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By Brendan Emmett Quigley
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ACROSS 1 Pack animal on some packs 6 Containers for ashes 10 Crumbly salad topping 14 Team building? 15 Go to market 16 Colorful balls of cereal 17 Largest island of the Cyclades 18 Only A TEST (make less tense) 20 Only CHILDREN (hackneyed writing) 22 “Ascending and Descending” artst 23 Fielding of “The Great British Baking Show” 24 Grp. known for diamond evaluation 27 Grazing field 28 Super Bowl LVI Halftime show star, for short 30 Can’t get out of bed, say 32 Hit a water bed? 34 New product show 37 Creation stories, e.g. 38 Only FRIENDS (commissions paid to agents) 41 Gucci played by Jared Leto in “House of Gucci” 43 Move stock 44 Features of an old couch 47 Hybrid breakfast pastry 49 Sharer’s word 51 Number one room in Buckingham Palace 52 Bangers might get one 53 Saxophonist nicknamed “The Sound” 56 “42nd Street” star Ruby 58 Only DAUGHTERS (sat there doing nothing) 60 Only A THEORY (high seas shout) 63 “___-Toes” (“The Meters” single) 64 Creature floating in mescal 65 School founded by Henry VI 66 Burning up 67 Bored Ape Yacht Club collectibles 68 Latest and greatest 69 Pap smear doctors DOWN 1 Puts an “X” through 2 Body of water that’s more desert nowadays 3 Victuals served with margaritas and cervezas 4 Cain’s firstborn 5 ___ out at (criticized) 6 Cold War losers 7 German wine valley 8 Abstain from 9 Major suit in bridge 10 Key in the top row of a keyboard 11 Time of one’s political life 12 “Most definitely,” poetically 13 Sharp thing thrown in some bars 19 “I’m all ears” 21 Went wrong 24 Interferes with 25 Tach. reading 26 The “S” in “OS” 29 They’re uncomfortable to bump into 31 Peepers 33 Tool used for firing 35 Before, introduction 36 Capital city that has 40 islands 39 Baby Ruth ingredient 40 Unexpected outcome 41 Some desktops 42 Class where you might learn printing 45 Tries to make a career of it 46 Military operations 48 Tie on a rope 50 Colorful display on a sales item 54 Greek letter used in angles in geometry 55 Weightlessness state 57 Teach morally 58 Spinning rooms? 59 Ponderer Descartes 60 Barley bristle 61 Home to sports legends: Abbr. 62 Offal scrap Pearl’s Puzzle Difficulty Level Puzzle for the week of February 7, 2022 Difficulty Level: ●●○○
M E N D O V A L S exactly once.
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O V O A M Puzzle for the week of February 7, 2022 V A O V O A N V M D L S M N L O V M D Difficulty Level: ●●○○
V L O A D V M D M D A D N S L A M A D L L N S L O O
Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters
M E N D O V A L S exactly once.
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“When _____ is not ______, it is not ______.” - Pedro Calderon de la Barca Answer for the week January 31, 2022 T U I C H N W E K W K N T U E H C I H C E I K W U N T E I W H N U T K C K H T W C I E U N U N C E T K I H W C T U N W H K I E T N E U K UII CT C H W HN W E K W I W K H N K E T C N U T U E H C I H C E I K W U N T E I W H N U T K C K H T W C I E U N U N C E T K I H W C T U N W H K I E N E K U I T C W H I W H K E C N T U
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VOLUME 26 ISSUE 06 / FEBRUARY 10 , 2022 Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once. / M E N D O V A L S The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “When _____ is not ______, it is not ______.” - Pedro Calderon de la Barca THE SOURCE WEEKLY
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
Phil: Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster? Mrs. Lancaster: I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen. - Groundhog Day Phil: Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster? Mrs. Lancaster: I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen. - Groundhog Day © Pearl Stark www.mathpuzzlesgames.com/quodoku
