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Premier Crossword
By Frank A. Longo
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Croatia Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden
CLUE LIST Adams Brenneman Fisher Grant Irving Jo Johnson Lee Lowell Poehler Pond Ryan Sedaris Smart Tan Winehouse
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CLUE LIST Bench dog Bolster Burl Crosscut Dado Dovetail Fence Grain Kerf Mitre Mortise Rabbet Rail Rip Route
CLUE LIST Center Chalk Change-up Check Chip Clip Coin toss Completion Coverage Crackback Crease Crew Crossbar Curl Curveball
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CROSSWORD
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THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Fight memento 5 URL part 10 High boot 12 Scout leader? 13 Start of a Caesar quote 14 Player 15 Track trip 16 They’re up for discussion 18 Hand soother 20 Once called 21 Vicinity 23 Tax agcy. 24 A lot 26 They may clash 28 Harry’s friend 29 The Emerald Isle 31 Memorable time 32 Idea 36 Professor Snape’s class 39 Wish undone 40 Without break 41 Give addresses 43 Declare 44 Like ears and brains 45 Bullfight bulls 46 Chestnut coats
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Imbibe heavily 2 Bean-bearing tree 3 Modify 4 “Stand” band 5 Sports figure 6 Places 7 Shakespeare’s merchant 8 High group 9 Race runners 11 Regret 17 Early hour 19 Writer Fleming 22 Can type 24 Raptors’ home 25 Carousing 27 Understand 28 Correct an online comment 30 Roadhouse 33 Pitcher Hideki 34 External 35 Can’t live without 37 Fond of 38 Jonson works 42 Hold up
ACROSS 1 Applies makeup 5 His — (cribbage jack) 9 Archaeology find 11 Eyeballs 13 Steaming 14 Anger 15 Shark feature 16 Not recognizable by 18 Swindles 20 Writer Follett 21 Dike’s kin 22 Simple 23 Hall of Famer Williams 24 Dripping 25 Overlook 27 Peruses 29 Small worker 30 Young hens 32 Allowance 34 Fruitcake bit 35 External 36 Writer Jong 38 Shaving mishaps 39 Gasp, say 40 Friends’ pronoun 41 Ice chunk
DOWN 1 Snow formation 2 Reception aid 3 Decorative sewing touch 4 Canine command 5 Like some situations 6 Story monster 7 Proclamation of complete innocence 8 Hunting dog 10 Put a stop to 12 Radiated 17 Tell tales 19 Preceding times 22 Repast 24 Metal worker 25 Stone worker 26 Sense 27 Baseball score 28 Wall material 30 In itself 31 Map division 33 Small dog, for short 37 Field judge 5
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Argentina Australia Bolivia Canada Chile China Guatemala India Kazakhstan Peru Poland Russia Sweden Turkey U.S.A.
CLUE LIST Arnhem Basel Chur Cologne Duisburg Kampen Koblenz Mainz Neuss Rotterdam Strasbourg Wesel Worms Xanten Zons
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CLUE LIST Aquarium Aviary Barn Cage Corral Henhouse Hutch Kennel Paddock Pigpen Preserve Stable Stall Sty Zoo
CLUE LIST Action Agraffe Belly Bridge Cabinet Damper Flange Hammers Keyboard Keys Pedals Pinblock Soundboard Tuning pins Wippen
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CROSSWORD
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THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Sprit, e.g. 5 Without a date 9 Cousteau’s gear 10 Worn out 12 Studied (over) 13 Ridiculous 14 Former 16 Storage spot 17 Julep need 18 Shakespearean conspirator 20 Anne Rice vampire 22 Job for Poirot 23 Texas landmark 25 Racket 28 Wooden rods 32 “Avatar” director 34 Back muscle, briefly 35 Vein contents 36 Folding craft 38 Book’s page number 40 Home run, in slang 41 Lighter part 42 Starts business 43 Lacking 44 Balance
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Torch holder 2 Makes baby food, maybe 3 Aid in crime 4 Extreme 5 Messy places 6 Malleable metal 7 Mecca setting 8 Brainiac 9 Overindulge 11 None too smart 15 Corrida hero 19 Low boat 21 Unexciting 24 Union ship 25 Express disbelief 26 Seasonal songs 27 Henry Fielding book 29 Gladdens 30 Bemoan 31 Roils 33 Alex Haley book 37 Hang open 39 Hostel
ACROSS 1 Jack of rhyme 6 Penny 10 Sofa 11 Golden — (senior citizens) 13 Bugs bugs him 14 Des Moines native 15 Catch in the act 16 Paddle’s cousin 18 Masseur’s workplace 19 Old West outlaw 22 Volleyball need 23 Seep 24 Tennis star Monica 27 Trifled (with) 28 Poet Khayyám 29 Butter square 30 Old West outlaw 35 First aid case 36 Have lunch 37 Sis’s sibling 38 Select group 40 Sad sack 42 Home design 43 Put in office 44 Lairs 45 Cars’ scars
DOWN 1 Fragrance 2 From the Arctic 3 Cuban dance 4 Top card 5 Royal seats 6 Capital on the Nile 7 Sense of self 8 “Extra!” caller 9 Bar for swingers 12 Caught 17 Museum stuff 20 Like neon 21 Diner seating choice 24 Hit with force 25 Contacted online 26 Wooden grid 27 Was a rat 29 Pod item 31 Lusty looks 32 “Hedda Gabler” author 33 Put up 34 Cavalry stations 39 Great weight 41 Bullfight cry
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.
CLUE LIST Back Bread Chess Circuit Cup Diving Draft Ironing Peg Running Sandwich School Spring Wall Weather
CLUE LIST Enjoyable Enjoying Joyance Joyfully Joyfulness Joyless Joyner Joyous Joypad Joyrider Joyriding Joystick Killjoy Lovejoy Overjoyed
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CLUE LIST Adams Cash Charles Figgs Griner Harper Holdsclaw Lobo Miller Moore Parker Ralph Riley Taurasi Young
CLUE LIST Data Deviation Distribution Error Graphs Histogram Median Mode Models Plots Range Sample Test Variable Variance
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CROSSWORD
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THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 School art staple 6 Harpoon 11 Martin’s automaking partner 12 Therefore 13 Without enough staff 15 Skirt edge 16 Brit. fliers 17 Salt Lake City player 18 Paving stuff 20 Beam of light 21 Make a choice 22 Jazz clarinetist Fountain 23 Gambling mecca 26 Does some modeling 27 Pinnacle 28 Pear-shaped fruit 29 Set ablaze 30 Campaign loser 34 “— your loss!” 35 Word of denial 36 In the past 37 Out of breath 40 Spine-tingling 41 Singer Cleo 42 Dance moves 43 Leopard features
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Turkish bigwig 2 Fire proof? 3 Jazz dance 4 Craggy hill 5 Snares 6 Mine section 7 Desk-set item 8 Survives 9 Artwork overlay 10 Overnight flights 14 Sentry’s order 19 Flimflam 22 Possum of the comics 23 Suitcases 24 Sobriquet 25 Become angry 26 Flower parts 28 Move smoothly 30 Poker payments 31 CBer’s need 32 Deal maker 33 Network points 38 Tear 39 Snooze
ACROSS 1 Outpouring 6 Stare stupidly 10 Confine 11 Michael of Monty Python 12 Monsoon weather 13 UV stopper 14 Brit’s exclamation 15 Position 16 Unruly crowd 17 New reporter 18 Salon stuff 19 Trooper’s order 22 Ring out 23 Tale teller 26 Consider 29 Little devil 32 Spring month 33 Gardner of “Mo-gambo” 34 In the vicinity 36 Carolina bird 37 Parting word 38 Virtuous one 39 Alerts 40 As expected 41 Different 42 Spirited horse
DOWN 1 Scampi ingredient 2 Thick fog 3 Congenial 4 Minute 5 Print measures 6 Strip in the Mideast 7 Next to 8 Show pain 9 Prepare to propose 11 Ample midsection 15 Family vehicle choice 17 Ohio city 20 On the — (fleeing) 21 Carnival city 24 Greed 25 Income 27 Put down 28 Talked excitedly 29 Quite impressed 30 Military award 31 Skating category 35 Painter Magritte 36 Long for 38 Sinking signal
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Sudoku Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once
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Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
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Sudoku Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once.
Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.
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Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
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Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.
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