Puzzle Book - August 2020

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THE

ULTIMATE PUZZLE BOOK

JUMBLE® • CROSSWORD PUZZLES • SUDOKU • HITORI • WORD SALSA SCRABBLEGRAMS • CODE-CRACKER • COLORING PAGES & MORE!

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The (Classic) TV Crossword

Game on!

This BrainBusters book offers a range of crossword puzzles, brain teasers and other challenges to keep your mind engaged for hours. There’s a mix of subjects, interests and challenge levels for those playing at home or sharpening their brains on the work commute.

Enjoy!

Table of Contents FEATURE

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The (Classic) TV Crossword......................... 2,6,11 TV Jumble............................................................. 3,4,11 Commuter Crossword................................3,5,8,13 Sudoku..............................................................3,7,12,14 Scrabble Grams........................................4,6,8,9,23 Jumble...................................................4,9,10,13,14,17 Jumble Crosswords..............................5,6,10,12,23 Boggle BrainBusters................ 4,5,7,10,12,13,14,17 Crossword............................7,9,15,16,17,18,19,21,25 Kakuro............................................................. 8,10,11,14 Word Salsa.......................................................... 20,32 Quote-Acrostic................................................. 22,24 Jumble for Kids.................................................. 26,28 Big City Publishing Kids Page................. 27,29,30 Hitori..................................................... 31,33,35,37,39 More or Less..........................31,32,33,35,36,37,38 Code-Cracker.............................31,33,35,36,38,39 Word Wheel......................................32,36,37,38,39 Killer Sudoku..............................................................34 Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page........45,46,47

Solutions on pages 40-44

The puzzles included in this booklet have been previously published

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ACROSS “Welcome __, Kotter” “Up __ Night” Popular female singer from Ireland “__ It to Beaver” “Make Room for __” “__ Camera” Brenneman and Madigan Pet’s name on “The Flintstones” “The __ Couple” Flavor-enhancing additive “My Two __” Nastase of tennis Reddish horse “__ Acres” “__ Rock”; song for Simon and Garfunkel Sound the horn Clumsy social blunder __ and rave; carry on Comments from Little Orphan Annie’s dog “__ ‘70s Show” Actress Thurman Hawaiian garland “The Guilt __”; Barbra Streisand movie Smile “Sesame __” Thomas or DeVito “Are You __, Chelsea?”short-lived sitcom for Laura Prepon Grew old Prefix for respect or own Dumbo’s “wings”

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 30 31 33 34 36 37 39 40

DOWN Rays from the sun Star of “Matlock” Charisse and others Actress Panabaker Thicke and Rachins “The Tonight Show with Jay __” Boy Role on “Private Practice” Cantor or Fisher Water barrier “El __”; Charlton Heston movie Delany or Carvey Spare bedroom, often “The Hunchback of Notre __” “__ Man”; film for Robert Downey Jr. Clumsy fellows Myrtle on “The Waltons,” for one “The Parent __”; movie for Dennis Quaid & Lindsay Lohan “For Me and My __”; Judy Garland film “Give it __!”; words to a windbag “Men in __” “Your __ Parade”; musical series of old “Criminal __” “__ Given Sunday”; Pacino film Hatcher or Garr Pop singer Lady __ “The __ Skelton Hour” Daniel __ Kim

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

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Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group

ACROSS

37 Dutch cheese

DOWN

1 Read the riot __ to; sternly reprimand

38 Absorbent cloth

1 Use a plus sign

32 Portrait stand

2 Drape puller

33 Took illegally

39 Additionally

4 Deep pit

3 Rip

40 Scarlet or ruby

4 Shocked

9 Big coffee cups

41 Nat King and Natalie

5 Thin soup

35 North __; Santa’s home

42 Iron alloy

7 Hot tubs

13 “That __ it!”; cry of disgust

6 Cartoon bear

15 Feel about blindly

43 Shook

16 Iran’s continent

46 Take advantage of

17 “Phooey!”

47 Dishonest one

18 Wrestler Hulk

10 Letters on an old map

48 Quarrel

11 __ up; quit

19 Letters on an invitation

51 Loath; unwilling

12 Fools

20 Playwright

56 Housetop

22 Uno, dos, __...

21 Tumor

57 With it; savvy

23 Tiny amount, in a recipe

25 Automobile

58 Hairdo

26 Turn away, as the eyes

24 Extremely cold 26 Monet or Picasso

45 Irritate; annoy

60 Away without permission, for short 61 Whiplash sites

29 Pet birds

62 Accept

34 Computer data destroyer

63 Sickly looking

35 Might; strength

64 Lovers’ meeting

36 Took a chair

65 Rush

8 Guard 9 One who dies for his faith

14 Arena

27 Equestrian 28 Swap 29 Intimidated; daunted 30 Fills with holy wonder 31 Tiny bit of land in the sea

38 Broad-minded 39 Draw; entice 41 Major TV network 42 Chair or bench 44 Deaden the sound of 45 Friendliest 47 Skulks; sneaks 48 Pitfall 49 Des Moines, __ 50 Bamboozle 52 Pitcher with a flaring spout 53 Frilly around the edges 54 Ark builder 55 Polynesian carved image 59 Stipend

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Jumble

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Unsightly growth 5 Pierces 10 Boston __ chowder 14 Again 15 Aviator 16 Tramp 17 Ignoramus 18 Licoricelike flavoring 19 In the sack 20 Sudden 22 Pollywog 24 Type; sort 25 Local __; small town resident 26 Choppeddown tree remains 29 Two and eight 30 Leg bone 34 Melody 35 Sheep’s cry 36 Actress Annette 37 Major TV network 38 Funeral attendee

40 Athlete Fouts 41 Actor Grammer 43 Old horse 44 Trait transmitter 45 Build 46 Title for House members: abbr.

47 Wyman and Seymour 48 Rowed 50 Unhappy 51 Baltimore team 54 Listless; dull 58 Nincompoop 59 Fibromyalgia symptoms 61 Sicilian volcano 62 British peer 63 Destroys 64 20th-century U.S. president 65 Night twinkler 66 Sloppy 67 Oxford or loafer

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9 10 11 12 13 21 23 25 26 27 28 29

DOWN Stream bed Shortly Communists Betray, as a lover Punish Slight coloring Muhammad __ Capital of Massa- chusetts T-bone, for one Silent film star Charlie __ Gray wolf Cain’s brother Pie à la __ Mont Blanc, for one Discourage Longed At __; being risked Yam or potato __ Sam; U.S. government Greek “T”

31 VP Joe __ 32 Ridiculous 33 Ms. Moorehead 35 Lad 36 Plead 38 Copper or tin 39 Siesta 42 Child’s vehicle 44 Gizmos 46 Save from danger 47 Winter month: abbr.

49 Provide with fresh weapons 50 Impudent 51 Likelihood 52 Drive out 53 Actress Chase 54 Camera’s eye 55 “Beehive State” 56 News, for short 57 Palm tree fruit 60 __ and hers

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The (Classic) TV Crossword

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51 52 53

ACROSS “Wheel of Fortune” host Matthews or Rock “A Nightmare on __ Street”; horror movie “__ Tree Hill” Come to the mind frequently; obsess “What’s New, Scooby-__?”

Sault __. Marie Actress Verdugo “__ of the Worlds”; Tom Cruise movie Info on a book spine Ray’s dad on “Everybody Loves Raymond” Series for Jesse Spencer __ off; disregard “The __ Couple” Jerusalem’s nation: abbr.

Carney or Linkletter Take illegally Donny’s sister Ms. Hilton Life __; ring-shaped floats 180˚ from WSW “White __”; Michael Keaton film “Grand __ Opry” Drug tragedies, for short “The __ Limits”; sci-fi series “The Streets of __ Francisco”; old Michael Douglas series __ King Cole “Men in __” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s __”; Johnny Depp movie

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 19 21 3 2 24 25 29 30 31 33 4 3 36 37 38 39 41 4 4 45 46

DOWN Emily or Markie Prank; frivolous caper Molars and incisors Actor Marin Holbrook or Linden Actress McClanahan Home for Dick and Joanna Loudon on “Newhart” Personnel “__ Scissorhands” Gave, but expected back “__ & Mindy” Fleur-de-__ Animated film about a macaw Ascend Zest Meanies Actress Peet Most unusual Prefix for cycle or angle Actress Tamblyn’s namesakes Newsman Dobbs “The World __ Enough”; 007 film Lasso’s loop Actor __ McDermott Lowly laborer “__ Me No Flowers”; Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie “Days of __ Lives” Suffix for favor or meteor “__ Spot Run”; David Arquette movie

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Daily Crossword

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ACROSS

Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group

1 Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski familiarly – he holds the NCAA Division I men’s basketball record for most wins 7 Gets stuffed 13 Mawkish 14 Many Civil War mess kits 15 Gallery event 16 Arab League member since 1962 17 Pulled off 18 Lady Violet in “Downton Abbey,” e.g.

20 GI assignments 21 Nash’s “ill wind that no one blows good” 23 Run together 24 Hershey’s candy 25 Karate takedown maneuver 28 Bagel order, maybe 29 Familiar title of Beethoven’s “Bagatelle No. 25” 30 2003-’04 OutKast charttopper

31 Monopoly deed word 32 Vitamin starter?

33 Got the lead out?

35 WWII Pacific Theater battle site 39 Without any aptitude for 40 Emotional oneeighty 41 Turgenev’s birthplace 42 Bingo call 43 Fitch who partnered with Abercrombie 44 Broadway legend Hagen 45 Command to Fido 48 Anteater’s slurp in the comic “B.C.” 49 The “G” in G.K. Chesterton 51 Ethel Waters title line following “Now he’s gone, and we’re through” 53 Latte option 54 Lucky groups?

55 Schemer 56 Sew up

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DOWN 1 Arctic game 2 Unprotected, in a way

24 Majestic euphemism 26 Nasty fall

3 Much spam

27 Empty talk

4 Decent, so to speak

28 “Fin d’Arabesque” painter

5 American port below the 20th parallel

30 Wrangler’s charge

6 Emulated a ’50s TV father?

32 Sci-fi destination 33 __ arts 34 “If everything works out ...”

7 One doing cabinet 35 Either “A Serious work?

Man” director 8 IBM hire, maybe 36 Over-90 day, say 9 Floor 37 Getting there 10 Chirac’s 38 Striped marbles successor 39 Large branches 11 Like the least risky 40 Appt. book bonds sequence 12 __ pass 42 Cleansing agent 13 Bernie __, subject 45 Geometric art of the 2011 book style “The Wizard of 46 Augur’s reading Lies” 14 Run after a fly?

47 Litter sounds

0 Texter’s soul 19 Not being buffeted 5 mate as much 5

2 HVAC measure 22 Enduring

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The Commuter Crossword

Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues.

Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.

ACROSS

41 Lemon __; hard candy

DOWN

32 Zeal

1 “Phooey!”

2 Biblical garden

34 Extremely dry

6 Equipment

42 Capital of South Korea

10 Fragrance

44 Went out with

3 Monotonous speaker

35 Traditional knowledge

14 Think the world of

46 Tax-deferred acct.

4 Gofer’s trip

36 Ship’s pole

15 Bridal veil material, often

47 Actor Matt __

5 Seepage 6 Worshipful praise

38 Citizens of an African nation

1 Noncon- formist

16 Island east of Java 17 __ firma; solid ground 18 Miners’ finds 19 In a __; miffed 20 Athletic shoes

49 Sore to the touch 51 Mrs. Roosevelt 54 Enormous 55 Car to use while yours is in the shop

7 Corncobs

40 Ease; relax

8 Highest card

43 Walkway

9 Save; redeem

45 Lower in rank

10 __ with; way too focused on

48 Self-esteem

11 Delany and Carvey

52 Skin-numbing injection

12 Green shade

53 Deserves

50 Closer

22 Cling; hang on

56 High-voiced singers

24 Dark blue

60 Farmland unit

25 Estimates

61 Opera solo

26 Smear 29 Zones

63 Sports building

13 Ceremonies

30 Skillet

64 Sunbathes

21 Chris of tennis

31 Clear the

65 Yearn

23 Pencil’s core

slate

66 Actress Bo __

25 Fantastic

57 Fiddling Roman emperor

33 Passes out cards

67 “Or __!”; words of a threat

26 Seated baths

58 Small bills

27 Created

37 Tallies up

68 Nervous

28 Take apart

59 “Oh, for Pete’s __!”

39 Courtroom event

69 Uneven; jagged

29 From Japan or China, e.g.

62 Curtain holder

51 Gladden

54 Mr. Carmichael 56 Warble

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Daily Crossword

Jumble

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ACROSS 1 Old flatboats 5 Stag party attendees 10 Fixes with thread 14 Skid row sort 15 River joining the Missouri near Jefferson City 16 “Is there __ against that?”

17 Skating maneuver 18 Gnatlike insect 19 Strauss of blue jeans 20 Jefferson 23 Hibachi residue 25 18-wheeler 26 Black cats, to some 27 Washington 32 Baton-passing event 33 Singer Brickell who’s married to Paul Simon 34 “You got that right, brother!”

35 In first place

37 41 42 43 48 49

0 5 51 56 57 58

61 62 63 4 6 65 66

DOWN Crab’s grabber Impressionist Chicago airport Jackson Coffee lightener Word with popper or dropper Fishing stick Truman Bump up against Jeweled headpiece Reverse, as a computer operation It ebbs and flows Kauai and Tahiti, for two Read bar codes on Large amount Gets things growing Number picker’s casino game

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1 Leatherwork tool 2 Brazilian port, for short 3 Lumber blemish 4 Frosh, next year 5 Christina Crawford’s “__ Dearest” 6 Italian cheese region 7 Youngsters 8 “Simply delicious” waffle maker 9 Tea leaves reader, e.g.

10 Deli meat in round slices 11 Dreaded business chapter?

12 Greeting from a distance 13 Deli cheese 21 Wild revelry 22 Went off the high board 23 Taj Mahal city 24 Come across as 28 Competed in a 10K 29 Back in style 30 Altar vow 31 Pants seam problem

5 Not shut, in verse 3 36 Just out of the box 37 Comedian Margaret 38 “Sons and Lovers” novelist 39 Florence’s river 40 Crab grass, e.g.

41 Military force 42 Black-and-white cookie 43 Middle East language 44 1971 Nobel Prizewinning poet Pablo 45 Scooted 46 Brought to maturity 47 Cardiac surgery technique 48 Chews the fat 52 Spunkmeyer of cookie fame 53 Get out of bed 54 Auto racer Yarborough 55 Elephant’s incisor 59 “The Da Vinci Code” author Brown 60 John’s Yoko Solutions:

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Jumble

Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues.

Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.

Solutions: Page 41

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The (Classic) TV Crossword

Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues.

Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.

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ACROSS “__ the Boss?”

“Grand __ Opry” Acting part Disney’s deer “Moulin __!”; Nicole Kidman film One of the planets Disposable razor brand “Auntie __”; Rosalind Russell movie “__ Number Four”; sci-fi film “__, Dear” “Baby __”; Tina Fey movie Actress Turner Israeli Prime Minister Golda __ Feasted Pull hard “The __ Wife” Jackson or Ventura Actress Anderson Johnson of “Laugh-In” Sightseeing trip Initials for actor Olmos “__ whiz!”

Tom Welling’s role on “Smallville” Suffix for young or gang Frasier and Niles Actress Debi Mike or Cicely Sitcom for Sherman Hemsley “__ Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Writing instruments

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20 2 2 23 5 2 26 27 30 31 33 34 36 37 39 40

DOWN “Murder, She __” “48 __” Olympic gymnast Korbut “We’re off to __ the wizard...”

Malia or Sasha “__ Night with Jimmy Fallon” Large Australian bird that cannot fly Actor on “NCIS” Foolish Frank and Marie Barone’s younger son Waterston or Donaldson Actor Harmon “__ About You” “Yours, __ and Ours”; movie for Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo “The __ King”; blockbuster animated film Relaxation “Let’s Make a Deal” contestant’s choice Overfill Series for Catherine Bell Build Doogie and Moesha, e.g.

Light switch positions Stapleton and Smart Hockey’s Bobby __ Shoelace problem Identical “__ walked out in the streets of Solutions: Laredo...”

Page 41 “A __ of the World”; Sigourney Weaver movie

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Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group

Solutions: Page 41

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The Commuter Crossword

Jumble

ACROSS

38 Lima’s nation

DOWN

1 On drugs

1 Ring of light

5 Restaurant lists

39 Word with pick or wit

29 Mississippi riverboats

2 Tehran’s nation

30 Tales

10 Con game

40 Adjust a clock

3 Benevolence

32 Over and done

14 __ code; phone number’s start

41 Sing in a monotone

4 “If I __ a Hammer”

33 Gorilla, for one

15 Licoricelike flavoring

42 Brutal dictator

5 Plaid cotton fabric

16 __ and oil; car maintenance

44 Cheaply made 45 Find a sum

17 Come to shore

46 Rings out

18 Trustworthy

47 “La Bohème” or “Tosca”

20 Half and half 21 Weapons 22 First phase 23 Pass on, as information 25 Likely 26 Sandbars 28 Like formal wear

50 Downhill glider 51 __-been; one no longer popular

6 Foe 7 Bites; pinches 8 __ up; spend 9 Upper House member: abbr.

10 Is tilted 11 Baby bears 12 Capable

35 Off __; not on the clock 37 Remain unsettled 38 Gramm or Donahue 40 “M*A*S*H” role 41 __ in; wearing 43 Most unusual 44 Bird __; seed holder 46 Academy freshman

54 Resolute

13 Encounter

57 Be fond of

19 One of the Seven Dwarfs

47 Chances

21 Friendly nation

49 Sicilian volcano

24 Dines

50 Winter weather 52 Related

58 Quayle and Rather

48 Ring, as a bell

31 Quick

59 Sun-dried brick

32 Celebration

60 Heroic tale

25 Linkletter’s namesakes

34 Small amount

61 Thin board

26 Part of the leg

55 World chart

36 Wading bird

62 Actor Tyrone

27 Bad __; vice

56 Wedding words

37 Dads

63 “Say it __ so!”

28 Word of disgust

53 Religious group

57 Luau garland

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Jumble

Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues.

Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.

Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group

Solutions: Page 41

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Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Solutions: Page 41

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Crossword Puzzle

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Solutions: Page 42

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Daily Crossword

Jumble

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ACROSS 1 Edged out 5 Haka dancers of New Zealand 10 NetZero, e.g., briefly 13 South American chain 15 36-year Senator Hatch of Utah 16 Neither partner 17 Reached an agreement 19 Civil War nickname 20 Bordeaux buddy 21 Mothers on a farm 22 “I’d like to say something” 23 Thoroughly evil 28 Laundromat lineup 29 Snug as a bug in a rug 30 Followers: Suf. 31 Doesn’t enunciate 33 Magazine VIPs 34 Very eager 38 Atty.’s group

41 42 46 48 0 5 53 54 55 6 5 57

61 2 6 63 4 6 65 66

DOWN Naval slammers Peril Rainy season Family support group for some rehab patients “My pleasure!”

Squeezes (out) “__ Yankees” California ball club, in sports crawl lines Census datum Sibling who stereotypically feels left out, and a hint to the little one hiding in 17-, 23-, 34and 50-Across Having four sharps, in music Bit of broccoli Singer Tennessee __ Ford Do simple math Hal Prince’s record 21 Quaint oath

1 Rum brand with a cocktail named for it 2 Bewitches 3 “Fess up!”

4 Golf bag item 5 Choral work 6 Childish comeback 7 Bruin great Bobby 8 Part of most eyeglasses 9 Car owner’s pmt.

10 Having serious debts 11 Got serious 12 Docs-in-training 14 Herd member 18 Holds 22 Make a move 24 New Ager John 25 Letter-shaped fasteners 26 Haus husband 27 Pump name seen in Canada 31 Stretch 32 Fireplace fuel 35 Wind in the orchestra 36 Walked all over

37 Air__: Floridabased carrier 38 Memory malady 39 Shelf support 40 Took over, as territory 43 Hint 44 Horn of Africa country 45 Prepared for baking, as bread dough 47 French possessive 48 [Sigh!]

49 With 58-Down, judge in ’90s news 51 Not in a predictable way 52 Spills the beans 57 Rockies hrs.

58 See 49-Down 59 “The __ Patrick Show”: sports talk program 60 Centuries-long realm dissolved in 1806: Abbr.

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Crossword Puzzle

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Solutions: Page 42

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ACROSS 1 African village 5 Emulate Rand’s Atlas?

10 Dickens’ pen name, sometimes 13 Stuck-up one 17 Anklebones 18 Viscount Templewood 19 Leonard ___, AKA Roy Rogers 20 Darling, in Deauville 21 Lido, on a budget?

24 Hidden supply 25 “Groves of ___”: McCarthy novel 26 Estrada or Satie 27 Secures a ship 28 Fusses 29 Solemn 30 “If You Knew ___” 31 ___ Pulver in “Mister Roberts” 34 Singer Patsy 35 JFK’s counsel Ted 38 Not a soul 39 Sea breeze, on a budget?

41 Even if (for short) 42 Ovid’s eggs 43 Astronomer Carl 45 Catch dead to rights: sl.

46 Minor misunderstanding 47 “Mighty ___ Rose” 49 Seafood, on a budget?

53 Trumpet sound, sometimes 54 Reading quickly 56 Hair lock 57 Flew like a falcon 58 Nostrils 59 Part of a cycle 60 Alas and ___!

61 Role for Gable 63 Illegal political profit 64 Critical remark 67 Plant pest 68 Patio, on a budget?

70 Some antitoxins 71 Graf ___: WWII German cruiser 72 Sewing line 73 Flooded 75 Neither’s correlative 76 Johnny of the CSA 77 Chilled champagne, on a budget?

81 Gentleman’s neckwear

Crossword Puzzle

Summer on a Shoestring

83 George Eliot novel 85 Hershiser’s namesakes 86 “Papa, Won’t You Dance ___?”

87 The salad years 88 Eggs on 89 Henry VIII’s sixth 90 Author and feminist Hite 91 Part of CD 92 Starts a new paragraph 96 ___ -frutti 97 Cruise, on a budget 101 Spurious wing feather 102 Greek resistance org.

103 “. . . ___ which will live in infamy” 104 “The Time Machine” tribe 105 July birthstone 106 A code we live by 107 Protozoan 108 Word of warning DOWN 1 Plato’s portico 2 Nursery need

3 Alan or Robert 4 Scorn 5 Israel’s Peres 6 Great Lakes memory aid 7 St. Louis athlete 8 Tell’s canton 9 Common to a group 10 British gent 11 Popeye’s Olive 12 Zuider ___ 13 Assured winner 14 Beach chair, on a budget 15 Puckster Bobby and others 16 Auction action 19 Shake with cold 20 The selected few 22 Crams in tightly 23 One of the Ohio presidents 27 Wall painting 29 Astronaut and Senator John 30 Bulgaria capital 31 Certain organic compounds 32 Tennis pro Djokovic

33 Dip in the ocean, on a budget?

34 Trolley sound 35 Glances over 36 Midwest terminal 37 Well-known 39 Alaska’s first First Family 40 Operating 44 Quaker gray 46 Casual trousers 48 Charlotte ___: Virgin Islands capital 50 Frome or Allen 51 Conscription 52 Assays 53 Brit. airline, formerly 55 Talking TV horse 57 Two or more faux pas 59 TV commercial, e.g.

60 In full cry: arch.

61 Port of Iraq 62 Raised the ante 63 Mercy of God 64 Pitney’s partner 65 Forster’s “___ with a View”

66 Pie, Parisian style 68 Nourishes 69 Asian weight units 72 Play part?

74 Beehive or bouffant 77 European peninsula 78 Easy runners 79 Muffin Man’s lane 80 “All’s Well That Ends Well” character 82 Scattered 84 Properly 86 Post office poster word 88 Fragment 89 Michelangelo masterpiece 90 Trek’s chief navigator 93 ___ contendere 94 Disney sci-fi film 95 Short show 96 Old salt 97 Turkish headwear 98 Inventor Whitney 99 Wedding vow 100 Aykroyd or Quayle

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Word Salsa

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Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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Quote-Acrostic

edited by Linda and Charles Preston

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Brain BUSTERS • Page 23

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Quote-Acrostic

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Crossword Puzzle

Clothes Closet ACROSS 1 Epps of “House” 5 Decree 10 Pungent 14 Scot’s pattern 19 Weighty book 20 Severity 21 Operatic highlight 22 Corroded 23 Annoyingly conceited: var.

27 Made a mistake 28 Impertinent: sl.

29 Square-rigged ship’s sail 30 Staggered 32 Be sparing 35 Mrs. in Madrid 36 Weighs anchor 39 Swoops upward 41 Sharpens a razor 46 Word with faced or fisted 49 Plant bristle 51 Public uproar 53 Ear-related 54 Enjoy a hidden advantage 60 Made ___ for himself 61 Parisian girl 62 Squabble 63 Stitch 64 Call it a day 66 Liquid measures 68 Feints blows 71 Old World finch 72 Leads on 74 Laundry tubfuls 77 French legislature 80 Tender spots 82 Chop or Kid 84 Welcome rug, e.g.

87 Ones, in Soissons 89 Bowling alleys 91 Hoarded 92 Dangerous impersonator 97 Type of circus 98 Molecule part 99 And others: L. 100 Forest female 101 Enthusiast 103 Drinks with gusto 106 Terrific 109 Boat for three men!

111 Laziness 113 Undercoat of paint 117 Kiwis and emus

121 Speak with pomposity 124 Potbellied item, sometimes 125 Sympathize with someone 129 Embellish 130 Miss Kett 131 Woo 132 Medieval peasant 133 Works in a pool 134 Peter the Great, for one 135 “The Prince of ___” 136 Remainder

DOWN 1 Weasel’s cousin 2 Poet Marianne 3 Luigi’s love 4 Malcontents of a sort 5 Unit of work or energy 6 Dissimilar: abbr.

7 Stravinsky 8 Centers 9 Lovers’ encounters 10 19th Greek letter

11 Timetable abbr.

12 Barbecue treats 13 Canvas covers, for short 14 Prior to birth 15 Hoped for lady?

16 1975 Wimbledon winner 17 A walk in old Rome?

18 Abnormal: pref., Gr. 24 Concept 25 Boehner’s state 26 Corn units 31 Old record 33 ___ a one: not any 34 Musical threesomes 37 Frond, e.g.

38 Runway, for one 40 Hot openers?

42 Regret 43 Lodestone and ironstone 44 Do road work 45 Big bunch 46 ___ she blows!

47 Diminishes

48 Shaped like a race track 50 Improvised 52 Snare, e.g.

55 Arabian bigwigs 56 Cliff dwelling?

57 Forearm bones 58 Leaf stem 59 Support for 26 Down 65 Boredom 67 Bind 69 Razz at a repast 70 Brightman or McLachlan 73 Correct judgment 75 Lynch or Tennent 76 Pool member 78 “Vogue” editor Wintour 79 Tryouts 81 Religious orders 83 Advantage 84 Nursery word 85 Deeply impressed 86 “Sweeney ___” 88 Gallery events 90 Popular side dish

93 XXVI doubled 94 Contentious groups 95 Author Ludwig 96 Approvals, in Avila 102 Costume for Coppelia 104 ___ off: kill time 105 Orthodox 107 Not so much 108 Shampoo suds 110 Artist’s cap often 112 Asian capital 114 Unfettered 115 Equalizes 116 Alley button 117 Vallee of song 118 At the pinnacle of 119 Ancient Phoenician capital 120 Fast flyers 122 Dull sound 123 Green land 125 Nixon’s mate 126 Airport abbr.

127 Roman household deity 128 Blvds., e.g.

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Jumble for Kids

The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.

by Mike Argirion & Jeff Knurek

Solutions: Page 27

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Jumble for Kids

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Jumble for Kids

The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.

by Mike Argirion & Jeff Knurek

Solutions: Page 29

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Jumble for Kids

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Hitori

More or Less

Solutions: Page 43

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Brain BUSTERS • Page 32

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More or Less

Hitori

Solutions: Page 43

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. Digits inside the dotted cages must add up to the number in the corner of each cage, and digits can’t repeat inside a cage.

Brain BUSTERS • Page 34

Solutions: Page 43

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More or Less

Hitori

Solutions: Page 44

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Hitori

More or Less

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More or Less

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Hitori

Solutions: Page 44

Page 40 • Brain BUSTERS TV Crossword, Page 2

Brain BUSTERS • Page 40 Jumble, Page 4

Crossword, Page 7

Boggle, Page 4 Commuter Crossword, Page 5

TV Jumble, Page 3 Sudoku, Page 7

Commuter Crossword, Page 3

Kakuro, Page 8

Boggle, Page 5 Jumble Crosswords, Page 5

Jumble Crosswords, Page 6

Scrabble Grams, Page 8 Scrabble Grams, Page 6

Sudoku, Page 3 TV Crossword, Page 6

Scrabble Grams, Page 4

TV Jumble, Page 4 Boggle, Page 7

Commuter Crossword, Page 8

Page 41 • Brain BUSTERS Jumble, Page 9

Brain BUSTERS • Page 41 TV Crossword, Page 11

Jumble, Page 13

Crossword, Page 9

Boggle, Page 13

Kakuro, Page 11

Sudoku, Page 12

Kakuro, Page 14

Jumble, Page 14

Scrabble Grams, Page 9

Sudoku, Page 14

Jumble, Page 10

Boggle, Page 12

Jumble Crosswords, Page 12 Jumble Crosswords, Page 10

Jumble Crosswords, Page 12

Boggle, Page 14

Kakuro, Page 10 Commuter Crossword, Page 13

Boggle, Page 10 TV Jumble, Page 11

Crossword, Page 15

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Brain BUSTERS • Page 42 Crossword, Page 18

(top)

Crossword, Page 19

Word Salsa, Page 20

(bottom)

Boggle, Page 17

Crossword, Page 17

Crossword, Page 21

Jumble, Page 17

Jumble Crosswords, Page 23 (top)

Quote-Acrostic, Page 22 Scrabble Grams, Page 23

Quote-Acrostic, Page 24 Jumble Crosswords, Page 23 (bottom)

Crossword, Page 25

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Brain BUSTERS • Page 43 Word Salsa, Page 32

More or Less (5x5), Page 31

More or Less (7x7), Page 33

Code Cracker, Page 31

More or Less (7x7), Page 32

Hitori, Page 33

Code Cracker, Page 33 Word Wheel, Page 32

Killer Sudoku, Page 34

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More or Less (5x5), Page 35

Brain BUSTERS • Page 44

Code Cracker, Page 36

Code Cracker, Page 38

Word Wheel, Page 37 More or Less (5x5), Page 38

Hitori, Page 37 Hitori, Page 35

Word Wheel, Page 38 More or Less (5x5), Page 37 (top)

Code Cracker, Page 35

Hitori, Page 39

Word Wheel, Page 36

More or Less (7x7), Page 36

More or Less (7x7), Page 37 (bottom)

Word Wheel, Page 39

Code Cracker, Page 39

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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page

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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page

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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page

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