Book of Puzzles October 2020 by Times Record

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CROSSWORDS, NUMBER PUZZLES, WORD GAMES AND TRIVIA Premier Crossword............................ 3, 34, 35, 36, 37 Word Sleuth....................................................... 4, 6, 8 Thomas Joseph Crossword ............................... 5, 7, 9 Conceptis Sudoku ............................................. 10, 12 Point & Solve .................................................... 11, 13 Conceptis Multi-Sudoku ................................... 12, 14 Mega Maze.............................................................. 15 Wuzzles ....................................................... 16, 18, 20 Cryptoquip .................................................. 17, 19, 21 Hocus Focus ................................................ 22, 24, 26 Super Quiz .................................................. 23, 25, 27 Cryptoquote................................................. 28, 30, 32 Eugene Sheffer Crossword ......................... 29, 31, 33 Coloring Pages .......................... 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 Solutions ......................................................44, 45, 46, 47

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Premier Crossword

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 Algeria Austria Belgium England France Germany Greece Italy Libya Malta Portugal Serbia Spain Sudan Turkey

CLUE LIST Alliss 8 Barnes 6 Clark 6 Coles 8 Daly 4 Darcy 4 Garcia 6 Hunt 8 Jacklin 7 James 7 King 3 Langer 10 Lyle 5 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor 10 Rees 9

CLUE LIST Argute Catgut Farragut Gut-wrenching Gutenberg Gutierrez Gutted Guttering Gutters Guttler Guttural Orangutan Surgut Turgutlu Vonnegut

CLUE LIST Alpina Apal Audi BMW Ford Germany Hartge Isdera Mansory Melkus Opel Pegasus Porsche Volkswagen Wiesmann YES!

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CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Dope 5 Ropes 11 Sentence subject, usually 12 Five-time Derby winner 13 Bridge cost 14 Was a braggart 15 Casual spectator 17 Meadow cry 18 Rose part 22 Posh 24 Armistice 25 Snapshot 26 A bit sloshed 27 Crooked 30 Cargo spots 32 “Suburgatory” role 33 Decline 34 Apparition 38 Seamstress’s need 41 Bruins’ sch. 42 “Seinfeld” role 43 Tattoo site 44 Ready for the body shop 45 Spot

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Obsessed with 2 Lunch time 3 Some football players 4 Like some museum paintings 5 Deficiency 6 Haul in 7 Game official 8 Carpentry tool 9 Mine matter 10 Lawn material 16 Symbol of strength 19 Troop withdrawals 20 Litmus reddener 21 “Why not!” 22 Minor fight 23 Sagacious 28 Vivacious wit 29 Female surfer 30 Brood watcher 31 Slow-witted 35 Served well 36 Marina spot 37 Quite a few 38 Nourished 39 Pub product 40 Outlaw

ACROSS 1 Marsh plants 6 Rings 11 Dome home 12 Require defrosting 13 Fabric bundles 14 “My Cousin Vinny” star 15 Physics bit 17 Word from the pews 18 Victim 20 One-time Atlanta arena 22 Golfer Woosnam 23 Go-between 26 Very small 28 Public outburst 29 Sticks 31 Tire track 32 Pub pints 33 Game fish 34 Oodles of 36 Iron, for one 38 When Ophelia drowns 40 Vacation spots 43 Singer Cara 44 Canyon of comics 45 Pigeon’s perch 46 Plus

DOWN 1 Umbrella part 2 Freud topic 3 Anne Hathaway film 4 Eccentric 5 Fair 6 Pointer 7 Sea-related 8 Anne Hathaway film 9 Time founder Henry 10 Take turns 16 Me, to Michel 18 Cotton variety 19 Foray 21 Physics amount 23 Collected stories 24 Burden 25 Brings in 27 Depending 30 PC key 33 Some statues 34 Letters 35 Realty unit 37 Maggie and Bart’s sister 39 Neckline shape 41 Second person 42 Collector’s goal

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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 Big Easy Folding Funny Laundered Mad Monopoly Old Paper Plastic Pocket Prize Ransom Seed Spending

CLUE LIST Books Bulldog Camera Circus Donkey Herefords Horse Paintings Pig Pinscher Poodle Roses Schnauzer Tea set Trees

CLUE LIST Allotted Annette Appall Attendee Babbitt Barrette Cottonseed Dullness Garrett Gillette Illness Mattress Settee Success Treeless

CLUE LIST Bench Bleacher Couch Daybed Hassock Highchair Jump seat Ottoman Recliner Rocker Saddle Shooting stick Sofa Stool Throne

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CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Spelunking sites 6 Map lines 11 Conspicuous 12 Ear bone 13 Brink 14 Portland setting 15 Put in a mausoleum 17 Epoch 18 Wish undone 19 Stove surface 22 Scandal subject 23 Feels jealous of 24 Bugs bugs him 25 Lack of color 27 Gift topper 30 Legal experts 31 One, for Juan 32 Computer key letters 33 Game dog 35 Elm offering 38 A ton 39 Henry VIII’s house 40 Fencing move 41 Harpoon 42 Painter Jan

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Lids 2 Fifth, for one 3 Triangle corner 4 Therefore 5 Controversial medical topic 6 Flock father 7 — roll 8 Take to the sky 9 Wild dogs 10 Go undercover? 16 Clever remarks 20 Describes too glowingly 21 Cassis cocktail 24 Bulldog backer 25 Workout exercise 26 Gaming spot 27 Lighter fuel 28 Nervous 29 Deteriorate 30 Bits of banter 34 Race tipster 36 1949 film noir classic 37 Slip

ACROSS 1 Ninnies 6 Untrue 11 Egypt’s Anwar 12 Nebraska city 13 Stand-in 14 Winona of films 15 Miseries 17 Puppy sound 18 Conspicuous failure 22 Chinese restaurant staple 23 Speech maker 27 Leaves out 29 Radiate 30 Computer connections 32 Finishes 33 Put back the profits 35 Farm animal 38 Region 39 From the Arctic 41 Make sense 45 Thorough investigation 46 Taunt 47 Stitched 48 Pick from the menu

DOWN 1 Recipe amt. 2 Combat 3 Wedding words 4 Cab counter 5 Fashion 6 “Absolutely!” 7 Writer Tan 8 Lord’s wife 9 Citi Field’s forerunner 10 Tombstone lawman 16 Old card game 18 Gift tag word 19 Prom-goers’ car 20 Corrosive stuff 21 Target of an audit, perhaps 24 Melody 25 Casino calculation 26 Take it easy 28 Maligned politically 31 Knight’s title 34 “Keen!” 35 Smartphone downloads 36 Achy 37 Like molasses 40 Presidential nickname 42 Mom’s mate 43 Take advantage of 44 For each

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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 Belgrade Boston Fort Worth London Lyon Malmo Milan Moscow Nice Paris Portland Prague Seville Stuttgart Sydney

CLUE LIST Bold Folder Folds Foothold Gold Handhold Manifold Molds Old-timer Oversold Scaffold Scold Smolder Soldier Toehold

CLUE LIST Beat Believe Concentrate Explain Find Get Handle Imagine Please Say See Swallow Take Understand Win

CLUE LIST Asner Burger Carey Duke Gompers Hoffa Huerta Kirkland Lewis Meany Mother Jones Randolph Reuther Sweeney Trumka

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CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Rustic homes 7 Try for a fly 11 Police order 12 Walk nervously 13 Remained unused 15 Playful mammal 16 Madcap 18 Tiny 21 Computer network junction 22 Vineyard bunch 24 “Put — happy face” 25 Future flower 26 Scoundrel 27 Wish undone 29 Grant of films 30 Forest grazer 31 Decays 32 Take exception 34 Began to be printed 40 Soothing plant 41 Close tightly 42 Singer Coolidge 43 Kind of date on a product

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Farm grazer 2 Orangutan, for one 3 Writer Jonson 4 Chant 5 Off one’s rocker 6 Location 7 Rival of Athens 8 Used to be 9 Play part 10 Golf support 14 Peculiar 16 Like urban areas 17 Wise words 19 Jack of rhyme 20 Decade divisions 21 Neither follower 22 Stomach 23 Pig’s place 25 Floppy cap 28 Drink made from rooibos 29 Mustang’s place 31 Indian coin 33 Terrarium growth 34 Fighting 35 Yale student 36 Word of denial 37 Building wing 38 Deli order 39 Secret agent

ACROSS 1 Himalayan monk 5 Shopping site 9 Improve, in a way 11 Less colorful 12 Greene of “Bonanza” 13 Pretentious 14 Common verb 15 Slender trees 17 Tall trees 19 Have lunch 20 France’s third largest city 21 Dieter’s no-no 22 Use the rink 24 Messy room 26 Opera’s Beverly 29 Masseur’s workplace 30 Pliant trees 32 Flowering trees 34 Purr producer 35 Goaded on 36 Plain silly 38 Boys and men 39 Spud 40 Winter glider 41 Hammer part

DOWN 1 Corbin Bernsen series 2 Ignoring ethics 3 Just 4 Curry on TV 5 Painter Chagall 6 Tennis star Gibson 7 Return to office 8 Secret meeting 10 Expose as a myth 11 Golf goals 16 Pet Shop Boys song 18 Inquisitive 21 Plummeted 23 Semihard cheese 24 Nautilus shape 25 Snarl 27 Find 28 Al Jolson song 29 Rundown areas 30 Ties the knot 31 Boat’s back 33 Title paper 37 Carpet feature 9

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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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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.

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Sudoku Sudoku is a numberplacing 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.

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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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.

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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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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: R equals P

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals N

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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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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: I 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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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals I 21

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Hocus Focus

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Super Quiz

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Hocus Focus

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Super Quiz

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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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CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 Salary 4 Homer’s outcry 7 Duck 12 Position 13 Exist 14 Eye surgery device 15 Grecian vessel 16 Syrian capitalist? 18 Encountered 19 Step 20 Boast 22 Compass pt. 23 Distort 27 Paul Newman movie 29 Crooner Vic 31 Dope 34 Steer 35 Maiden 37 Needlefish 38 Bat a gnat 39 Praise in verse 41 Young horse 45 Good, in Guadalajara 47 To and —

EUGENE SHEFFER

48 Sinner’s fate 52 Vat 53 Hunter in the sky 54 Prime meridian hrs. 55 Recede 56 Madrid mother 57 Ultramodernist 58 Aye undoer DOWN 1 Downright 2 Drying rack 3 Busybody 4 Root beer brand 5 Gave a talk 6 Macho type 7 Otherwise 8 Fond du — 9 Work with 10 Lair 11 Preceding 17 On in years 21 Specter 23 Blue cartoon character 24 Japanese pond carp

25 Conclude 26 Teensy 28 Multipurpose truck 30 Khan title 31 Egos’ counterparts 32 Margery of rhyme 33 “— Little Teapot” 36 Lummox 37 Human — Project 40 Condescend 42 Frequently 43 Caribbean resort island 44 Theater vestibule 45 Poison 46 Aware of 48 Comical DeLuise 49 Coach Parseghian 50 Central 51 Neither mate

38 18-Across’ ACROSS other half 1 Bread choice 45 PC operator 4 Ignore 46 Requisite 8 Platter 47 Martini 12 “— the fields ingredient we go” 48 Stead 13 Watergate 49 Figure-skating evidence jump 14 “Do — others 50 Genetic stuff ...” 51 Mary’s follower 15 Succumb to 52 Muse’s gravity musicmaker 16 Bloodhound’s 53 Early bird? clue 17 Poker variety DOWN 18 Half an 1 Parks or aphorism Bonheur 21 Atmosphere 2 Calendar quota 22 Spring time 3 Therefore 23 Counterfeit 4 Impassive 26 Festive 5 Bottom 27 Kreskin’s claim 6 “Once — a 30 “— Lang Syne” Mattress” 31 Tenor Peerce 7 “The Seventh 32 Tolerate Seal” director 33 Spelldown 8 Failing the 34 Follow white glove relentlessly test 35 Linger 9 Grooving on 36 Old French coin 10 Phaser setting 37 Scale member

11 “The Da Vinci —” 19 Praise highly 20 Put into words 23 “Terrif” 24 Wish otherwise 25 Hearty quaff 26 Joke 27 Wet wriggler 28 “Erie Canal” mule 29 Use a crowbar 31 Blog 32 Ointment 34 Fawn’s mom 35 Random drawing? 36 Bush 37 Villain’s look 38 Sea flier 39 Largest of the seven 40 Abound 41 Alluring 42 Shrek, e.g. 43 Croon 44 Hosiery mishap

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Cryptoquote

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CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 Donkey 4 Portion of an act 9 Mischievous tyke 12 Hawaiian garland 13 Overuse the mirror 14 Ultra-modern prefix 15 Clarified 17 Auto fuel 18 Upper limb 19 Lack 21 Uses tweezers 24 Long story 25 A billion years 26 Male offspring 28 Jockey’s handful 31 “No — luck!” 33 Phone bk. data 35 Winter forecast 36 Different 38 Char-lotte’s creation 40 Greek H

EUGENE SHEFFER

41 War god 43 Muffle 45 Landi of 1930s movies 47 Plant bristle 48 Lair 49 Didn’t vote, perhaps 54 Rd. 55 Shunned one 56 Wall climber 57 Central 58 Obliterate 59 Grant opponent DOWN 1 Heady brew 2 Gender 3 Taste a drink 4 Activates 5 Shade of red 6 Still, in verse 7 Requirements 8 Ingratiate 9 Deep-seated 10 Vegan’s no-no 11 Luxurious

16 Fond du —, Wis. 20 A long time 21 Mexican money 22 Lummox 23 “Django —” (film title) 27 Promptly 29 Brief letter 30 Pavlova portrayal 32 Towel embroidery word 34 Tranquilizes 37 Auction, so to speak 39 Caveat word 42 Cavalry sword 44 Blackbird 45 Cheese choice 46 Jeans-maker Strauss 50 Hot tub 51 Zero 52 First lady 53 Coloring agent

ACROSS 1 Bar order 5 Stick out 8 String tie 12 Incite 13 Blonde shade 14 Disney’s “— and the Detectives” 15 O or W 17 Even, as a score 18 “— Abner” 19 Gap 21 Charley horse 24 Military status 25 Tatters 26 Quite attractive 30 Past 31 Paycheck extra 32 Altar affirmative 33 Artist René 35 Toppled 36 Commotions 37 Jaunty chapeau 38 Tray 41 Help 42 Neighborhood

43 Mississippi flower 48 “The View” alumna Lisa 49 Gorilla 50 St. Louis team 51 Shakespeare’s shrew 52 Bow the head 53 Pumps up the volume DOWN 1 Lazy person 2 Historic period 3 Ovum 4 Kingdoms 5 Hoosegow 6 Tars’ org. 7 Netherlands city 8 Cause to go 9 Leave out 10 Stead 11 Automaker Ransom Eli — 16 Speed

20 Hostels 21 Study at the last minute 22 Sitarist’s offering 23 Enthusiastic 24 Carries on 26 Subway employee 27 Layer 28 Between jobs 29 Filly’s brother 31 Wait 34 Devastate 35 Indy Jones’ hat 37 Crib 38 Polio vaccine pioneer 39 Met melody 40 Fasting period 41 On in years 44 Mil. address 45 Felon’s flight 46 Little devil 47 Fool 31

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Cryptoquote

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CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 “Lord of the Rings” actor Ian 5 Spigot 8 Jet forth 12 Cruising 13 Court 14 Baserunner’s goal 15 Locale for a 1920s “sitting” fad 17 Settled down 18 Kingdom near Fiji 19 Creators 21 “Carmina Burana” composer 24 Directory data (Abbr.) 25 Humorous utterance 28 Temporary gift 30 Scot’s hat 33 Illustrations 34 Flower of New Mexico 35 “I — Camera” 36 Lingerie item 37 Physical

EUGENE SHEFFER

38 Vivacity, in music 39 Genetic letters 41 Ogler’s look 43 Jungle expedition 46 Romantic dance 50 Send out 51 Worm holder 54 Leftovers 55 To and — 56 Writer Angelou 57 Wan 58 Evergreen type 59 Horse-drawn carriage DOWN 1 Sword handle 2 Norway’s capital 3 Slender 4 Housefly larva 5 Pair 6 “You’ve got mail” co. 7 Verse 8 Drum major’s hat 9 Directing principle

10 Eastern potentate 11 Drenches 16 Standard 20 Pavlova or Paquin 22 Change 23 Central 25 Poke 26 Blunder 27 Beachcomber’s find 29 Top 31 Parisian pal 32 Name in China’s history 34 Calendar quota 38 Lullaby composer 40 Smartly dressed 42 Biblical verb suffix 43 Antitoxins 44 Iowa city 45 Dubious 47 Ark builder 48 “The Naked Maja” artist 49 Suitable 52 Anger 53 Piglet’s mom

ACROSS 1 Lily variety 5 Homer’s outcry 8 Wax-coated cheese 12 Bivouac 13 Individual 14 Field mouse 15 Memo acronym 16 Series of battles 17 Actor McGregor 18 Fame 20 Easter hat 22 Stitch 23 Beast of burden 24 Commanded 27 Human-like robots 32 In olden days 33 “No seats” sign 34 Pizzazz 35 Detective 38 Say it isn’t so 39 Actor Beatty 40 Neither mate 42 Falling-blocks game

45 Weddingrelated 49 Ms. Brockovich 50 Shock and — 52 — colada 53 Unspeakable act? 54 Shell game item 55 Support 56 Rind 57 Collection 58 Longings DOWN 1 Cicatrix 2 Facility 3 Fed 4 Go up against 5 Earthward airstream 6 — budget 7 KFC additive 8 Nevertheless 9 Fire some folks 10 Wings 11 Common noun suffix 19 1927 Lindbergh book

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SINGER WHO WORKS AT A SUCCESSFUL SIDE JOB DESIGNING FASHIONABLE PINS FOR JACKETS: PATTI LAPEL.

INVOLVED IN NO ACCIDENTS IN SEVERAL YEARS, THE SAILOR SANG “DON’T GET AGROUND MUCH ANYMORE.”

AT THE SCARING CONTEST, THE GHOST WHO MANAGES TO STARTLE THE MOST PEOPLE WINS THE BOO RIBBON.

SHOULD A VERY SCARY FEMALE GHOST START USING A DATING SERVICE IN ORDER TO FIND MR. FRIGHT?

SINCE THAT CRITIC ALWAYS HAS SNIDE COMMENTS ABOUT CELEBRITIES, I WOULD SAY HE’S STAR-CASTIC.

WHEN TWO OF THE SAME KIND OF FRUIT LOOK NOTHING ALIKE, THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE DISPEAR-ITY.

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IF PEOPLE ARE OFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT SOME ORBITING BODIES, IT COULD BE COMETARY COMMENTARY.

RECIPE BOOK BY A JUMPING BABY KANGAROO WHO WAS TO BECOME A SUPER CHEF: “THE JOEY OF COOKING.”

THE SUBLIME AND THE RIDICULOUS ARE OFTEN SO NEARLY RELATED, THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CLASS THEM SEPARATELY. — THOMAS PAINE

THE MINUTE HAND HAD STOPPED GOING AROUND THE DIAL, SO I PROCLAIMED “THE CLOCK IS STICKING.”

WOULD A ROSTER OF ANIMALS WITH THE MOST ACUTE OLFACTORY SYSTEMS BE NAMED A BEST-SMELLER LIST?

PEOPLE RARELY SUCCEED UNLESS THEY HAVE FUN IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING. — DALE CARNEGIE

SUPPOSING SOME ADMIRER KNEW ALL POSSIBLE THINGS ABOUT ACTOR HANKS, WOULD HE BE TOM-NISCIENT?

WHEN YOU PAINT AN INTERVENING SPACE USING AN IVORY SHADE, I WOULD CALL THAT WHITENING THE GAP.

NO ONE CAN GET AN EDUCATION, FOR OF NECESSITY EDUCATION IS A CONTINUING PROCESS. — LOUIS L’AMOUR

DO NOT PUT ANYTHING BUT SMALL, SMOLDERING COAL PIECES IN THIS SPOT. IT’S AN EMBERS-ONLY AREA.

COUNTRY IN WHICH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BABY SEA LIONS TEND TO CONGREGATE: NEW SEAL-LAND.

TAXI DRIVER WHO WEARS A CLOTH CAP WHILE EXPERTLY SERENADING EVERY RIDER: A CAB BERET SINGER.

AT UNDERSEA CONVENIENCE STORES, DO YOU BELIEVE FISH WHO FEEL LUCKY SHOULD BUY WATERY TICKETS?

THE WILL TO SUCCEED IS IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT IS THE WILL TO PREPARE. — BOBBY KNIGHT

FOR SOME WEIRD REASON THAT TOPIC TENDS TO PERPLEX CLUMSY PEOPLE. IT ALWAYS FLUMMOXES LUMMOXES.

WHEN YOU’RE DIALING A PHONE AND PUT A NECKLACE ON, I WOULD SAY IT’S A RING AROUND THE CALLER.

YOU CAN’T EXPECT TO HIT THE JACKPOT IF YOU DON’T PUT A FEW NICKELS IN THE MACHINE. — FLIP WILSON

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I LIKE TO WRITE IN A SHROUD OF SECRECY BECAUSE I HAVE TO KEEP FINDING WAYS TO SCARE MYSELF. — M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN

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FAR AND AWAY THE BEST PRIZE THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER IS THE CHANCE TO WORK HARD AT WORK WORTH DOING. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT

ONLY THROUGH OUR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP CAN WE CREATE THE ILLUSION FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE’RE NOT ALONE. — ORSON WELLES

TO GIVE VICTORY TO THE RIGHT, NOT BLOODY BULLETS, BUT PEACEFUL BALLOTS ONLY, ARE NECESSARY. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN

TO FIND OUT WHAT ONE IS FITTED TO DO, AND TO SECURE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, IS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS. — JOHN DEWEY

WARMTH IS THE VITAL ELEMENT FOR THE GROWING PLANT AND FOR THE SOUL OF THE CHILD. — CARL JUNG

START BY DOING WHAT’S NECESSARY; THEN DO WHAT’S POSSIBLE; AND SUDDENLY YOU ARE DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE. — FRANCIS OF ASSISI

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I HAVE FOUND THE PARADOX, THAT IF YOU LOVE UNTIL IT HURTS, THERE CAN BE NO MORE HURT, ONLY MORE LOVE. — MOTHER TERESA

THERE ARE ONLY TWO MISTAKES ONE CAN MAKE ALONG THE ROAD TO TRUTH; NOT GOING ALL THE WAY, AND NOT STARTING. — BUDDHA

I NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ARGUING WITH PEOPLE FOR WHOSE OPINIONS I HAVE NO RESPECT. — EDWARD GIBBON

FAITH IS TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU DO NOT SEE; THE REWARD OF THIS FAITH IS TO SEE WHAT YOU BELIEVE. — SAINT AUGUSTINE

CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE. AND THOSE WHO LOOK ONLY TO THE PAST OR PRESENT ARE CERTAIN TO MISS THE FUTURE. — JOHN F. KENNEDY

DON’T BROOD. GET ON WITH LIVING AND LOVING. YOU DON’T HAVE FOREVER. — LEO BUSCAGLIA

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