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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Premier Crossword
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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
Bench dog Bolster Burl Crosscut Dado Dovetail Fence Grain Kerf Mitre Mortise Rabbet Rail Rip Route
CLUE LIST Adams Brenneman Fisher Grant Irving Jo Johnson Lee Lowell Poehler Pond Ryan Sedaris Smart Tan Winehouse
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Center Chalk Change-up Check Chip Clip Coin toss Completion Coverage Crackback Crease Crew Crossbar Curl Curveball
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
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
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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
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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
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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.
Aquarium Aviary Barn Cage Corral Henhouse Hutch Kennel Paddock Pigpen Preserve Stable Stall Sty Zoo
CLUE LIST Arnhem Basel Chur Cologne Duisburg Kampen Koblenz Mainz Neuss Rotterdam Strasbourg Wesel Worms Xanten Zons
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Action Agraffe Belly Bridge Cabinet Damper Flange Hammers Keyboard Keys Pedals Pinblock Soundboard Tuning pins Wippen
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
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
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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
The Record
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
Adams Cash Charles Figgs Griner Harper Holdsclaw Lobo Miller Moore Parker Ralph Riley Taurasi Young
CLUE LIST Enjoyable Enjoying Joyance Joyfully Joyfulness Joyless Joyner Joyous Joypad Joyrider Joyriding Joystick Killjoy Lovejoy Overjoyed
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Data Deviation Distribution Error Graphs Histogram Median Mode Models Plots Range Sample Test Variable Variance
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
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
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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
The Record
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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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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, April 1, 2018
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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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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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, April 1, 2018
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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Sunday, April 1, 2018
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: A equals V
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: W equals O
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: U 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, April 1, 2018
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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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, April 1, 2018
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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Sunday, April 1, 2018
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: A equals D
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Super Quiz
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Super Quiz
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Super Quiz
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Cryptoquote
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Sunday, April 1, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Poke 4 Beach stuff 8 Part of the foot? 12 Supplement, with “out” 13 From the start 14 In the vicinity 15 Congratulatory slap 17 Oodles 18 Open 19 Meadow 21 G.I.’s dinner, for short 22 Showing cleavage 26 Computer acronym 29 Stein or Stiller 30 Life time? 31 Swiss capital 32 Staff 33 Oven 34 Swelled head 35 “Explain, please” 36 — Major (Sirius’ constellation)
Sunday, April 1, 2018
EUGENE SHEFFER
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Restrained Evergreen type Trawler need Tips over Ontario neighbor Gary Cooper movie Tab Small grimace Stickum Weevil’s target Litigant Sphere
11 Day fractions (Abbr.) 16 Surround 20 Many millennia 23 First son 24 Aptly named fruit? 50 25 Sawbucks 51 26 23-Down’s 52 victim 53 27 Lily variety 54 28 Boast 55 29 Tarzan’s son 32 Beats DOWN 33 Singer Akers 1 Biblical king 35 Infinitesimal who had Jezebel 36 Written code slain 38 Dead ringer? 2 Related (to) 39 Bach piece, 3 Pleads often 4 Jungle 42 Nixed, at NASA expedition 43 Entrance 5 Doddering, 44 Uppity sort maybe 45 Recede 6 Ely’s st. 46 Carnival city 7 Lived 8 Post-vow relative 47 Ailing 49 Debtor’s letters 9 Ultramodernist 10 House pet
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ACROSS 1 They may be proper subjects 6 Distorted 12 Circus tent 13 Utica’s county 14 Mistreat 15 Cat in 9 Lives commercials 16 Antelope’s playmate 17 Rowing team 19 Biblical verb suffix 20 Take heed of 22 Profit 24 Air safety org. 27 History chapters 29 Inauguration recitation 32 “The Gold Bug” author 35 Policy expert 36 Stead 37 Gender 38 Item for 17-Across
40 Genesis creator 42 Billboards 44 Camel feature 46 — podrida 50 Second of two 52 Acre’s acres? 54 Hateful 55 Original inhabitant 56 Washington city 57 Too bright
18 True-tolifestyle 21 “— the ramparts ...” 23 Plenty of time? 24 Not many 25 Commotion 26 Doubter 28 Dormant 30 Pirouette pivot 31 Whammy 33 Alias abbr. 34 Summertime DOWN mo. 1 Cleo’s river 2 Lecher’s look 39 Watery discharge 3 One-eighty 41 Heart line 4 Ph. bk. data 42 Oodles 5 Ghostly 43 Arp’s art 6 One or more 45 — Major 7 Famous 47 Den 8 Always, in 48 Tax verse 49 Hearty 9 Bugs brew 10 Tend texts 51 Excessively 11 T, in Morse 53 Bando of code baseball 12 Auction action
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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, April 1, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Pooch’s tormentor 5 Listener 8 Stocking feature 12 Fat 13 “Born in the —” 14 Big brass instrument 15 Surrounded by 16 Place to get a slice 18 Exile 20 Round numbers 21 Lummox 23 Type measures 24 Germs 28 Pierce 31 Lubricant 32 Old phones have them 34 “I — Camera” 35 Fall heavily 37 Standards 39 Caribbean, e.g. 41 Calendar quota
Sunday, April 1, 2018
EUGENE SHEFFER
42 From what place 45 Naiads and dryads 49 Panic 51 Pelvis bones 52 Thought 53 Understood 54 Bird’s home 55 Sent back (Abbr.) 56 Individual 57 Relaxation DOWN 1 Dieter’s target 2 Dalai — 3 Ireland 4 One who is hooked 5 Elated 6 “— was going to St. Ives” 7 Bronx cheer 8 Backs of boats 9 Chunnel crosser
10 Irish Rose’s beau 11 “Serpico” author Peter 17 Last letter 19 Coaster 22 Journal with a lock 24 Jazz style 25 Have a bug 26 Not widely spaced 27 Estrange 29 French friend 30 Sheep’s call 33 Remain 36 Group of five 38 Winter weasel 40 High card 42 Sound of spinning 43 Jekyll’s bad side 44 Therefore 46 Entreaty 47 Snake’s sound 48 Fully fill 50 Charged bit
ACROSS 1 Hurry 5 Pinch 8 Goose egg 12 Curved molding 13 Expert 14 Sandwich cookie 15 Sheltered, at sea 16 1991 Sally Field/ Kevin Kline movie 18 Sink accessory 20 Fuzzy collections 21 Be unwell 22 Lamb’s cry 23 Offspring 26 Flapjack 30 “— Impossible” 31 Bliss 32 Martini ingredient 33 Dessert maker’s shortcut 36 Minion of Satan 38 Society newcomer 39 Crib 40 Last Greek letter
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43 Personal song compilation 47 Vintage player 49 Visa alternative, for short 50 Layer 51 Fib 52 New Zealand bird 53 Rhyming tributes 54 Evergreen type 55 Formerly, formerly DOWN 1 Street 2 Wrinkly fruit 3 Witnesses 4 Donkey’s call 5 Twangy 6 Picture on a PC 7 “The Princess and the —” 8 Horoscope houses 9 Ms. Brockovich 10 Take five 11 Ahs’ mates 17 Blueprint
19 Brooch 22 Chesapeake, for one 23 So, in Latin 24 Sch. grp. 25 Request 26 Plague 27 Life time? 28 Family 29 Conclude 31 Triangular sail 34 Lawn-trimming tools 35 Anthropologist Margaret 36 Repair 37 Amount swallowed 39 Harley enthusiast 40 “Beetle Bailey” dog 41 Hotel staffer 42 Fencing prop 43 DLI doubled 44 Eastern bigwig (Var.) 45 Church seating 46 Way out 48 Sprite
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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, April 1, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 — -relief 4 “Conan” network 7 Easter flower 8 Baby’s ailment 10 Traffic cone 11 Moon mission name 13 Shakespeare’s best-known query 16 “I’ll take that as —” 17 Carolers’ tunes 18 Vast expanse 19 Coloring agents 20 For fear that 21 Corporations 23 Paperhanger’s need 25 Scrawny 26 Dull sound of impact 27 Performance 28 Show smug satisfaction
Sunday, April 1, 2018
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Edinburgh resident 5 Letterman’s network 8 Tibetan priest 12 Unaccompanied 13 Illustrations 14 Acknowledge 15 Feedbag contents 16 Neither partner 17 Transaction 18 Sloshed 20 Portent 22 What Sedaka said was “hard to do” 26 Side road 29 Tex- — cuisine 30 Historic time 31 “So be it” 32 Dr.’s study 33 Work units 34 Hockey venue 35 Author Fleming 36 Beginning 37 Recording
30 Pi follower 33 TLC makeover series 36 Abrade 37 Film 38 Shocking weapon 39 State 40 High deg. 41 Aviv lead-in
12 Not just plump 14 Shad delicacies 15 Chow down 19 Parched 20 “Acid” 21 Botanist for whom a reddish-purple flower is named 22 Unbroken DOWN 23 Excellent, 1 “The Hobbit” in hip-hop hero parlance 2 Lotion additive 24 Self-service 3 Thesaurus diner entry 4 “Fiddler on the 25 Pussy foot? 26 Carrier Roof” star 28 Grind the teeth 5 Rorschach 29 Ran easily pictures 30 Make merry 6 Riverbed 31 Barber’s deposit concern 7 Rhone city 32 Raw rock 8 Christmas 34 Snare candy 35 Worked on a 9 Storage area loom 10 Bake sale org.
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Sea eagle Humans Short skirt Trawler need Sailor’s jail Probability Mai — (cocktail) Protracted Swanky Curved line Rams’ mates
DOWN 1 No neatnik 2 Furnace fuel 3 Aware of 4 “No nukes” agreement 5 Hiawatha’s transport 6 Buddy 7 Caressed 8 Burdened 9 Comic-book team, with “The”
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Extinct bird Piercing tool Attempt Blend Alter a text Incite History Fisherman’s supply Village People hit Saturdays and Sundays Purplish-red shade Dignify Hostel Have bills Hibernian Eye-related Front of a ship Profession Omelet basis Swab Altar affirmative Corn spike
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AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF ROUGH USE, THIS BEATEN-UP REAPING TOOL HAS BECOME A SICKLY SICKLE.
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PARTICULAR CLASS OF FISH THAT PEOPLE CONSIDER THE DREGS OF OCEAN SOCIETY: THE RIFFRAFF ROUGHY.
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I RECENTLY REALIZED I’VE SAVED UP SO MANY CITRUS PEELS OVER TIME THAT I HAVE ZEST FOR LIFE.
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EVERYBODY PRESENT AT THE EVENT SEEMED TO BE VERY HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME, BY CHEER COINCIDENCE.
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THAT BLOGGER WHO HATES FRANCE’S CAPITAL MAINLY WRITES UNDER THE PSEUDONYM “BLASTER OF PARIS.”
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IT’S NEVER CLEARLY EVIDENT TO ME WHICH KIND OF PORK I PREFER. I GUESS I’M VERY HAM-PIG-UOUS.
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THE MUSEUM’S TOUR GUIDE ISN’T WELLINFORMED ENOUGH. I REALLY WISH THEY’D FIND A DECENT DOCENT.
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YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT VERY INFLUENTIAL NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF OF FLORIDA A SEMINAL SEMINOLE.
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THE MINUTE ONE UTTERS A CERTAINTY, THE OPPOSITE COMES TO MIND. — MAY SARTON
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I WORK TIRELESSLY AT A PASTRY SHOP TO SUPPORT US, SO I’M THE ONE WHO BRINGS HOME THE BAKING.
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UNUSUAL NOVELTY MESSAGE THAT’S DELIVERED BY GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH’S DOG: A MILLIE-GRAM.
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IF YOU MARRY A MAN WHO CHEATS ON HIS WIFE, YOU’LL BE MARRIED TO A MAN WHO CHEATS ON HIS WIFE. — ANN LANDERS
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IF A TOURNAMENT STARTED ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE NOON, I WOULD CALL THAT A TENNISH MATCH.
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THIS GAMBLING GUY I ONCE KNEW WOULD NEVER BET ON EVEN NUMBERS. HE’D ALWAYS MAKE ODD CHOICES.
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I DO NOT BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE, BUT I AM BRINGING A CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR. — WOODY ALLEN
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YOU MUST ADMIT THAT THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE VERY FIRST MOTOR HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF ENGINE-UITY.
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THAT ECCENTRIC AQUARIUM FANATIC PLANS TO BEQUEATH HIS COMPLETE ESTATE TO HIS BENE-FISH-IARIES.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE SOUNDING CONDESCENDING, FIND A UNIX USER TO SHOW YOU HOW IT’S DONE. — SCOTT ADAMS
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WHEN AN OPTOMETRIST WANTS TO LISTEN TO MUSIC ON HIS COMPUTER, HE REALLY SHOULD USE EYE-TUNES.
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YOU WANT TO POUR THAT WATER ON SOMEBODY’S TIMEPIECE TO TEST ITS DURABILITY? NOT ON MY WATCH!
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BE WHAT YOU SAY; AND, WITHIN THE RULES OF PRUDENCE, SAY WHAT YOU ARE. — HENRY ALFORD
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ALL STINGING INSECTS HARBOR SPECIAL YEARNING DESIRES. THEY ARE THEIR PERSONAL BEE LONGINGS.
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STRANGE NEW TYPES OF PICKLES WHICH ARE SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE SPRING FLOWERS: DAFFY DILLS.
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THE IMPOSSIBLE OFTEN HAS A KIND OF INTEGRITY TO IT WHICH THE MERELY IMPROBABLE LACKS. — DOUGLAS ADAMS
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TRUE FRIENDSHIP’S LAWS ARE BY THIS RULE EXPRESS’D, WELCOME THE COMING, SPEED THE PARTING GUEST. — ALEXANDER POPE
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FIRST GET YOUR FACTS, THEN YOU CAN DISTORT THEM AT YOUR LEISURE. — MARK TWAIN
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FAILURE IS UNIMPORTANT. IT TAKES COURAGE TO MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF. — CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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I’M STILL GOING ON BAD DATES, WHEN BY NOW I SHOULD BE IN A BAD MARRIAGE. — LAURA KIGHTLINGER EVERY ARTIST DIPS HIS BRUSH IN HIS OWN SOUL, AND PAINTS HIS OWN NATURE INTO HIS PICTURES. — HENRY WARD BEECHER
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EVERYTHING IS WORTH PRECISELY AS MUCH AS A BELCH, THE DIFFERENCE BEING THAT A BELCH IS MORE SATISFYING. — INGMAR BERGMAN
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IF YOU WANT TO RECAPTURE YOUR YOUTH, JUST CUT OFF HIS ALLOWANCE. — AL BERNSTEIN
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TIME IS A GREAT TEACHER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT KILLS ALL ITS PUPILS. — HECTOR LOUIS BERLIOZ
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BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP: STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE. — JOSH BILLINGS
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PEOPLE NEVER LIE SO MUCH AS AFTER A HUNT, DURING A WAR OR BEFORE AN ELECTION. — OTTO VON BISMARCK
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WHERE THEY HAVE BURNED BOOKS, THEY WILL END IN BURNING HUMAN BEINGS. — HEINRICH HEINE
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