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FOR KIDS: Dot to Dot Sudoku Just Kidding Whiz Quiz Jumble

FOR ADULTS: Guess Who? Word Scramble Word Search Crossword Suduko & MORE!

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME! ®

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME! ®

The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.

The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.

1. Which planet is a thousand times bigger than Earth and the largest in our solar system?

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a) Saturn b) Jupiter c) Neptune

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2. It gets colder and colder the further away you get from the sun. Which icy cold planet is the farthest distance from our sun?

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Now you’re ready to solve today’s Jumble For Kids. Study the picture for a hint. Play around with the letters in the circles. You’ll find you can put them in order so that they make your funny answer.

Now you’re ready to solve today’s Jumble For Kids. Study the picture for a hint. Play around with the letters in the circles. You’ll find you can put them in order so that they make your funny answer.

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The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME! ®

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The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.

Now you’re ready to solve today’s Jumble For Kids. Study the picture for a hint. Play around with the letters in the circles. You’ll find you can put them in order so that they make your funny answer.

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SHED GIFT HUGE Jumbles: GET Answer: When she saw her favorite omelet on her plate, she was — “EGG-SIGHTED”

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DARK SELL JOIN Jumbles: TOY Answer: The gift shop run by the T-rex was a — “DINO-STORE”

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DARK SELL JOIN Jumbles: TOY Answer: The gift shop run by the T-rex was a — “DINO-STORE”

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4. There are more than 200 moons in our solar system, but not all planets have them. Which two planets have no moons?

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a) Cosmic debris b) Ice and rock particles c) Gas

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PARKS & REC WORD SEARCH

Find the words hidden vertically, horizontally, diagonally and backwards.

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SUMMER DAZE WORD SEARCH

Find the words hidden vertically, horizontally, diagonally and backwards.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE 89

ACROSS 1. Picnic-crashing insect 4. By means of 7. Fire 12. Life story, for short 13. “____ Got Sixpence” 14. Reduce 15. Machines 17. Edmonton player 18. University official 19. Branding ____ 21. Ducked 24. Paving liquid 27. Dozing 30. Operatic highlight 31. West Pointers 32. Curving 34. Spirited 35. Peachlike fruits 37. Vampire, at times 38. Overpass 39. Rounded roof

40. Acapulco money 44. Boom box 47. Ahab of “Moby Dick,” e.g.

50. Smells 51. Organ of sight 52. Sob 53. Father 54. Darn 55. Curse DOWN 1. In the sack 2. Cat-o’-____-tails 3. Dress for Caesar 4. Safety ____ 5. “All About ____” 6. Quit 7. Vital fluid 8. Meat cut 9. Hole-making tool 10. Final letter 11. Botch 16. Truly

20. Consider 22. Elect 23. Deprive of weapons 24. Huey, Dewey, and Louie 25. “____ Misbehavin’ ” 26. Cloth shreds 27. Wound cover 28. Volcanic flow 29. Amend 30. Receive with favor 33. Big truck 36. Fragments 38. Promote 39. Terrible 41. To ____ his own 42. Kingly address 43. Black stone 44. Filch 45. Citrus refresher 46. Asta or Lassie 48. Sailor’s yes 49. Cathedral seat

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 90

36. Lock opener 37. Soft drink 38. Ump’s relative 39. “Chicago” star 40. Hideous 41. Louisiana marsh 43. Mock 45. Troublesome tyke 47. Villain 51. October stone 54. On the cutting ____ 57. Adam’s wife 58. Official helper 59. Food fish 60. Male or female 61. Bassoon, e.g.

62. James Brown’s music 63. Gallery offering

ACROSS 1. Mom’s fellow 4. Strait-laced 8. Quote 12. Wintry 13. Talk wildly 14. Opera tune 15. “Look ____ ye leap” 16. Forewarning 8

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DOWN 1. Say no to seconds 2. Land measurement 3. One who colors 4. Not poetry 5. Barnyard animal 6. “____ Got Sixpence” 7. Heal 8. Desert plants 9. Bitter resentment 10. ____ can 11. Chew and swallow 19. Army cafeteria 21. Secondhand 23. Huron, e.g.

25. Haze 26. Relate, as a story 27. Stick around

ANSWERS PUZZLE 89

28. Sidewalk border 29. On a voyage 30. Challenge 32. ____ your request 33. Observer 37. Mince 39. Mouth part 42. Greased 44. Best 46. Household animals 48. Flat hill 49. Concluded 50. Succeeding 51. Paddle’s kin 52. Baked dessert 53. Citrus cooler 55. Twins 56. Large antelope

ANSWERS PUZZLE 90

Enjoy your day off with this fun Fourth of July word search.

Simply find the listed words and circle them in the grid.

AMERICA ANTHEM APPLE PIE BARBECUES BASEBALL BETSY ROSS BRAVE CEREMONIES CONSTITUTION COOKOUT DECLARATION EAGLE EVENTS FAMILIES FESTIVALS FIREWORKS FLAGS FOUNDING FATHERS FREEDOM FOOD FUN

GATHERINGS HISTORY HOLIDAY HOTDOGS JEFFERSON JULY FOURTH LIBERTY MUSIC NATION PARADES PATRIOTISM PICNIC RED BLUE AND WHITE STARS AND STRIPES STATES SUMMER THIRTEEN VICTORY WASHINGTON

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE 91

ACROSS 1. Choir singer 5. Yak 8. Detail 12. Hired thug 13. She-sheep 14. Bright star 15. Revered 17. Competed 18. Hearty soups 19. Different 20. Headache cure 25. Pale 28. Self 32. Craps cube 33. Storm winds 34. Have bills 35. Shielded 37. Blizzard stuff 38. Flower 40. Messy type 43. Trench

47. Cab 48. Device for wingtips 51. Baker’s box 52. Buddy 53. Sledder’s delight 54. Sharp pain 55. Tack on 56. Auctioneer’s word DOWN 1. Eons 2. Did not win 3. Haul 4. Like some streets: hyph.

5. Sparkler 6. Astonish 7. Bunk 8. Coin 9. Work hard 10. 12/24 and 12/31 11. Manufactured 16. Curvy turn 21. Baby grand, e.g.

22. Lazes around 23. Woodwind instruments 24. Outs’ opposites 25. Commercials 26. Attack!

27. “____ Alibi” 29. Charged particle 30. Duo number 31. Certain evergreen 33. Toothpaste option 36. Waning 37. Metalworkers 39. “____ to a Nightingale” 40. Terminate 41. Volcanic fluid 42. Farm animals 44. Three musicians 45. Battery 46. Clutched 48. Fitness center 49. Owned 50. Dated

39. Fade 40. Trash 42. Soak, as tea 45. Does, e.g.

47. Verbal 48. Billiard parlor: 2 wds.

52. Discharge 53. Fan’s hero 54. Little 55. Related 56. Munches 57. Cap

4. Dresser 5. Notable periods 6. Caviar 7. Admission price 8. Most curious 9. Clarinet’s cousin 10. Reveal 11. Saw 16. Shade provider 19. Actor Brynner 20. Shipment 21. Not early 22. Above 23. Curved roof 26. Strait-laced 27. Shack

28. Bugle call 29. Write text 30. Derby 32. Posed 36. Slurp 37. Lives 41. Burnt wood 42. Downy 43. Three voices 44. Count 45. Seltzer 46. Holler 48. Bakery purchase 49. Piercing tool 50. Island garland 51. Guided

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 92

DOWN 1. Subside 2. Bread type 3. Gun a motor

ACROSS 1. Bungle 4. Steak, e.g.

8. Regard 12. Farewell, for short 13. Beg 14. Conform to 15. Drink 17. Shoe part 18. Smaller amount 10

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19. Road sign 20. Pack animal 23. Appropriate 24. Cookie grain 25. Cover, as a couch 31. Potent particle 33. Molasses spirit 34. Voila!

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ANSWERS PUZZLE 91

ANSWERS PUZZLE 92

HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started.

Remember: you must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.

PUZZLE NO. 824 | LEVEL: BEGINNER

PUZZLE NO. 825 | LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

PUZZLE NO. 826 | LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

PUZZLE NO. 827 | LEVEL: ADVANCED

PUZZLE NO. 828 | LEVEL: ADVANCED

PUZZLE NO. 829 | LEVEL: ADVANCED

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 824

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 825

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 826

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 827

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 828

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ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 829

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