SUNDAY, OC TOBER 22, 2017
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Premier Crossword
Sunday, October 22, 2017
By Frank A. Longo
The Record
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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 Also Analog Big mule Chain Dark men Englander Gray men Laity Old pan Pains Panel Pure Rabies Red nail Serial
Barranquilla Binche Cologne Dakar Limburg Mainz Marseille Mazatlan Mobile New Orleans Port of Spain Quebec City Salvador Sinaloa Sweden
CLUE LIST Darling Deary Heartville Lovedale Lovejoy Lovelady Loveland Lovelock Loveville Loving Newlove Romeo Rose City Rosemont Valentine
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Backhand Backspin Balk Bank shot Bantamweight Barbell Baseball Baseline Bat Batboy Birdie Black belt Blitz Bogey Bunt
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Concerning 5 Toward midnight 11 Sailing hazard 12 European peninsula 13 Like most NBA players 14 Comfortably warm 15 Clambake fare 17 Sch. support org. 18 Arizona city 22 Earthy pigment 24 Boost 25 Letter after pi 26 USO audience 27 Worker’s reward 30 Profession 32 Used up 33 Afternoon break 34 Tap dance variety 38 Quell concerns 41 Duplicate 42 Looked intently 43 Hand cost 44 Suit fabrics 45 Not as much
Sunday, October 22, 2017
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Liberal study 2 Perch 3 Caller’s need 4 In recent days 5 Lo-cal 6 Calls off, as a mission 7 Serving aid 8 1040 org. 9 Plop down 10 Cow chow 16 Blemish 19 Cheerleader’s prop 20 Bill stamp 21 Different 22 Spheres 23 Pork serving 28 Hesitant 29 Put in the closet 30 Blasting letters 31 Mischievous one 35 G-men 36 Makes a choice 37 Facial pair 38 Fitting 39 Make darts, say 40 Spot
ACROSS 1 Fighting 6 Defamatory text 11 Halt 12 “Rolling in the Deep” singer 13 Negotiations 14 Hollers 15 First aid boxes 17 Weary word 18 Go around 20 Prefix with sphere 22 Paint buy 23 Autocrats 26 Protractor measure 28 Fuming 29 Snappy comebacks 31 Light metal 32 Sharpen 33 Pump, for one 34 Dance unit 36 “Huh-uh” 38 Low point 40 Betrayed nervousness 43 Unaccompanied 44 Wise words 45 Skater Fleming 46 Admit
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DOWN 1 Do something 2 Brit’s brew 3 Yo-yo trick 4 Do a butler’s job 5 Take it easy 6 Put down 7 Company thinker 8 Pulling off a high-risk feat 9 First name in scat singing 10 Minus 16 Retiring 18 Surgery memento 19 Window section 21 History sections 23 Small seabird 24 Singing group 25 “Auld Lang –” 27 Film dubbing technique 30 Finger count 33 Digging tool 34 Cinch 35 Yarn 37 October birthstone 39 Spanish king 41 Sense of self 42 Cozy retreat
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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 Avenues Beagle Brainy Coverage Crickets Dread Emotion Fetch Fever Foxtail Frock Goats Hallowed Lawful Mangle
Bend Circle Clock Corner Horn House League Maypole Moon Neighborhood Table Time Town Track World
CLUE LIST Airspeed Desire Destined Destiny Endear Esprit Ideas Parent Party Pedestrians Pens Persist Presides Pride Steady
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Bushy Cushy Dishy Fishy Fleshy Gushy Marshy Mushy Pushy Shylock Shyness Sloshy Swishy Trashy Wishy-washy
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Mammoth hunt weapon 6 Stock unit 11 Origami creation 12 Indiana hoopster 13 Hinds’ mates 14 Texan landmark 15 Light 17 Performed 18 Take to court 19 Well established 22 Baseball great Williams 23 Brush up on 24 Like some onions 25 Knees and elbows 27 Apr. 15 adviser 30 Hotel areas 31 Skirt edge 32 Critic’s concern 33 Mock 35 Washington neighbor 38 Long sofa 39 Was furious 40 Capsize 41 Edgar Bergen’s Mortimer 42 Baby brothers, typically
Sunday, October 22, 2017
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Flaky rock 2 Czech capital 3 Brought in 4 Con 5 Museum work 6 Masseur’s workplace 7 Holbrook of “The Firm” 8 Maine park 9 Prompt 10 Wear down 16 Sent to Washington 20 Wore a tux, say 21 Went ahead 24 Big racket 25 Syria neighbor 26 Power problem 27 Onions’ kin 28 Intellectual showoff 29 Injury assuager 30 Dens 34 Fully developed 36 That lady 37 Peculiar
ACROSS 1 Fails miserably 6 Track events 11 Love to pieces 12 Put on a pedestal 13 Sioux shelter 14 Dixie damsel 15 Caesar’s question 17 Travel aid 18 Old oath 22 “I cannot tell —” 23 Schoolbag item 27 Merchandise 29 Low card 30 Disrobes 32 School on the Thames 33 Chat room participants 35 Dramatist Jonson 38 Harp’s kin 39 Perfect 41 Modify 45 Scoundrel 46 Check the flavor of 47 Diner 48 Hawke of Hollywood DOWN 1 Baseball need 2 Poem of praise
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Janitor’s tool Arrived jauntily Take care of Dressed down Chopping tool Peaceful Singer Fitzgerald Dance move Summit Jokes Heaps Designer Christian Scorned Darling Clickable picture Camera part School primer Pig’s place Steaming Tour de France vehicle Writer Ferber Orderly Broad st. Cigar bit School org. Kayo count
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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 Beam Blush Frown Glare Grimace Grin Long face Pout Scowl Shock Smirk Snarl Sneer Sulk Wince
Archery Badminton Basketball Bowling Equestrian Fencing Golf Lacrosse Rowing Skiing Soccer Softball Squash Tennis Water polo
CLUE LIST Animal House Cat Food Coloring Book Cover Letter Box Kite Instrument Landing Craft Fair Weather
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Batting Book Car Chapter Clear Corporate Flyweight Good Heavyweight Honorary Magazine Movie Rushing Song Sub
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Insertion marks 7 Antlered animal 11 Cochise’s people 12 Musical close 13 Amsterdam setting 15 Hold out 16 Couplet creator 18 Sound of surprise 21 Praise 22 Rope parts 24 Tavern 25 Nursery occupant 26 By way of 27 Edict 29 Yard parts 30 Blacken 31 Sewing aids 32 Daniel of “Skyfall” 34 Native countries 40 Lotion additive 41 Reduced to shreds 42 Lively folk dance 43 Old fogyish DOWN 1 Beans buy 2 Gorilla or gibbon
Sunday, October 22, 2017
THOMAS JOSEPH
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Scoundrel Reverberated Larceny Feudal farmer Sacred beetle Cargo unit Tack on Oven fuel Authentic Window sections Pound part Craps “natural” Uses a crowbar Pot cover Opponent Used a couch — Haute, Indiana Writer Carson Singing barber Cockpit worker Liberal study Ruin Flamenco cry Sock part Homer’s neighbor Used a spade Secret agent
ACROSS 1 School dance 5 “— on First?” 9 Rabbit fur 11 Tennis setting 12 “Skyfall” singer 13 Reddish dye 14 Writer Anaïs 15 Bar choice 17 Bar choice 19 Hosp. sections 20 Overindulge 21 Be a snoop 22 Pigeon’s perch 24 Gal of song 26 Church sight 29 Brief time 30 Bar choice 32 Bar choice 34 Rock producer Brian 35 Take — for the worse 36 Lively dance 38 Lorelei’s river 39 Factions 40 Filming locations 41 Be bold
The Record
DOWN 1 Fallback strategy 2 Hams’ needs 3 Lose one’s inhibitions 4 Wire measure 5 Miseries 6 Squat (down) 7 Stubborn 8 Doesn’t budge 10 Computer novice 11 Goatee setting 16 Brit’s traveling bag 18 Bakery buy 21 Singer Seeger 23 Is smugly happy 24 Fume 25 Find not guilty 27 Meeting slate 28 Look-alike 29 Flag features 30 Trig function 31 Lasso loop 33 Fancy planters 37 Assist
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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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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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.
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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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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Conceptis Puzzles
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GAMEBOOK
06510023047
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
The Record
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals P
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: T equals Y
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals D
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: S equals T
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: H equals O
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: P equals T
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: I equals H
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals I
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals D
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: J equals W
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: P equals I
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: T equals S
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals S
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: M equals O
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: P equals B
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: J equals T
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals R
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Hocus Focus
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Super Quiz
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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Hocus Focus
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Super Quiz
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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Hocus Focus
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Super Quiz
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
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Sunday, October 22, 2017
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Restroom, for short 4 Back talk 8 Blunders 12 Yale student 13 Friends, old style 14 Manner of walking 15 Gut level 17 Sans siblings 18 Feline 19 Snake or lizard 21 Untamed horse 24 Apiece 25 Second person 26 Wheel center 28 Basic assumption 32 Piquancy 34 Afternoon beverage 36 Water conduit 37 Come in 39 Sprite 41 Stitch 42 Tin Man’s need
Sunday, October 22, 2017
EUGENE SHEFFER
44 Alt-rock band, Barenaked — 46 Cheesy paper 50 Make marginalia 51 Vivacity, musically 52 Hun opponent 56 Enthusiastic 57 Send forth 58 Fish eggs 59 Optimistic 60 Antitoxins 61 Agent DOWN 1 Third O.T. bk. 2 Boxer Muhammad 3 Baron’s superior 4 Draw 5 Melody 6 Celebrity 7 Drag (Var.) 8 Braggart’s journey? 9 Hindu princess 10 Streamlet 11 Eyelid woe
16 Has the skill set 20 Coatrack part 21 Memory measure 22 Reddish horse 23 No longer stylish 27 Spelldown 29 Guests 30 Duel tool 31 Nightly telecast 33 Earth science 35 Every last crumb 38 Carnival city 40 Tex-Mex treat 43 18-Across’ ennead 45 Follow relentlessly 46 Slope transport 47 Jason’s ship 48 Life stories, briefly 49 Exemplar of thinness 53 Round Table title 54 Upper surface 55 “Yoo-hoo!”
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ACROSS 1 Chances, for short 4 TV watchdog org. 7 Obliterate 12 Shell game need 13 Under the weather 14 Started eating 15 Take a whack at 16 Scrabble or Parcheesi 18 “Monty Python” opener 19 Wander off 20 Hack 22 Pilgrimage to Mecca 23 Prayer ending 27 Rhyming tribute 29 Burning 31 Magician’s cry 34 Cow catcher 35 Triangular home 37 Total 38 Constellation component 39 Eccentric 41 Unctuous 45 Twine fiber
47 Payable 48 Indiana university 52 Literary collection 53 “Drops of Jupiter” band 54 “Golly!” 55 Owns 56 Villain in a Christmas tale 57 Halves of 25Down 58 Scrap DOWN 1 Vision-related 2 Australian city 3 Permission 4 Wee whoppers 5 Dress 6 Barton or Bow 7 Vortex 8 Carpet 9 Khan title 10 — card (cellphone chip) 11 Away from WSW 17 Hindu royal
21 On top of the world? 23 Memorable mission 24 More, to Manuel 25 Type squares 26 Ultramodernist 28 Weir 30 Swine or bird — 31 Anatomical duct 32 Frequently 33 Glass of NPR 36 Oklahoma city 37 Pistil counterpart 40 Grammarian’s concern 42 Coeur d’Alene’s home 43 Moon-related 44 You’ll get a rise out of it 45 Fax 46 Dregs 48 To the — degree 49 Raw rock 50 Pitch 51 “Flying Down to —”
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
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Sunday, October 22, 2017
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Swelled head 4 Marble chunk 8 Taj Mahal city 12 “You’ve got mail” co. 13 Carry on 14 Hairstyle 15 Hollywood trickery, for short 16 Basin accessory 17 Greek vowel 18 Firetruck gear 21 “— Impossible” 22 Officeholders 23 Bocce equipment 26 Coquettish 27 Coll. transcript no. 30 Fairy tale preposition 31 Unc’s kid 32 Witticism 33 Kitten’s comment 34 Wield oars 35 Choral composition 36 Jewel
Sunday, October 22, 2017
EUGENE SHEFFER
37 Dine 38 Free from responsibility 45 PC picture 46 Tramcars’ contents 47 Grand —, N.S. 48 “Vanilla Sky” actress Penelope 49 Verifiable 50 Slithery swimmer 51 Continental coin 52 Actress Hatcher 53 Filch DOWN 1 Apiece 2 Disco style 3 Hodgepodge 4 Casual wear 5 Homes for gnomes? 6 On in years 7 “Symphonie Fantastique” composer 8 Low-pH chemicals
9 Suitable 10 Ceremony 11 Somewhere out there 19 Potter’s need 20 Whatever number 23 Vagrant 24 Mimic 25 Depressed 26 Intimidate 27 Eviscerate 28 Chart format 29 Likely 31 Ease 32 Hebrew letter 34 Ump 35 Oats-nuts-fruit concoction 36 Hook-nosed Muppet 37 Rid of fleece 38 Grown-up nits 39 Beige 40 Go sightseeing 41 Genealogy chart 42 Oil cartel 43 Sandwich treat 44 Iodine source
ACROSS 1 Gorilla 4 Lathers 9 Justice Dept. div. 12 Felon’s flight 13 Violinist’s stroke 14 Young chap 15 Shift back and forth 17 Work with 18 Have a bug 19 Texas city 21 Suppress the sound 24 Landlord’s due 25 Web address 26 Finish 28 Nephew’s sister 31 Author Bellow 33 — -tac-toe 35 Pharmaceutical 36 Spritelike 38 “Bow-wow!” 40 Historic period 41 Pedicurist’s target 43 Got away from
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45 Supernatural spirit of Islam (Var.) 47 Existed 48 Regret 49 Confuses 54 Where — at 55 “— Grows in Brooklyn” 56 Singer Sumac 57 Dog or cat, usually 58 Dilutes 59 Menagerie DOWN 1 TV alien 2 Chum 3 Ostrich’s cousin 4 Vain 5 Rich 6 Lawyers’ org. 7 Engine 8 Home of Volvos and Saabs 9 Discomposed 10 Low voice 11 Concept
16 Half- — (Starbucks option) 20 Oklaho-ma city 21 Clio or Erato 22 Caspian feeder 23 Most superficial 27 24 horas 29 Remedy 30 “Zounds!” 32 Friend of Dorothy 34 Guys with oars, maybe 37 Lo-cal, often 39 Fires 42 Cultivated land 44 GIs’ entertainment org. 45 Faucet problem 46 Twine fiber 50 Spoon-bender Geller 51 End of the alphabet 52 Comedian Philips 53 — Paulo, Brazil
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
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Because I plan on eating my breakfast with a fork,
1 I would say I made the prong decision.
What might one call laws that are formulated for
2 controlling actress Sandra? Dee-regulation.
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After my mouse pointer stopped functioning
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3 without warning, I did some cursor-y research.
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Please stop using that same tired cliche regularly.
4 You need a major platitude adjustment.
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When I hear people say witty quotes, I habitually
5 write them down to attach to my quip-board. Wuzzles 2
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Guy who’s always offering deep analyses of run-
1 of-the-mill spuds: a common-tater commentator. I did quite well when I took the marquee letter
2 arrangement tests. I know I made straight A’s.
I’d like to produce a hybridized Chinese fruit with
3 fuzzy skin. It would be a peachy litchi.
Phrase relevant to a horse who is given some wine
I reckon a gymnast’s preferred type of drinking
2 vessel could very likely be a tumbler.
Some folks think that legendary singer Torme is
3 likable, but I honestly find Mel odious.
The guy who watches over the important light-
4 splitting devices is a very vigilant prism guard.
When I asked the vocalist if he’d kindly sing the
5 chorus over again, he said he would refrain. 6
I just know I have looked upon this specific panorama sometime before. It must be deja view.
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Since she’s about to give birth, I may approach the
4 goat and remark “You’ve gotta be kidding!”
The seafood market sells fish of the ray family at
5 ridiculously low prices. What cheap skates! 6
Since the buzzing insects have just solved many anagram puzzles, they’re probably jumble-bees.
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1 to celebrate an event: Champagne at the bit.
Occasionally, the two rival roadside assistance drivers have been observed going tow-to-tow.
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AN IDEA NOT COUPLED WITH ACTION WILL NEVER GET ANY BIGGER THAN THE BRAIN CELL IT OCCUPIED. — ARNOLD H. GLASOW
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A MAN CAN STAND A LOT AS LONG AS HE CAN STAND HIMSELF. — AXEL MUNTHE
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THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE WISH WE HAD DONE YESTERDAY, SO FEW THAT WE FEEL LIKE DOING TODAY. — MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN BE BEAUTIFUL IF YOU CAN, WISE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT BE RESPECTED — THAT IS ESSENTIAL. — ANNA GOULD
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I’VE GOT A THEORY THAT IF YOU GIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ALL OF THE TIME, SOMEHOW THINGS WILL WORK OUT IN THE END. — LARRY BIRD
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IF YOU WANT TO TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND, TRY THANKFULNESS. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE MIGHTILY. — GERALD GOOD
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BETTER TO WRITE FOR YOURSELF AND HAVE NO PUBLIC, THAN TO WRITE FOR THE PUBLIC AND HAVE NO SELF. — CYRIL CONNOLLY
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WE MUST USE TIME WISELY AND FOREVER REALIZE THAT THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIPE TO DO RIGHT. — NELSON MANDELA
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TRYING TO SQUASH A RUMOR IS LIKE TRYING TO UNRING A BELL. — SHANA ALEXANDER
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I THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO KIND OF DECIDE WHAT THE WORD “JAZZ” MEANS TO THEM, AND THAT’S FINE. — KENNY G
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RESPECT FOR OURSELVES GUIDES OUR MORALS; RESPECT FOR OTHERS GUIDES OUR MANNERS. — LAURENCE STERNE
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MISTAKES ARE ALWAYS FORGIVABLE, IF ONE HAS THE COURAGE TO ADMIT THEM. — BRUCE LEE
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Cryptoquote PROBLEMS ARE NOT STOP SIGNS, THEY ARE GUIDELINES. — ROBERT H. SCHULLER
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BE MISERABLE. OR MOTIVATE YOURSELF. WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE, IT’S ALWAYS YOUR CHOICE. — WAYNE DYER
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ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST. WHAT YOU PLANT NOW, YOU WILL HARVEST LATER. — OG MANDINO
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MOTIVATION IS THE ART OF GETTING PEOPLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO IT. — DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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LIFE BEATS DOWN AND CRUSHES THE SOUL, AND ART REMINDS YOU THAT YOU HAVE ONE. — STELLA ADLER
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WE MAKE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND SHAPE OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT. — ORISON SWETT MARDEN
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