S U N DAY, S E P T E M B E R 30, 2018
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Premier Crossword
Sunday, September 30, 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 Army Flight Foster Head Male Navy Neonatal Practical Registered School Sick Student Surgical Trained Visiting
Atlantic Belgium Cod England France Germany Haddock Netherlands Orkney Scotland Seals Shetland Walrus Whales Wind power
CLUE LIST Angus Beans Beauty Belt Box Cherry Death Diamonds Forest Gold Hills Hole Mamba Pearls Walnut
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Carving Code West Elnaawi Falling Sky Fortify Frac Daddy Java’s War Little Jerry Manando Mylute Orb Oxbow Tesseron Verrazano Vyjack
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Green hue 5 Mists 11 British river 12 Shallow ravine 13 “Peter Pan” pooch 14 Nod 15 Pasqueflowers, e.g. 17 Bow wood 18 Addict’s program, for short 22 Elevator lifter 24 Fancy wrap 25 Corrida cheer 26 Pester 27 Pinochle scores 30 Some tourneys 32 Big musical group 33 Devilfish 34 High-carb snack 38 Concert bonus 41 Big rig 42 Makes fun of 43 Sailors’ saint 44 Optimally 45 Coin’s place
Sunday, September 30, 2018
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Turner of film 2 Notorious czar 3 Place for secret bills 4 Tooth layer 5 Checkout act 6 Tough puzzles 7 Winter apple 8 Heady drink 9 Longing 10 Determined 16 Have debts 19 Citrus fruit 20 Playwright Ayckbourn 21 Implores 22 Lake of Lombardy 23 Tina’s TV costar 28 Take testimony from 29 Mall units 30 Vein yield 31 Examines sentences 35 Sunset site 36 Clip contents 37 Mob action 38 Seventh letter 39 Take in 40 Fare carrier
ACROSS 1 Tour carriers 6 White’s colleague 11 Cartoon genre 12 “Coming up next” ad 13 Coined 14 Detest 15 Minimal change 17 Print supplies 18 Foot part 20 Chow 22 “— Believer” 23 Choice of colors 26 Congo’s old name 28 Use the mirror 29 Gofer’s work 31 Neither Dem. nor Rep. 32 Script unit 33 Small workers 34 Bud holder 36 Biting remark 38 Inferior 40 Suspicious 43 Acid type 44 Promptly 45 Peevish 46 Liam Neeson thriller
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DOWN 1 Outlaw 2 One, for Juan 3 Literature Nobelist, 1930 4 TV host 5 Pictured 6 Mud bath site 7 Strike mediator 8 Literature Nobelist, 1962 9 In a frenzy 10 Designer Michael 16 Pot brew 18 Tag datum 19 General Bradley 21 Chamois’ home 23 Ivy League school 24 Revival setting 25 Goals 27 Clothes 30 Ball girl 33 Concert site 34 Louver piece 35 Big book 37 Bunches 39 Singer Orbison 41 Deplore 42 Hankering
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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 Broom Comb Fork Hairbrush Ice pick Knife Mop Nail file Pencil Razor Scissors Spoon Stapler Toothbrush Toothpick
Bellamy Bellbird Bellboy Bellevue Bellhop Bellini Bellman Bellow Belly Bluebell Campbell Cowbell Doorbell Isabella Rebellion
CLUE LIST Bigwig Earwig Ludwig Periwig Swig Twiggy Twigs Wigeon Wigged Wiggins Wiggle Wiggly Wigmaker Wigwag Wigwam
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Art English French Geometry German Head History Math Music Practice Reading School Science Student Voice
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Speedy 6 Miles of music 11 Asian city 12 Operative 13 Burglar’s bane 14 In a way, in slang 15 Took ten 17 Used a chair 18 Jargon suffix 19 Club layer 22 Wisconsin tribe 23 Most frosty 24 Some Japanese films 25 Design 27 Chinese Chairman 30 Consisting of multiple words 31 Quantity: Abbr. 32 Lobster eggs 33 Maze runner 35 Came to 38 Sweepstakes offering 39 Cart pullers 40 Man of Madrid 41 Depleted 42 Utopian spots
Sunday, September 30, 2018
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Stock units 2 Solidarity hero 3 “Hold on!” 4 Cavalry base 5 History book charts 6 German article 7 Before today 8 Against 9 Unbroken 10 Map area 16 It has a point 20 Kind of photography 21 Kickoff aid 24 Cry of insight 25 Arrive 26 Bayou cooking 27 Leatherneck 28 Warrior woman 29 Weasels’ cousins 30 Baby carriages 34 Raised 36 Writer Follett 37 Id —
ACROSS 1 Bluegrass instrument 6 Folded foods 11 “Do, — ...” 12 44th president 13 Makes a mistake 14 Showed over 15 Dandies 17 Wrap up 18 Eye-opening brew 22 Not quite closed 23 Tuckered out 27 Out of fashion 29 Nick of “The Thin Red Line” 30 Lauds 32 Fill completely 33 Declutter 35 Small rug 38 2004, on some cornerstones 39 Furious 41 Hold up 45 37th president 46 Select group 47 Sully 48 Goblet parts
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DOWN 1 Sack 2 Commotion 3 “The Matrix” hero 4 President on Mount Rushmore 5 Director Welles 6 Twisting 7 Presidential nickname 8 Maintenance 9 Yemen neighbor 10 Beach stuff 16 Catchy music 18 Superhero garb 19 Trojan War hero 20 Speedy 21 President on Mount Rushmore 24 Scheme 25 Words from Caesar 26 Profound 28 Tin or titanium 31 Sleuth Spade 34 Ocean’s motions 35 Money maker 36 Diva’s song 37 Fare carrier 40 Great weight 42 Tell tales 43 Cash dispenser 44 Agreeable answer
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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 Alda Bea Arthur Benny Berle Brokaw Carson Cronkite Disney Eisner Hope Jennings Lear Pardo Schieffer Shatner
Banks Bench Brett Clemente Feller Ford Gehrig Gibson Gwynn Hubbell Kaline Mazeroski Musial Williams Yastrzemski
CLUE LIST Base Born Class Cousin Degree Floor Gear Harmonic Lady Language Mate Mortgage Name Offender Rate
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Amomum Anemometer Cardamom Chamomile Mombasa Mombin Momenta Moments Momentum Momist Momma Mommy Momot Moms Supermom
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Locked up 7 José’s home 11 Wear roughly 12 Weary word 13 “Empress of the Blues” 15 Bra part 16 Speaker’s stand 18 Verdant 21 Hydrant attachment 22 Sermon giver 24 Louvre fill 25 Concealed 26 Low number 27 January birthstone 29 Like Vassar since 1969 30 Thug 31 Dad, in slang 32 City-based 34 “Downton Abbey” star 40 Opera highlight 41 Sound system 42 Camp home 43 Blotto
Sunday, September 30, 2018
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Quick punch 2 Playwright Burrows 3 Tax agcy. 4 Famed collie 5 Fixes copy 6 Forest grazer 7 College grounds 8 Boxing great 9 Plopped down 10 Bat wood 14 Light lunch 16 Rapper’s head covering 17 Texas player 19 Small porch 20 Sharpens 21 Old crone 22 Deep hole 23 Warning color 25 Painter Matisse 28 Chewy candy 29 Swindlers 31 Lasagna or linguine 33 Top-rated 34 Porch sight 35 Verb for you 36 Martini ingredient 37 Bother 38 Golf need 39 Brick carrier
ACROSS 1 Swindle 5 Bout site 9 Unspoken 11 Ballpark feat 12 “The Last of the Mohicans” character 13 Stroll 14 Way off 15 Orchestra member 17 Orchestra member 19 Big snake 20 Prophetic ones 21 Hanker-ing 22 Recital piece 24 Central 26 Singer Nellie 29 José or Juan 30 Orchestra member 32 Orchestra member 34 Toronto-to-D.C. dir. 35 Ready to hit 36 Sean of “The Lord of the Rings” 38 Worker’s reward 39 Private’s boss 40 Kin’s partner 41 Warning word
The Record
DOWN 1 Cram 2 Venice byways 3 Build up 4 Farrow of films 5 Easy win 6 Drink 7 Wrestling hold 8 Film legend Garbo 10 Casual top 11 Hind’s mate 16 Takes for granted 18 Started a golf hole 21 Holler 23 River features 24 Rum drink 25 Shortly 27 Café’s cousin 28 Appoint 29 Fire starter 30 Refer to 31 Principle 33 “Candy is dandy” poet 37 Blue
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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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Sunday, September 30, 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, September 30, 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, September 30, 2018
Sunday, September 30, 2018
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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, September 30, 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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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: B equals Y
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: I equals L
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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, September 30, 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, September 30, 2018
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: X equals B
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals E
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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, September 30, 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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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: S equals I
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: P equals T
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: N equals T
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Hocus Focus
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Super Quiz
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Hocus Focus
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Hocus Focus
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Super Quiz
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Cryptoquote
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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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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Cleo’s slayer 4 — de deux 7 Ornamental loop 12 Neither mate 13 Performance 14 Wahine’s greeting 15 Excessively 16 Intercom speaker 18 “— Impossible” 19 African capital 20 At the home of (Fr.) 22 “— be an honor” 23 Maja painter 27 Table scrap 29 Luxury stadium seating 31 Italian isle 34 Put one’s two cents in 35 Fridge 37 Insult (Sl.) 38 Ten (Pref.) 39 Anger 41 Vacillate
Sunday, September 30, 2018
EUGENE SHEFFER
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Foolish Chaps Chest for money Type measures Minimum Corroded “Gosh!” “Whoopee!” Sleuth Pismire
DOWN 1 Caper 2 Start for “sayer” 3 Regular writing 4 History 5 Find not guilty 6 Action-film sequence 7 Fido’s feet 8 Sort 9 Corn castoff 10 “So that’s it, eh?” 11 Earner’s burden 17 Helps 21 1964 Anthony Quinn role
23 “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” musical 24 Sapporo sash 25 Thither 26 Lumberjack’s prop 28 Carnival site 30 Pond carp 31 Spanish literary hero 32 Expert 33 Chest muscle, for short 36 Intersection, on signs 37 Indicate 40 Moroccan city 42 Last letter 43 Mideastern land 44 Beginning 45 Division word 46 CEO, e.g. 48 Crafty 49 Earl Grey, e.g. 50 “Go, team!” 51 Bear, in Barcelona
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ACROSS 1 Sheepish remark 4 Temperate 8 Pull an allnighter 12 Abrade 13 Garfield’s pal 14 Apiary structure 15 Galena or cinnabar 16 Cribs 17 Tarzan’s clique 18 Dismissal 21 Chicken-king link 22 Donkey 23 Recurring sequence of events 26 Try the tea 27 Time of your life? 30 Libertine 31 It holds the mayo 32 Just one of those things 33 “Uh-huh” 34 Cover
35 — apso 36 Collection 37 The Red or the Black 38 Subjects of discussion 45 Birthright barterer 46 Tiger Woods’ ex 47 Curved path 48 Autograph 49 Bigfoot’s cousin 50 By way of 51 To-do list entry 52 Kernel 53 Way off
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DOWN 1 Forehead 2 Atmosphere 3 First victim 4 Alabama city 5 Menzel of Broadway 6 TV journalist Lisa 7 Woe 8 Cowboy wear
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Mature State Disarray Hardy cabbage Venomous viper Weep Thee Coffee container Blue “Eureka!” Petrol Greek H Small buses Siamese, today Mainlander’s memento Nikita’s successor Polecat Malice Criterion Largest of the seven Trails the pack Merriment Almost black Small combo Read bar codes
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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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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, September 30, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Night flier 4 Typing measures 9 Sis’ counterpart 12 Work with 13 “Pokemon” genre 14 Reaction to fireworks 15 Kin of threecard monte 17 Silent 18 Brewery product 19 Sun-dried bricks 21 Prize at a county fair 24 Information 25 Playwright Levin 26 Pirates’ quaff 28 Detox center, for short 31 Half quart 33 And so on (Abbr.) 35 Strike from the text
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EUGENE SHEFFER
9 Stunner 10 Libertine 11 Resistance measures 16 Science workshop 20 As yet unpaid 21 Kelly of TV 22 Eye part 23 Hollywood Bowl structure 27 Peaks (Abbr.) 29 Sheltered, at sea 30 Rosary component 32 Scrabble piece 34 Marsh marigold 37 Goes on momentum 39 Relinquishes 42 Lucy’s pal DOWN 1 Urban transport 44 Appomattox VIP 2 Fire residue 45 Hindu princess 3 Ball prop 46 Wicked 4 Wan state 5 Naive woman, 50 Clean air org. 51 Still on stage 6 Spy novel org. 52 Actress Gardner 7 Jordan’s capital 53 Butterfly catcher 8 Garden tool 36 British term for sonar 38 — sauce 40 Meadow 41 Plumlike fruit 43 Bequeathed 45 Prepare leftovers 47 Spot 48 Rd. 49 In the style of Percy Bysshe 54 Zero 55 Lukewarm 56 First lady 57 Ailing 58 Hits with an open hand 59 Tit for —
ACROSS 1 “Phooey!” 5 Snapshot, for short 8 Judi Dench, for one 12 Farm implement 13 George’s brother 14 1946 song, “— in Calico” 15 Pastor 17 Yuletide beverages 18 Biden, Cheney, et al. 19 Pooch 21 Bewildered 24 Two-wheeler 25 Wail 26 Mosque towers 30 Historic time 31 Skewered Thai recipe 32 Whopper 33 Troubadour 35 Hay bundle 36 Stir-fry pans
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37 Bivouac structures 38 Soldiers 41 Have bills 42 Vagrant 43 Labyrinth beast 48 On 49 Performance 50 Existence 51 Golf gadgets 52 Ultramodernist 53 Cupid’s alias DOWN 1 Spinning abbr. 2 Boxer Muhammad 3 Heavy weight 4 Turn on a pivot 5 Mining areas 6 Rage 7 Red bird 8 Peril 9 Eager 10 Creche trio 11 Differently 16 Hot tub
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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, September 30, 2018
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Nitwit 5 High-arc shot 8 Book after the Gospels 12 Rainbow 13 Ram’s mate 14 Exceptional 15 Team leaders 17 Skewer 18 Massage 19 However 21 Frog’s cousin 24 Business abbr. 25 Rate of speed 28 Part of a Batman costume 30 Height of fashion? 33 “Born in the —” 34 Gem 35 “— Got a Secret” 36 Recipe meas. 37 Addict 38 From the start 39 America’s uncle 41 Lascivious
Sunday, September 30, 2018
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Troubadour’s instrument 5 Brit. fliers 8 Legal document 12 Tiny bit 13 Right angle 14 Present 15 Poetic foot 16 By way of 17 App symbol 18 Stingy, slangily 20 Majorettes’ props 22 One of the kin (Abbr.) 23 Yon maiden 24 Wait in hiding 27 Porches 32 Eisenhower 33 Before 34 Wapiti 35 Barack Obama, e.g. 38 Quarry 39 Altar affirmative 40 Blond shade
11 Adam’s third son 16 Commotion 20 Any of Rome’s seven 22 High pair 23 Wooden pin 25 Deposit 26 Donkey 27 Overturned 29 Existed 31 11-Down’s mom 32 Kitten’s comment 34 Bound 38 Pueblo DOWN structures 1 Clark or Cavett 40 Fix the 2 Algerian port Constitution 3 Prop for 42 Type of Sherlock humor 4 Will subject 43 Diner employee 5 Hawaiian 44 Arizona tribe garland 45 Con game 6 Possess 47 Donated 7 Above all 48 A Great Lake others 49 Chat 8 Firebug’s 52 Matterhorn, e.g. crime 9 Type of monkey 53 “— o’ My Heart” 10 Advanced math 43 Jane Goodall’s topic 46 Thesaurus compiler 50 Leak out slowly 51 South American rodent 54 Ready for customers 55 Beerlike beverage 56 Satan’s forte 57 Pirate William 58 Gasoline stat 59 Hunt for
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42 Baseball division 45 Weather-map line 49 Extinct bird 50 Web address 52 Author Morrison 53 Stead 54 “A pox upon thee!” 55 Not ignorant of 56 Blunders 57 Supporting 58 Method (Abbr.) DOWN 1 Secular 2 Western state 3 Heavy reading 4 Set off on a journey 5 Six-gun, e.g. 6 “The Greatest” 7 Cellulite, e.g. 8 Bleach 9 Flute’s cousin
10 Press 11 Sawbucks 19 Gym class (Abbr.) 21 “Eureka!” 24 Cover 25 Luau musicmaker 26 String around your finger 28 Geological period 29 Merchant 30 Hearty quaff 31 Firmament 36 Hateful 37 Inmate 38 Snapshots 41 Baseball position (Abbr.) 42 Not working 43 Bleak, in Hollywood 44 Verbal abuse 46 Skeletal 47 Picnic invaders 48 Laugh-a-minute 51 Carnival city
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YOU MAY ADD GLITTER TO A CRACK-FILLING COMPOUND IF YOU FEEL LIKE MAKING YOUR SPACKLE SPARKLE.
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I’M NOT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE RUTABAGAS THAT GOT MISPLACED. THEY’LL TURNIP EVENTUALLY.
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PREVIOUS U.S. PRESIDENT WHO WAS TO BECOME FAMOUS FOR EXTREME VETOING OF BILLS: RICHARD NIXING.
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IF A HOPPING EASTER ANIMAL IS FANATICAL ABOUT SOMETHING, COULD YOU SAY IT’S A BUNNY RABID?
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WHEN FOLKS LOVE TO FILL EVERY OLD CREVICE WITH CAULKING, YOU COULD SAY THEY ARE SEALING FANS.
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BEING USED WAY PAST ITS EXPIRATION DATE, I WOULD SAY THE STUFFING HERB WAS A RIPE OLD SAGE.
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WANTING SOME FAST MONEY, I HEAR THE GROUP OF BRIDGE-DWELLING BEINGS MAY SET UP A TROLL BOOTH.
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THOSE WERE UNCOMMONLY STURDY FLEETS OF WARSHIPS. THEY COULD GO THOUSANDS OF MILES PER GALLEON.
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OF ALL THE ROLES I’VE PLAYED, NONE HAS BEEN AS FULFILLING AS BEING A MOTHER. — ANNETTE FUNICELLO
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WHEN A PLANT IS DONE WITH ITS SPROUTING PERIOD, ONE COULD CALL THAT GERMINATION TERMINATION.
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IT ISN’T POSSIBLE FOR THAT HARD DIVE TO RECEIVE A PERFECT SCORE. I SUPPOSE IT’S UN-TEN-ABLE.
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EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE GOLDEN DOOR OF FREEDOM. — GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
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I DON’T KNOW WHY I JUST PLAYED A JOKE ON THAT SMALL BIRD, BUT PRESUMABLY I DID IT ON A LARK.
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TRENDY HEALTH SUPPLEMENT THAT’S HELPFUL FOR PRODUCING EXTREMELY BIG BICEPS: FLEX-SEED OIL.
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IF YOU HAVE GOOD THOUGHTS THEY WILL SHINE OUT OF YOUR FACE LIKE SUNBEAMS AND YOU WILL ALWAYS LOOK LOVELY. — ROALD DAHL
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THOSE TWO BABIES HAVE PERMANENTLY SUTURED CLOTH SAMPLES. THEY MUST’VE BEEN SWATCHED AT BIRTH.
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SINCE I HAVE VERY LOGICAL IDEAS ABOUT HEARING ORGANS, YOU MIGHT DESCRIBE ME AS EAR-RATIONAL.
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PICKING FIVE FAVORITE BOOKS IS LIKE PICKING THE FIVE BODY PARTS YOU’D MOST LIKE NOT TO LOSE. — NEIL GAIMAN
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OLD TALE ABOUT A YOUNG BEAUTY WHO VISITS A SEPTET OF PIERS: “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN WHARFS.”
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WHILE PREPARING TO ENGAGE IN HIS FINAL FIGHT, THE DUELIST SHOUTED “THIS IS THE LAST DRAW!”
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EVERYONE YOU WILL EVER MEET KNOWS SOMETHING YOU DON’T. — BILL NYE
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SINCE THERE ARE THREE MORTGAGES ALREADY IN DEFAULT, ONE MORE MAY RESULT IN FOUR CLOSURES.
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A FROZEN SCULPTURE I MADE ENDED UP BEING SO DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL, I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY ICE!
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THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON ON EARTH IS THE HUMAN SOUL ON FIRE. — FERDINAND FOCH
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TOO BAD ALL THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO RUN THE COUNTRY ARE BUSY DRIVING TAXICABS AND CUTTING HAIR. — GEORGE BURNS
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LIFE IS LIKE MUSIC; IT MUST BE COMPOSED BY EAR, FEELING AND INSTINCT, NOT BY RULE. — SAMUEL BUTLER
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A SINGLE ROSE CAN BE MY GARDEN ... A SINGLE FRIEND, MY WORLD. — LEO BUSCAGLIA
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THE BEST TIME FOR YOU TO HOLD YOUR TONGUE IS THE TIME YOU FEEL YOU MUST SAY SOMETHING OR BUST. — JOSH BILLINGS
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IT IS THE MARK OF AN EDUCATED MIND TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN A THOUGHT WITHOUT ACCEPTING IT. — ARISTOTLE
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WHEN I WAS BORN I WAS SO UGLY THE DOCTOR SLAPPED MY MOTHER. — RODNEY DANGERFIELD
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CLOUDS COME FLOATING INTO MY LIFE, NO LONGER TO CARRY RAIN OR USHER STORM, BUT TO ADD COLOR TO MY SUNSET SKY. — RABINDRANATH TAGORE
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I NO DOUBT DESERVED MY ENEMIES, BUT I DON’T BELIEVE I DESERVED MY FRIENDS. — WALT WHITMAN
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GOD SLEEPS IN THE MINERALS, AWAKENS IN PLANTS, WALKS IN ANIMALS, AND THINKS IN MAN. — ARTHUR YOUNG
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TEARS OF JOY ARE LIKE THE SUMMER RAIN DROPS PIERCED BY SUNBEAMS. — HOSEA BALLOU
JOY DESCENDS GENTLY UPON US LIKE THE EVENING DEW, AND DOES NOT PATTER DOWN LIKE A HAILSTORM. — JEAN PAUL A FLOWER CANNOT BLOSSOM WITHOUT SUNSHINE, AND MAN CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT LOVE. — MAX MULLER
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