creating the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion.

CLUES ACROSS

1. Cavalry sword

6. Cleaving tools

11. Fall flower

14. Insures residential mortgages

15. Gran Argentine plain

16. Beak or bill

18. Isaac’s mother

21. Sloping loose rock debris

23. Ballerina painter Edgar

25. Work stoppage

26. Self-immolation by fire rituals

28. Can’t move

29. Measures atmospheric pressure

31. Dash

34. Adult male human

35. Foot (Latin)

36. Hearths

39. Milksops

40. Wax letter closures

44. Withdraw from circulation

45. Manila hemp

47. An alloy of copper and zinc

48. Fire embers

50. Thousand cubic feet (abbr.)

51. Catches

56. British Air Aces

57. Blossoming

62. Rush-like marsh plant

63. Small integer

CLUES DOWN

1. Allotments

2. One of the six noble gases

3. Next to

4. Upper left keyboard key

Minnesota National Agency

5. Used with sis boom bah

6. Supervises interstate commerce

7. The 17th Greek letter

8. Old English

9. 1/16 inch in printing

10. First lights

11. N. Central African country

12. Sodium

13. More humble in spirit

14. Foreign Service

17. Hive insects

19. Honorable title (Turkish)

20. Head covering

21. Throat infection

22. Mediterranean Greek island

24. A brother or sister

25. Golfer Snead

27. Indigenous Laplanders

28. Cornbreads

30. Radioactivity unit

31. Flax spinning staff

32. Upbeat part of a measure

33. Inheritors

36. Marked by extreme emotion or force

37. Perceive with the eye

38. A very large body of water

39. Nuclear near reach weapon

41. Basics

42. Thai language

43. In short supply

46. Wings

49. Left heart there

51. Domestic swine

52. They ___

hellos are better in person. that’s why we’re local.

53. Point midway between S and E

54. Western states time zone

55. Upstate NY airport code

58. Iron

59. Libyan dinar

60. Trauma center

61. Point midway between N and E

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SUDOKU

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Answers on page 36

Answers for page 31

Rudolph’s Redneck Roost

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Waste Management

CLUES ACROSS

1. McCarthy acolyte Roy

5. Ancient Korean chiefdoms

10. Not soft

14. Jai __, sport

15. Philosophy

16. Do what you’re told 17. Gaffe

18. Widely known and esteemed

19. Amusement park attraction

20. Popular comic strip Viking

22. Usually has a lid

23. American sportscaster

24. Lung fibrosis

27. General’s assistant (abbr.)

30. Pouch

31. Upset

32. Partner to hem

35. Astronomy unit of distance

37. Witch

38. Gradually disappear

39. Regions

40. Possesses

41. Body parts

42. A way to comprehend

43. Defraud

44. Sandwich type

45. Expression of disappointment

46. Popular Dodge truck model

47. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet

48. Soviet Socialist Republic

49. Songs to a beloved

52. Custom

55. Partner to cheese

56. West Indies trees

60. Member of a Semitic people

61. Plant that originated vegetatively

63. Squandered one’s money

64. Ethiopian river

65. Excessive fluid accumulation in tissues

66. Acquire by one’s efforts

67. Irish goddess

68. Hungarian village

69. Cereal grasses

CLUES DOWN

1. Currency

2. Ceramic jar

3. Reagan’s Secretary of State

4. God worshipped in Kanesh

5. One thousand cubic feet (abbr.)

6. Semitic

7. About blood

8. Benign tumors

9. Move one’s head

10. Hours (Spanish)

11. Hebrew calendar month

12. Advise someone

13. Colors clothes

21. The sun does it

23. Concealed

25. City of Angels hoops team (abbr.)

26. Droop

27. Away from one another

28. Challenges

29. A harsh scraping sound

32. Attaches to a wall

33. Capital of Ethiopia: __ Ababa

34. German river

36. Disappointed

37. Star Wars character Solo

41. Nonsense

43. Automobile

44. Hogshead (abbr.)

46. Soak in water

47. Flower cluster

49. Romanian city

50. A parent is often one

51. Fencing sword

52. Body part

53. Region

54. Farm building

57. Ali’s surname at birth

58. Waxy bird beak covering

59. Stiff bristles

38. Supervises flying

61. VCR button

40. Not mass-produced

62. Small amount

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Fun by the Numbers

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SUDOKU

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Blue Door Mini Storage | Kristy K Organics

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Helping Hands Outreach

Answers on page 42

Answers for page 42

CLUES ACROSS

1. Racquet sport group (abbr.)

4. Norse god of thunder

8. Russian industrial city

10. What’s good for the __

11. Round-ish shape

12. Baltimore MLBer

13. French modernist painter

15. Burned with water

16. Intestinal issue

17. Take the lead

18. Prove oneself worthy

21. None

22. Tax collector

23. Swiss river

24. Gymnast Raisman

25. Baby’s dining accessory

26. Canadian beer distributor

27. Iconic American tourist destination

34. More expansive

35. Alert

36. Popular boots Doc

37. Showings

38. Conclusion

39. Share a common boundary

40. Shooting sport

41. Popular side dish

42. Global energy firm

43. Chronicles (abbr.)

CLUES DOWN

1. Type of bomb

2. Polynesian island country

3. Heavenly body

A&H Concrete | Bottoms Up

4. Hard workers

5. Covered

6. Johns Hopkins Hospital founder

7. Plant of the grass family

9. Island person of the Bering Sea

10. Storehouse

12. Scarlet-flowered desert shrub

14. A pituitary hormone

15. Female sibling

17. Monetary unit of Afghanistan

19. Empowering

20. Space station

23. Disorder

24. State of fuss

25. Footwear for babies

26. Nuclear reactor (abbr.)

27. Droves

28. Affirmative

29. Male parent

30. Utter obscenities

31. Type of verse

32. Unpleasant person

33. One who settles down

34. Founder of sourcebased history

36. A way to snarl

(from top left) Dennis Bechtold DVM & Sam Beech DVM (from bottom left) Wendy Womack DVM, Neal Womack DVM, Colleen Kutzler DVM & Jennifer Revermann DVM